Lightworks simply won’t function with the likes of the Nouveau drivers. This is one of the single most important things you must take care of. Now, what do you have to do before you glance at that first video? Let’s take a look. Once you have Lightworks working as expected, I highly recommend you take a look at these step-by-step videos (Lightworks did an outstanding job getting users up to speed with their product) before you begin the process of editing. Instead, this how-to will attempt to get you up and running with the software. I should also state that this is not a step-by-step guide to editing your creation with Lightworks. That journey to masterpiece, however, can be a bit frustrating. With this editor, you can turn all that footage into your masterpiece. That being said, once you do get Lightworks running, it’s worth the effort. Linux users will have to jump through a couple of major hoops to get it all working Lightworks has a short, but very steep, learning curve Lightworks has been promising to deliver on its open source claim for a long time (it has yet to do so) This particular tool is an Academy- and Emmy-award winning professional-grade non linear editor used to edit films like Pulp Fiction, Batman, and The King’s Speech.īefore you read on, there are a few things you should know: Lightworks calls itself the professional editor for everyone.

But, when you’re looking at editing the likes of a full-length film, you’ll have to turn to Lightworks (if you want to remain on Linux). Where do you turn? Yes, Linux has a nice collection of video editors for anyone who needs to put together a quick video for Youtube, work, family, etc. However…when you need to step up your game and do pro-level editing, OpenShot and Kdenlive might fall a bit short and Flowblade simply isn’t ready.

I’ve used OpenShot for years-specifically for my video blog posts and very short (and simple) movies I’ve created. These tools are outstanding video editors that hang their hat on being open source and readily accessible for Linux users (although Flowblade has a ways to go before it’s ready for the average user). When you think about video editing and Linux, most likely your thoughts immediately gravitate to the likes of OpenShot, Kdenlive, or Flowblade.

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