[Andrew Gingerich] "Anybody know of any good Lightworks tutorials, particularly anything aimed at folks who are used to Final Cut? I'm feeling rather jilted after the FCPX announcement, and Lightworks looks really promising to me.
What do you think? Given a year or so of development, will Lightworks be a viable alternative to FCP?"
Andrew, I feel your pain on the whole FCP X boondoggle.
The beta release for the PC version has been out for a while, but there has been no action on this board. I don't know what to make of that.
If all you're looking to replace is FC and not the entire suite, it might be a good choice if it ever comes out for Mac, but with so little info it is really hard to say.
The one question I have is how much is open source, and how much will end up being some type of plugin you have to buy to get certain functionality. I'm a little suspicious since Lightworks is being run by a business, and not a foundation like Blender is. The story behind how Blender came to be an open source program is documented, and makes sense. I don't no what editshare's motivation is behind 'giving away' Lightworks. It would be nice to hear from them, or at least someone familiar with the situation.
As far as Lightworks is concerned, I'm interested in trying it out, and have been waiting. My biggest concerns is that it won't disrupt my system (I'll do a clone before install just in case) and wondering about support and updates. This would seem to be the most likely issue since there isn't a revenue stream associated with it and not a lot of motivation. And the release date is behind the promised date. The web site is also very static. These things combined make me think this is a low priority project for them.
Scott Sheriff
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I have a system, it has stuff in it, and stuff hooked to it. I have a camera, it can record stuff. I read the manuals, and know how to use this stuff and lots of other stuff too.
You should be suitably impressed...
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