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Edit video
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pros with Lightworks, an incredible- andfree– videoeditingapp
ould you like to use the same
video editing software as
your favourite film-makers?
Lightworks has been used on Pulp
Fiction,Heat, The Wolf of Wall Street
andmanymore – and you can use it
foryourown videos too.
The core app is free, but if you’re a
pro you’ll want to shell out for extra
tools and the highest resolution
exporting; for most of us, though,
free is just great. The app contains
everything you need to edit movies
and export to common file formats
and services such as YouTube.
Before you decide to make Star
Wars in the shed, a word of warning:
video editing is very demanding on
your PC, so it might be wise to keep
things simple while you’re learning
the ropes. And don’t let other
programs run when you’re editing
video: your app needs as much
power as your PC can give it.1 Create a new project
When you launch Lightworks, you’ll be taken to the Local
Projects screen shown here. When you’ve worked on some
projects the various rectangles will be replaced with their titles
and thumbnails, but for now everything is empty. The app doesn’t
have the familiar Windows menu bar – for example the settings
bit is accessed by the gears icon in the top right corner.2 Choose your settings
Click on Create New Project and you’ll see the New Project
Details pop-up. You’ll need to give your project a title, and the app
also asks you to choose a frame rate: this is how many frames per
second the video will be. If you don’t have a specific one in mind
just stick with the Auto option. If you wish you can also add quick
notes in the text field to describe your project.Step-by-step Edit your movies in Lightworks
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This enables you to
see all your video
and audio clips, or
folder them so you
only see recent ones
or other categories.W
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