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Lightworks Reviews and Ratings

Rating: 10 out of 10
Score
10 out of 10

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TrustRadius Insights for Lightworks are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Versatile and flexible: Users appreciate the versatility of Lightworks, noting that it supports various plugins and third-party software, making it a highly flexible video editing program. Many reviewers have mentioned this as one of the standout features of Lightworks.

Wide range of effects: The availability of a wide range of effects is highly valued by users. They mention that there are over 100 effects available for download on the site, allowing them to enhance their videos creatively. This feature has been praised by several reviewers.

User-friendly interface: Users find the interface of Lightworks to be friendly and easy to use. They mention that the user experience is enriched by the program's ability to edit videos and movies in various formats, including 2k, 4k, PAL, NTSC, and high definition. Several reviewers have expressed appreciation for the simplicity and ease-of-use provided by Lightworks' interface.

Reviews

2 Reviews

Lightworks provides great, lightweight video editing

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Lightworks has helped us to generate an increasing number of videos for social media posts. It provides a lot of flexibility with editing, adding captions, and video effects to help us customize and tailor each post. It also allowed us to do all of this without the large expense associated with many other video editing tools.

Pros

  • Lots of flexibility
  • Easy to learn as a new user
  • Online help pages make it easy to find answers to questions

Cons

  • I have had it crash on me while using; thought content is saved
  • The user interface could be updated/modernized
  • Hot-keys commands are not always intuitive

Likelihood to Recommend

Lightworks is a great tool for a non-designer to use because it provides a number of tools and capabilities that can be quickly learned. For someone who is an advanced video editor, it may not provide every tool they will need. Given how much can be accomplished through the free version, I think it's a great tool for making simple videos for social media, YouTube and other basic applications.

VU
Verified User
Manager in Corporate (51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Lightworks
2 years of experience

A great tool, must have!

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Lightworks at our company a lot, especially when we have many videos that need to be done in a short period of time, and we have a group of 3 techs that specialize in Lightworks and always get the job done fast due to the easy and accessible editing tools.

Pros

  • Drag and drop all videos easily.
  • Easy to split videos and strip.
  • You can work with multiple sequences.

Cons

  • More accessible help screen.
  • A better audio mixer and equalizer.

Likelihood to Recommend

It's best for editors that are beginning their career due to the easy way to learn this. However, you have to buy the license to be able to use and learn all of these great features. I can't seem to find scenarios where it would not be appropriate, this is an excellent, easy tool to work with.

VU
Verified User
General Manager in Corporate (1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
Lightworks
4 years of experience