No H.264 MOV, Quicktime/MPEG4 & AVI export options.On top of this note the following ‘known issues’ concerning the following formats: Not all tools work/are included on Linux.Only “officially” supported on Ubuntu & Linux Mint.Requires ATI or Nvidia graphics card & drivers.The video editor is free to download and use, with a PRO paid plan offering extra features and codec support for $60/y. The ‘professional-grade’ tool has been used in the editing of many well-known television programmes and film industries for years it has a prestigious reputation – one that now graces Linux desktops. The first Linux release was promised way back in 2011.īut we can forgive Editshare, the company behind the app, for their various delays because Lightworks isn’t ‘just’ another video editor. If it seems like you’ve been waiting for this day for years it’s because you have.

No more limited dry-runs, or badly-communicated access to alpha builds the app can be downloaded and installed for free on 64bit Ubuntu-based Linux distributions, including the newly released Ubuntu 13.04. A public beta of Lightworks, the professional-grade video editor from Editshare, is now officially available for download.

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