Lightworks release date

Brian Drysdale · July 27th, 2018, 03:44 PM

The 10th R.C. of V14.5 is now available to download.

https://www.lwks.com/index.php?optio...1465&Itemid=81

This build includes some improvements to XML export and fixes up a couple of crashes caused by recent fixes. Lightworks now believes V14.5 is ready for full release over the next couple of weeks

Brian Drysdale · August 21st, 2018, 03:38 AM

What is hoped to be the last release candidate of the V14.5 beta is now available:

https://www.lwks.com/index.php?optio...2747&Itemid=81

This build adds Cineform (AVI/MOV) compression option for UHD renders and also reverse varispeed information to XML exports: with some fixes.

Brian Drysdale · September 7th, 2018, 03:41 PM

The last Release Candidate of version 14.5 is available for download

https://www.lwks.com/index.php?optio...4036&Itemid=81

This last build finally resolves the issue with trimming and fixes some minor issues reported recently. Lightworks anticipates the 14.5 release to be happening at the end of this month.

Brian Drysdale · September 28th, 2018, 03:39 PM

I guess one new feature came along from IBC, so a V14.5 RC13 is available.

https://www.lwks.com/index.php?optio...5247&Itemid=81

This latest build adds preliminary support for the new Blackmagic RAW files, plus a couple of fixes. Lightworks are scheduling to release 14.5 within the next week or two.

Brian Drysdale · October 17th, 2018, 05:00 AM

After a long beta Lightworks V14.5 is now released.

https://www.lwks.com/index.php?optio...6289&Itemid=81

Apart from many bug fixes, headline features are:

Support of variable frame rate files (.mov .mp4, .m4v) - this appears to be pretty robust, unless the supposed target frame rate recorded is a non standard one e.g 20.333 fps. A wide range of phones and games capture videos are working with this, without needing conversion before import.

New GPU precision options

Histogram Graph to the Video Tools panel

Export option to Reaper (Lightworks Pro only)

Support for handling .MOD and .TOD files

Ability to adjust RED R3D RAW metadata parameters (.rmd)

Added support for media structures:

Support for Fusion 9 on Mac

Support for decode/encode of Cineform codecs

Voice Over and Mackie MIDI support for Linux users

Ability to acknowledge project wide LUT setting on export

Ability to set a Ranged Cue Marker (Start and End point)

Further details can be found here: https://www.lwks.com/index.php?optio...270&Itemid=270

With the launch pf V14,5 there is a Promo for a free Lightworks ShuttlePRO V2 with every Outright license purchase

Brian Drysdale · June 7th, 2019, 10:27 AM

The Lightworks V14.6 Revision 114863 on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X is now available to download.

https://www.lwks.com/index.php?optio...9017&Itemid=81

Lightworks is aiming for a short testing period before the full release, so that they can focus on version 15.0.

Some of the new features in version 14.6 are listed below:

Added "Libraries" heading to the Content Manager
Moved Local files import option under this heading
Moved Audio Network import option under this heading
Moved Pond5 import option under this heading
Added improvements to Audio Network integration
Media can now be imported into a project
Media can now be used in a sequence
Export is prevented if the sequence contains non purchased media
Added ability to handle still images correctly
Added new "Images" filter
Images now import at the correct scale ratio rather than being scaled to the output format
Added ability to drag an image into the sequence viewer or timeline
Removed pagination on search results
Added improvements to varispeed in Flexible layout
Added segment right-click 'Speed' menu item
Added 'Show segments speeds' option on the timeline appearance panel (to restore per-track speed widgets)
Removed per-track speed button by default
Added support for Ubuntu 19.04
Added ability to detect rotated phone footage and rotate it to the correct orientation automatically
Added HD overlay to the vectorscope
Added support for browsing "Amazing Music Tracks" from within "Libraries"
Added new enhancements for Tile view bins (text now appears outside of the tile rather than overlaying the image) Fixed layout only
Added "Metadata, Decode, Cue Markers and BITC" tabs from the Log layout to the Edit layout (Fixed layout only)
Added ability to generate .lvix seek files locally (previously stored next to linked media)
Added Timeline tab underneath the Viewer on the Log and Edit tabs
Added scrollbars to sequence timelines (Video and Audio tracks)
Added Blackmagic BRAW decode panel to the Video tab of the project card
Added UHD Media to the Media->Transcoding tab to allow for transcoding to UHD on import
Added ability to switch between a Simple search and an Advanced search on the Search panel
Added better Keyboard shortcut handling of using standard keyboard shortcuts ie, pressing delete deletes clips
Added ability to select segments on the sequence timeline
Added ability to right click a clip containing ranged cue markers and select Make->Sequence from Cue Markers
Added ability to continue an interrupted transcode task
Added option 'remove from bin' to the deletion panel
Added keyboard key assignment for adding a VFX keyframe
Added compound effect to incorporate image-matte and blend (ie. a single-node image-key)
Added better categories for Keyboard Assignments list
Added German translation wordings into the installers
Added ability to move an effect along the timeline without changing it's routing
Added 'Modification date' for audio only files on the filecard
Added ability to reorder filecard metadata items for all log types (previously it was only possible for V/A clips)
Added ability to use torn-off timecodes using the left mouse button
Added ability to select multiple items then edit the text for one of the fields which now causes all rows to be updated
Added ability to apply effects to selected timeline segments
Added "Region" option to the AAF export panel
Added 'selected segments' to the sequence copy panel
Added ability to right-click an Effect node and choose 'Replace with >'
Added ability to right click the video routing panel to add a new node
Added ability to change the import method for audio only files on the batch import panel
Added support for 100fps media in a 24fps project
Added ability to change the size of the project thumbnail images by holding down CTRL and scrolling with the mouse wheel
Added keyboard shortcut assignment for moving focus to the record sequence or source clip
Added ability to make milestones much easier to resurrect
Added visible media file name/extension to the file path
Improved timeline sync-loss representation
Updated to the latest MainConcept 10.5.3 and 4.2.1 SDK's

Brian Drysdale · June 14th, 2019, 11:05 AM

The second revision of the V14.6 beta is now available

https://www.lwks.com/index.php?optio...emid=81#199690

This has a number of fixes.

Brian Drysdale · June 20th, 2019, 04:54 PM

The third Beta of Lightworks 14.6 which includes some powerful new keyboard shortcuts along with finally introducing start and end clip thumbnails on the sequence timeline is now available.

https://www.lwks.com/index.php?optio...emid=81#200168

This also includes a number of fixes.

Brian Drysdale · June 28th, 2019, 04:49 PM

The 4th beta of Lightworks 14.6 is available for download.

https://www.lwks.com/index.php?optio...0619&Itemid=81

This latest version includes preliminary support for HEVC/H.265 decoding and adds a new timeline menu option for clearing/adding marks & cover art for audio-only clips that support it. Plus fixes

This next release of Lightworks (14.6) will be the last that includes a 32bit Windows build.

Brian Drysdale · August 21st, 2019, 09:41 AM

After a delay, the 5th beta of V14.6 is now available for download.

https://www.lwks.com/index.php?optio...3696&Itemid=81

This has fixes for issues that arose in the previous beta build and adds new features including:the ability to select multiple segments on the sequence timeline right-click and choose 'Add' or 'Remove' (if there are any effects to remove), to lasso clips in the sequence timeline, resize keyframe graphs using CTRL and mouse wheel and others.

Brian Drysdale · September 11th, 2019, 06:16 AM

The 5th beta of V14,6 is available for download.

https://www.lwks.com/index.php?optio...emid=81#204887

Lightworks say:
"This next version resolves several of the known issues we have been working on. We still have some improvements to add for decoding of HEVC/H.265 once complete, we hope to set a release date of Lightworks 14.6"

Brian Drysdale · September 19th, 2019, 12:34 PM

The 6th beta of V14,6 is now available for download.

https://www.lwks.com/index.php?optio...emid=81#205314

Lightworks say: "This next version resolves several regressions between version 14.5 and 14.6. There are still some issues surrounding XML/AAF interchange along with finalising the decoding of HEVC/H.265 media. We are looking to finalise these before announcing the release date."

Provisional RAW still image support for more camera types. the ability to search cue marker text via the search panel and the ability to create coloured cue markers easily during playback have been added. Also fixes

Brian Drysdale · October 30th, 2019, 02:12 PM

The next Beta of version 14.6.0.0 on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X is now available to download!

https://www.lwks.com/index.php?optio...7008&Itemid=81

The Lightworks developers are now very close to completing this Beta Cycle with an aim of releasing in November. They will be changing the name from ’Lightworks 14.6’ to “Lightworks 2020.1’ to align with the rest of the EditShare product lineup,

There's a number of new additions this this build including:
Improvements to H.265/HEVC file handling. ability to set a custom length on dissolves & audio cross fades when right clicking a cut point

Support for segment Enable/Disable on the sequence timeline:

Added keyboard shortcut assignment for 'Activate selected segments'
Added keyboard shortcut assignment for 'Deactivate selected segments'
Added keyboard shortcut assignment for 'Toggle segment activation'
Added keyboard shortcut assignment for 'Activate all segments'

Improvements to how search results are handled when searching for Bins and other search improvements/

Plus numerous fixes.

Brian Drysdale · December 11th, 2019, 05:12 AM

The next Beta of version 2020.1 (nee V14.6) Revision 118776 on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X is now available to download.

This is the first build with the new version number (14.6->2020.1) and one of the biggest changes is the minimum requirement for .deb installs now being 18.04 and the minimum for .rpm being Fedora 30. They are aiming for a release now before the end of this year and believe this latest version resolves a lot a of the previous showstoppers reported.

https://www.lwks.com/index.php?optio...9542&Itemid=81

This has added the ability to choose All/Selected tracks when making a copy of a sequence, more information to the import panel when encountering unsupported formats, the ability to highlight/recolour clips on the timeline, scroll bar to the Effects transition selection box, ability to specify custom metadata mapping .Export/Render option of 50/59.97 for UHD Cineform, hyperlink to upload location for YouTube videos for easy access to uploaded videos.

Also support on Mac for exporting to Apple ProRes UHD formats (Lightworks Pro only)

Plus fixes

Brian Drysdale · December 18th, 2019, 05:04 AM

The next Beta of version 2020.1 is now available to download.

https://www.lwks.com/index.php?optio...9846&Itemid=81

This latest build has only a few fixes to resolve recent issues that have been reported, Lightworks hope to release imminently.

July 27th, 2018, 03:44 PM	#346
Brian Drysdale Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Belfast, UK Posts: 6,152	Re: Lightworks release date The 10th R.C. of V14.5 is now available to download. https://www.lwks.com/index.php?optio...1465&Itemid=81 This build includes some improvements to XML export and fixes up a couple of crashes caused by recent fixes. Lightworks now believes V14.5 is ready for full release over the next couple of weeks

August 21st, 2018, 03:38 AM	#347
Brian Drysdale Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Belfast, UK Posts: 6,152	Re: Lightworks release date What is hoped to be the last release candidate of the V14.5 beta is now available: https://www.lwks.com/index.php?optio...2747&Itemid=81 This build adds Cineform (AVI/MOV) compression option for UHD renders and also reverse varispeed information to XML exports: with some fixes.

September 7th, 2018, 03:41 PM	#348
Brian Drysdale Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Belfast, UK Posts: 6,152	Re: Lightworks release date The last Release Candidate of version 14.5 is available for download https://www.lwks.com/index.php?optio...4036&Itemid=81 This last build finally resolves the issue with trimming and fixes some minor issues reported recently. Lightworks anticipates the 14.5 release to be happening at the end of this month.

September 28th, 2018, 03:39 PM	#349
Brian Drysdale Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Belfast, UK Posts: 6,152	Re: Lightworks release date I guess one new feature came along from IBC, so a V14.5 RC13 is available. https://www.lwks.com/index.php?optio...5247&Itemid=81 This latest build adds preliminary support for the new Blackmagic RAW files, plus a couple of fixes. Lightworks are scheduling to release 14.5 within the next week or two.

October 17th, 2018, 05:00 AM	#350
Brian Drysdale Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Belfast, UK Posts: 6,152	Lightworks Version 14.5 released After a long beta Lightworks V14.5 is now released. https://www.lwks.com/index.php?optio...6289&Itemid=81 Apart from many bug fixes, headline features are: Support of variable frame rate files (.mov .mp4, .m4v) - this appears to be pretty robust, unless the supposed target frame rate recorded is a non standard one e.g 20.333 fps. A wide range of phones and games capture videos are working with this, without needing conversion before import. New GPU precision options Histogram Graph to the Video Tools panel Export option to Reaper (Lightworks Pro only) Support for handling .MOD and .TOD files Ability to adjust RED R3D RAW metadata parameters (.rmd) Added support for media structures: Support for Fusion 9 on Mac Support for decode/encode of Cineform codecs Voice Over and Mackie MIDI support for Linux users Ability to acknowledge project wide LUT setting on export Ability to set a Ranged Cue Marker (Start and End point) Further details can be found here: https://www.lwks.com/index.php?optio...270&Itemid=270 With the launch pf V14,5 there is a Promo for a free Lightworks ShuttlePRO V2 with every Outright license purchase

June 7th, 2019, 10:27 AM	#351
Brian Drysdale Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Belfast, UK Posts: 6,152	Lightworks V14.6 beta now available The Lightworks V14.6 Revision 114863 on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X is now available to download. https://www.lwks.com/index.php?optio...9017&Itemid=81 Lightworks is aiming for a short testing period before the full release, so that they can focus on version 15.0. Some of the new features in version 14.6 are listed below: Added "Libraries" heading to the Content Manager Moved Local files import option under this heading Moved Audio Network import option under this heading Moved Pond5 import option under this heading Added improvements to Audio Network integration Media can now be imported into a project Media can now be used in a sequence Export is prevented if the sequence contains non purchased media Added ability to handle still images correctly Added new "Images" filter Images now import at the correct scale ratio rather than being scaled to the output format Added ability to drag an image into the sequence viewer or timeline Removed pagination on search results Added improvements to varispeed in Flexible layout Added segment right-click 'Speed' menu item Added 'Show segments speeds' option on the timeline appearance panel (to restore per-track speed widgets) Removed per-track speed button by default Added support for Ubuntu 19.04 Added ability to detect rotated phone footage and rotate it to the correct orientation automatically Added HD overlay to the vectorscope Added support for browsing "Amazing Music Tracks" from within "Libraries" Added new enhancements for Tile view bins (text now appears outside of the tile rather than overlaying the image) Fixed layout only Added "Metadata, Decode, Cue Markers and BITC" tabs from the Log layout to the Edit layout (Fixed layout only) Added ability to generate .lvix seek files locally (previously stored next to linked media) Added Timeline tab underneath the Viewer on the Log and Edit tabs Added scrollbars to sequence timelines (Video and Audio tracks) Added Blackmagic BRAW decode panel to the Video tab of the project card Added UHD Media to the Media->Transcoding tab to allow for transcoding to UHD on import Added ability to switch between a Simple search and an Advanced search on the Search panel Added better Keyboard shortcut handling of using standard keyboard shortcuts ie, pressing delete deletes clips Added ability to select segments on the sequence timeline Added ability to right click a clip containing ranged cue markers and select Make->Sequence from Cue Markers Added ability to continue an interrupted transcode task Added option 'remove from bin' to the deletion panel Added keyboard key assignment for adding a VFX keyframe Added compound effect to incorporate image-matte and blend (ie. a single-node image-key) Added better categories for Keyboard Assignments list Added German translation wordings into the installers Added ability to move an effect along the timeline without changing it's routing Added 'Modification date' for audio only files on the filecard Added ability to reorder filecard metadata items for all log types (previously it was only possible for V/A clips) Added ability to use torn-off timecodes using the left mouse button Added ability to select multiple items then edit the text for one of the fields which now causes all rows to be updated Added ability to apply effects to selected timeline segments Added "Region" option to the AAF export panel Added 'selected segments' to the sequence copy panel Added ability to right-click an Effect node and choose 'Replace with >' Added ability to right click the video routing panel to add a new node Added ability to change the import method for audio only files on the batch import panel Added support for 100fps media in a 24fps project Added ability to change the size of the project thumbnail images by holding down CTRL and scrolling with the mouse wheel Added keyboard shortcut assignment for moving focus to the record sequence or source clip Added ability to make milestones much easier to resurrect Added visible media file name/extension to the file path Improved timeline sync-loss representation Updated to the latest MainConcept 10.5.3 and 4.2.1 SDK's

June 14th, 2019, 11:05 AM	#352
Brian Drysdale Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Belfast, UK Posts: 6,152	Lightworks V14.6 beta now available The second revision of the V14.6 beta is now available https://www.lwks.com/index.php?optio...emid=81#199690 This has a number of fixes.

June 20th, 2019, 04:54 PM	#353
Brian Drysdale Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Belfast, UK Posts: 6,152	Re: Lightworks V14.6 beta now available The third Beta of Lightworks 14.6 which includes some powerful new keyboard shortcuts along with finally introducing start and end clip thumbnails on the sequence timeline is now available. https://www.lwks.com/index.php?optio...emid=81#200168 This also includes a number of fixes.

June 28th, 2019, 04:49 PM	#354
Brian Drysdale Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Belfast, UK Posts: 6,152	Lightworks V14.6 beta now available The 4th beta of Lightworks 14.6 is available for download. https://www.lwks.com/index.php?optio...0619&Itemid=81 This latest version includes preliminary support for HEVC/H.265 decoding and adds a new timeline menu option for clearing/adding marks & cover art for audio-only clips that support it. Plus fixes This next release of Lightworks (14.6) will be the last that includes a 32bit Windows build.

August 21st, 2019, 09:41 AM	#355
Brian Drysdale Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Belfast, UK Posts: 6,152	Re: Lightworks V14.6 beta now available After a delay, the 5th beta of V14.6 is now available for download. https://www.lwks.com/index.php?optio...3696&Itemid=81 This has fixes for issues that arose in the previous beta build and adds new features including:the ability to select multiple segments on the sequence timeline right-click and choose 'Add' or 'Remove' (if there are any effects to remove), to lasso clips in the sequence timeline, resize keyframe graphs using CTRL and mouse wheel and others.

September 11th, 2019, 06:16 AM	#356
Brian Drysdale Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Belfast, UK Posts: 6,152	Re: Lightworks V14.6 beta now available The 5th beta of V14,6 is available for download. https://www.lwks.com/index.php?optio...emid=81#204887 Lightworks say: "This next version resolves several of the known issues we have been working on. We still have some improvements to add for decoding of HEVC/H.265 once complete, we hope to set a release date of Lightworks 14.6"

September 19th, 2019, 12:34 PM	#357
Brian Drysdale Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Belfast, UK Posts: 6,152	Lightworks V14.6 beta now available The 6th beta of V14,6 is now available for download. https://www.lwks.com/index.php?optio...emid=81#205314 Lightworks say: "This next version resolves several regressions between version 14.5 and 14.6. There are still some issues surrounding XML/AAF interchange along with finalising the decoding of HEVC/H.265 media. We are looking to finalise these before announcing the release date." Provisional RAW still image support for more camera types. the ability to search cue marker text via the search panel and the ability to create coloured cue markers easily during playback have been added. Also fixes

October 30th, 2019, 02:12 PM	#358
Brian Drysdale Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Belfast, UK Posts: 6,152	Lightworks V14.6 beta now available The next Beta of version 14.6.0.0 on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X is now available to download! https://www.lwks.com/index.php?optio...7008&Itemid=81 The Lightworks developers are now very close to completing this Beta Cycle with an aim of releasing in November. They will be changing the name from ’Lightworks 14.6’ to “Lightworks 2020.1’ to align with the rest of the EditShare product lineup, There's a number of new additions this this build including: Improvements to H.265/HEVC file handling. ability to set a custom length on dissolves & audio cross fades when right clicking a cut point Support for segment Enable/Disable on the sequence timeline: Added keyboard shortcut assignment for 'Activate selected segments' Added keyboard shortcut assignment for 'Deactivate selected segments' Added keyboard shortcut assignment for 'Toggle segment activation' Added keyboard shortcut assignment for 'Activate all segments' Improvements to how search results are handled when searching for Bins and other search improvements/ Plus numerous fixes.

December 11th, 2019, 05:12 AM	#359
Brian Drysdale Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Belfast, UK Posts: 6,152	Re: Lightworks V14.6 beta now 2020.1 available for download The next Beta of version 2020.1 (nee V14.6) Revision 118776 on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X is now available to download. This is the first build with the new version number (14.6->2020.1) and one of the biggest changes is the minimum requirement for .deb installs now being 18.04 and the minimum for .rpm being Fedora 30. They are aiming for a release now before the end of this year and believe this latest version resolves a lot a of the previous showstoppers reported. https://www.lwks.com/index.php?optio...9542&Itemid=81 This has added the ability to choose All/Selected tracks when making a copy of a sequence, more information to the import panel when encountering unsupported formats, the ability to highlight/recolour clips on the timeline, scroll bar to the Effects transition selection box, ability to specify custom metadata mapping .Export/Render option of 50/59.97 for UHD Cineform, hyperlink to upload location for YouTube videos for easy access to uploaded videos. Also support on Mac for exporting to Apple ProRes UHD formats (Lightworks Pro only) Plus fixes Last edited by Brian Drysdale; December 11th, 2019 at 08:26 AM.

December 18th, 2019, 05:04 AM	#360
Brian Drysdale Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Belfast, UK Posts: 6,152	Lightworks V14.6 beta now 2020.1 available for download The next Beta of version 2020.1 is now available to download. https://www.lwks.com/index.php?optio...9846&Itemid=81 This latest build has only a few fixes to resolve recent issues that have been reported, Lightworks hope to release imminently.