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title: Tech Specs – System Requirements & Features for Lightworks | Lightworks
description: Explore LWKS technical specifications, including system requirements, full feature list, and collaboration tools to optimize your workflow
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# Lightworks Tech Specs.

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## System Requirements

### Windows

**OS**: Windows 10 (64-bit) or later  
**Processer**: Intel i5 / AMD Ryzen or higher  
**RAM**: Minimum 4 GB (8 GB recommended)  
**GPU**: NVIDIA/AMD with 2 GB VRAMr  
**Storage**: 200 MB for install + space for media  
**Other**: Internet connection for activation

### MacOS

**OS**: Windows 10 (64-bit) or later  
**Processer**: Intel i5 / AMD Ryzen or higher  
**RAM**: Minimum 4 GB (8 GB recommended)  
**GPU**: NVIDIA/AMD with 2 GB VRAMr  
**Storage**: 200 MB for install + space for media  
**Other**: Internet connection for activation

### Linux

**OS**: Windows 10 (64-bit) or later  
**Processer**: Intel i5 / AMD Ryzen or higher  
**RAM**: Minimum 4 GB (8 GB recommended)  
**GPU**: NVIDIA/AMD with 2 GB VRAMr  
**Storage**: 200 MB for install + space for media  
**Other**: Internet connection for activation

## System Requirements

### Operating Systems

All versions are designed to run on Intel and AMD chipsets and motherboards.

- Windows 8 and later
- macOS 10.14 and later
- Linux Supported Debian Distros: 
    - Ubuntu / Lubuntu / Xubuntu 20.04 and later
    - Mint 17 and later
- Linux Supported RPM Distros: 
    - Fedora 34 and later

### Recommended System Specifications

- Intel i7 or fast AMD chipset
- 4 GB RAM or higher
- Two high-resolution displays (1920 x1080 or above)
- PCI Express graphics card (NVIDIA or AMD) with 1GB or higher
- DirectX 9 (Windows only)
- Compatible sound card
- Separate media and system drives (internal or external)
- 200MB Disk space for Lightworks installation
- (Optional) Lightworks Console and Keyboard
- Internet connection required to install and register licenses

### NewBlue Plugin Requirements

Several Lightworks features use NewBlue plugins:

- **Transitions:** requires Free, Create or Pro license
- **TitlerPro:** requires Create or Pro license
- **Essentials:** requires Pro license

Full suite **TotalFX** is available as a paid upgrade to Lightworks Pro.

- **OS:** Windows 10, macOS 10.15 and later
- **CPU:** 2GHz multicore recommended
- **RAM:** 4GB required (8GB recommended)
- **GPU:** NVidia or AMD with OpenGL 2.1, 1GB VRAM required

## Full Feature List

### Wide Container Support

- MXF OP1a, MXF OPAtom – P2, MXF OPAtom - native
- Avid support
- QuickTime
- AVI, .mts, .m2ts, .m2t, .mpg, .mp4, .wmv (export only), .ts (import only), .m2v (import only), .asf (import only), .vob, .mkv (import only)

### Editing

- Resolution, format and codec independent timeline
- Edit at 23.976, true 24, 25, 29.97, 30, 50, or 60 fps
- Advanced realtime Multicam editing with unlimited sources (Subject to hardware and storage capability)
- Source/Record three-point editing
- Insert and Overwrite editing
- Replace, Fit to Fill, backfill
- Drag-and-drop replace editing
- Extend and Split edits
- A/V Sync indicators on timeline
- AutoSync - Single-click re-sync of whole timeline
- Multi-colored markers for edits and clips
- Matchframe for clips and subclips
- Comprehensive Drag and Drop support
- Storyboarding – arrange tiles in Bins, adjust in and out points and convert to an edit with a single click

### Multicam

- Switching clips in timeline
- Unique Sync Group feature
- Live Cut – cut between angles during playback
- Sync to Lock Frame, Timecode or Audio Waveform
- Sync with Edits
- Unlimited Sources
- Mixed Sources – resolution and format
- Auto edit sync group sources as one sequence

### Stereoscopic

- Support for complete stereoscopic workflow*
- Individual Left and Right eye media
- Automatic sync on import
- No change in editing workflow
- Realtime Adjustment toolset for Alignment, Scaling and Colour Correction
- Multiple output options – Anaglyph, Side-by-side, Chequerboard, Individual Left and Right Eyes
- Monitor desktop, secondary display and SDI outputs
- Export options for various formats

### Colour Correction

- New preset colour looks templates, just drag and drop
- Real time (GPU accelerated) Primary colour correctors
- Real-time multiple Secondary colour correctors
- Colour image control filters
- Simple Colour correction
- Curve colour correction editor

### Audio

- Realtime Pre and Post Audio waveform display
- Analogue-style multi-track audio scrubbing
- Subframe-accurate audio keyframing
- Realtime audio adjustments during playback
- Clip and Track Gain controls
- AAF/OMF audio export with pan and volume levels*
- Real-time, software-based audio normalization
- Onscreen multi-track mixing console
- Multiple mix Bus routing
- External Mackie control surface support*
- Real time fader automation
- Real-time audio filters and effects
- Parametric and Graphic EQ
- Native audio effects: Limiter, Compressor, Noise Gate, Noise Reducer and Reverb*
- Quick Audio FX: Acoustic Sweetner, Dialog Enhancer, Instrument Enhancer, Subtle Sweetner and Voice Enhancer*
- Mixed bit-rates and samples on timeline
- Audio level meters per track
- Pan controls
- Mute and solo controls
- Direct to timeline Voice Over recording

## Collaboration

### Project Sharing *

- Multiple users working in the same project at the same time, sharing the same media
- Edit permissions handled within Lightworks: quickly transfer permission from user to user
- Edit changes instantly saved and updated for each user without having to save or exit Lightworks
- Bins can be shared between users and are updated in realtime

### Media Sharing

- Support for EditShare shared storage servers
- Support for a wide variety of third party shared storage (NAS and SAN)

### AAF Interchange *

- Export AAFs to Avid Media Composer, ProTools and Resolve with AAF export presets

### Film

- Import RED media and DPX sequences directly
- Decode options for RED R3D files*
- Decode options for BRaw files**
- Include timecode and keycode in the same list
- Support for 35mm 3-perf, 35mm 4-perf, and 16mm-20 and mixed film formats
- View feet and frames in edit
- View keycode and ink number overlays on video
- 24-fps EDL import and export
- 24-fps EDL conversion to and from 29.97 fps
- Import ALE, FLX, and CSV files
- Track key numbers, ink numbers and timecodes
- Output Cut list, Change list, Optical list, Pull list
- Dupe list, Audio EDL

### Third-party Support

- Boris Continuum (64bit Windows and macOS only)
- NewBlue TotalFX, TitlerPro, Essentials and Transitions (64bit Windows and macOS only)
- Blackmagic Fusion (7.5 and above)
- Maxon Magic Bullet Looks version 14.0.4 and later (Windows and macOS Only)
- OpenFX Support
- Audio Plugins AU, VST and LADSPA Compatibility
- Waves version 13.0 and later (All plugins version)
- Melda Plugins Version 15 and later (Free Bundle)
- Sonnox (Inflator, Reverb and Envolution)

### Import and Output

- Batch Import
- Transcode on Import
- Proxy creation
- Switch between proxy and hi-res media playback
- Export Clips, Edits, Bins, Groups and entire Projects
- Telecine 29.97i to 24p pulldown removal
- Universal projects, mixed frame rate media in the same project
- Define sequence frame rate and copy sequence to a different frame rate
- Subtitle Export to SRT*

### Record and Playout *

- Frame-accurate capture tool
- Batch capture
- Crash record
- Frame-accurate insert and assemble edit-to-tape
- Serial Device Control (RS422)
- Firewire Device Control
- Support for SDI capture devices:
- Matrox Hardware Support (Windows only)
- Blackmagic Hardware Support
- AJA Hardware Support (Windows and macOS only)

### Trimming

- Ripple
- Roll
- Slip and Slide
- Backtime
- Fit to Fill
- Remove and Delete
- Asymmetric, multitrack trimming
- Dynamic trimming during playback
- JKL trimming
- Trim window
- Timeline trimming
- Keyboard and numeric moving and trimming
- Close Gap
- Single click drag and trim – no separate tool required
- Drag in Black
- Auto Unjoin

### Effects

- Multi-split screen Viewer for original shot comparison
- Node-based effects layer and compositing tool
- Alpha Channel Matte Transitions
- Global Transitions between In and Out points
- Quick Transitions direct from the timeline
- Real-time effects in SD, HD, 2K, 4K and 5K
- Speed Tool for varispeed changes
- Keyframe graph

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