Unfortunately, the software doesn’t offer a satisfying solution for users who just want to drag and drop pre-canned effects and titles into their home movies.

You can finely tune titles down to the exact pixels of their orientations and locations, carefully customize their shadows, and more. Mark the clip and add 3DV effect to the video part, choose the Z axis to rotate the video clip. For example, its visual effects tools are easily accessible, and they let you tweak every aspect of the image to a fine degree of detail. Import the video clip from which you want to crop the image out into Lightwork. Once you’re in though, it’s one of the most powerful free video editors you can find. The Lightworks editor is powerful, but the program doesn’t do as much as some other consumer products to help total beginners learn how to use it. If you set anything different from your video, you’ll have to dive into settings and tweak them until you get it right. Since it is a MPEG-4 video track, the file as a MP4 Container.

While it supports all the import formats that the paid version does, it can be tricky getting everything to import easily for the uninitiated-you have to define project settings like resolution, framerate, and so on before you import your files. Lightworks Free: your project can only be used as a YouTube Format can be exported. Lightworks guides you through the process of setting up your first project with simple tooltips, but they’re a far cry for the powerful tutorials and wizards available in some other software.

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