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License Activation*

License Activation* Creating a Project

Upgrading Your L icense

Create a Lightworks account at www.lwks.com

Install Lightworks and start the application

System Settings panel opens

Click Manage l icenses to re-open Activate a Purchased

License dialog box

First Time Activation

Lightworks Pro:

Select a license from the dialog boxand click Activate

Click on System Settings box at

bottom left of screen

Enter your user

name and

password

Click to log in

Lightwo rks Free:

Click Cancel

For Offline Activation, see Lightworks Installation and

Activation Guide

*

Internet Connection required

Type a name for your Project here

Select Frame Rate

If the frame rate of your

media is unknown,

select Auto

New projects display

in this panel

Project card opens

Click on

Video tab

From the pop-up, select a project

output rate from the Format list

You can set an output rate that differs from the

project frame rate, e.g. if you want to play out a24-frame project to PAL or NTSC

Click outside the Project card to close it.

At the top-left corner of thescreen, click on the Project name

Click to open selected project

Click to close Project and

return to Project Browser


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Toolbar

Playback Control Options

Shortcut Keys

See Default Keyboard Shortcuts on page 12

Record

Opens Record tool for recording new clips

Import

Opens the Select Files to Import dialog box

Edit

Opens the viewer and timeline for new edit

ontent Manager

Opens the Content Manager tool

Search

Opens the Search tool

Playout

Opens Playout Tool for playing an edit to

tape

Export

Opens the Export tool

Editor Preferences

Opens the Editor Preferences dialog box

Controls display on each viewer

Click to select option

for controls

Click to open

Preferences dialog box.

Controls display at bottomof screen

Controls are not

displayed

Click Import to select Avid or

Final Cut Pro shortcuts

Import Preferences box opens

Select required Preferences file and click OK

Click to move

up one folder

Click to view or change

current Key shortcuts

C:\Users\Public\Documents\Lightworks\Preferences

usr/share/lightworks/Preferences

Located in the Lightworks.app bundle:Lightworks.app/Contents/Resources/Preferences

Win 7,8

Linux

Mac OS X

OS

Default Locations for Preferences Files

Location

Click to open

Preferences dialog box


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Content Manager

Content Manager

Creating a Bin

Type directly in Bin label

to rename it

Click to create a new

empty Bin

Overview

Tile View

List View

Click to hide or reveal

Content List panel

Select view by clicking on

any item in Content List

Results display in main panel

Click to toggle between

Tile and List views

Click to browse backwards and

forwards through Content List

Click to toggle Content Manager

ON and OFF


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Importing Clips

Click the Import icon to open the Select Files to Import dialog box

Formats or Rates

shown in RED denote

clip is not compatible

(see note)

Click to import selected

items

(Option): Type filename directly intotext box

Click Cogs icon for

Transcoding options

Click individual item to

select

Click for drop down list of

shortcuts, drives, etc.

Imported clips display in

the Recent filter of the

Content Manager

Clips with incompatible frame rates may be playable in a newproject set to the same frame rate as the cl ip

Click tab to select all

clips in folder

Transcode Options

File Selection

Incompatible video formats may require additional Codecs to

be installed

SHIFT+Click or Ctrl+Clickto select multiple items

Set Transcode / Copy options


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Marking a Section on a Source

Marking a Section on a Source

Using the Playback

Controls , stop the Clip

where you want your

clip to end

Using the Playback

Controls, stop the Clip

at the position you want

your clip to start.

Double -click thumbnail (List or Tile

view) to open Clip in Source Viewer

Source Viewer

Project Bi n

Use the Playback Controls on viewer

to move through the clip , and to mark

IN and OUT points

Click the IN button to

set IN Point (Playback

marker changes from

RED to BLUE)

Click the OUT button to

set the OUT Point

The portion betweenthe IN and OUT points

is now selected

Set the In Point as described above (Mark)

Stop the Clip where you want your subclip to

end (Park)

The marked section is ready

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2.

3.

Mark and Park

Click to make subclip of

marked section or entire clip


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Building the Storyline

Click the Edit icon to open an (empty) Edit viewer and Timeline

Move the frame marker on the Edit to

where you want to insert the new clip

Opening an Edit Viewer

Adding More Content

Select the next clip from your bin and open

in a Source Viewer

Repeat for each clip you want to appear in the Storyline

Click to insert the entire clip or the

marked section into the empty edit *

Click to insert the entire clip or

the marked section into the edit *

Alternatively, click

(if displayed)

or press v to insert

*

Click on the viewer containing the clip (with or without

a marked section) you want to add to the Edit


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