Lightworks V2023.1 NLE now released

[briandrys1]

Lightworks V2023.1 has a number of new features, these include:

Custom layouts in the fixed layout, with this feature, users can now create their own custom layout templates and define the layout of their workspace.

HDR workflows, Lightworks can now detect HDR format from media files, including MOV, MXF, and MP4.

Video mask effects, users can now draw and create masks, including Ellipse, Square, or Complex Shapes and apply them to various effect categories.

Effects improvements, including being able to select from hundreds of custom and user effects and installing from within Lightworks.

The import panel now has the ability to import OpenEXR media and animated GIFs.

The export panel has received several enhancements

Details can be found here:
https://lwks.com/lightworks-2023-edit-smarter/
https://forum.lwks.com/threads/new-...now-available-to-download.249506/#post-264678

 

[briandrys1]

LWKS have been running a rolling series of new builds on V2023.1 addressing issues as they occur. As part of this process, they have added the ability to detect crash logs on startup and give the option of uploading to LWKS.

 

[briandrys1]

Just a heads up, the first build of the Lightworks V2023.2 beta has been released: https://forum.lwks.com/threads/new-l...6/#post-267855

New beta builds are usually released on a weekly basis.

New features include:

Social media improvements, with an enhanced the YouTube export panel allowing fuller metadata and presentation setting from within Lightworks when uploading.
Free users can now export using the portrait aspect ratio. HDR is available for suitable social media platforms

Export improvements, allowing H.265 and AV1 compressions within an MP4 container. AV1 and H.265 support hardware accelerated encoding where available. Also, enhanced support for FCPX XML interchange.

Also, enhanced mask effects and title effects.

A separate subtitle panel has been added

Plus various fixes.