Lightworks
🇬🇧 GB · Free plan · paid from $279.99/user/mo
3.9/5· 103 reviews across 4 portals
UK-based professional video editor with a free tier and real-time 4K effects, hosted in the US.
Replaces
Lightworks is sought as a European alternative to:
Features
Video Editing
- Universal timeline supporting footage of any size, frame rate, and quality
- Background processing for uninterrupted editing
- Proxy editing for smooth performance
- Advanced transitions and video mask effects
- Support for various camera formats, including RED R3D clips
- Up to 8K export and custom formats in Pro tier
Audio
- Refined audio editing tools: trimming, splitting, layering tracks
- Syncing audio with video
- Built-in audio effects: reverb, chorus, distortion
- Native audio FX for dialogue and music enhancement
- Third-party audio plugins (AU, VST, LADSPA) in Pro version
- External MIDI control and DAW workstation integration
Visual Effects (VFX)
- Simplified VFX suite with over 700 customizable titles and motion graphics (NewBlue)
- Complex animations, transitions, and filters
- OpenFX compatibility in Pro tier
- Upgrade option to NewBlue TotalFX with 1,500 presets and 177 video plugins
Colour
- Colour correction and grading with pre-built and custom LUTs
- Isolate and adjust colours or regions
- HDR workflows
- Advanced colour scopes and enhanced tools in Pro tier
Sharing and Export
- Export resolutions from 720p (Free) to 8K (Pro)
- Social media presets for YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Snapchat
- Direct uploads to YouTube and cloud export
- Physical media targets: DVD and Blu-ray (Pro)
- Integration with cloud storage services for collaboration
Metadata and Quality Control
- Advanced metadata handling (Pro)
- In-timeline video quality control with QScan license (Pro)
- Import and export of interchange formats: AAF, XML, OMF, EDL, film cutting lists
Pricing
- Basic video editing features
- 720p export resolution
- Full editing engine and background processing
- 4K export
- Social media templates
- Dynamic motion graphics
- Advanced colour controls
- 4K export
- Advanced titles and cloud editing
- Social media export templates
- 8K export
- Advanced video and audio effects
- Third-party plugin support
- Comprehensive format support
- 8K export
- Full professional feature set
- Two months free compared to monthly billing
- 8K export
- Full professional feature set
- Lifetime ownership of the software
Prices vary by region (USD, GBP, EUR) and exclude applicable sales taxes. Subscription plans include monthly or yearly options with discounts for annual billing.
EU Trust Profile
What we verified against public sources, last checked 2026-09-10. Every point links to its evidence.
- Evidence →European legal entityLWKS Software Ltd, Swindon (UK)
Registered in England and Wales under ICO number ZA787819.
- Evidence →Documented data exportProject folders and rendered video/audio formats
We list only what we could verify against a public source on the check date. A point that is absent was not established either way — it is not a finding against the vendor. The vendor's own information prevails.
Work at Lightworks?
This badge is free for every vendor we list and has no bearing on the order of any list. It is issued on the basis of a verified European headquarters (GB) and the compliance points we checked against public sources — the date on it is the date we last checked.
Embed code
<a href="https://tech-from-europe.eu/product/lightworks"><img src="https://tech-from-europe.eu/badge/lightworks.svg" alt="Lightworks — verified European company on tech-from-europe.eu" height="164"></a>Plain HTML: an SVG served from our domain, with no JavaScript, no cookies and no tracking of your visitors. Add ?style=card for the wide variant, or swap .svg for .png where a CMS refuses SVG. Whether you nofollow the link is your call — we do not check.
Claiming the profile with a work email gets you the artwork as PNG, a form for correcting anything we got wrong, and a note whenever we re-check you.
Claim this profile →Something wrong on this page? Write to hello@tech-from-europe.eu with a public link and we will re-check it.
Reviews
Recurring themes, synthesized from public reviews across portals.
What users value
- Intuitive and user-friendly interface suitable for both beginners and experienced video editors
- Efficient handling of multiple timelines simultaneously for diverse video formats
- Customizable shortcuts that accelerate editing workflows
- Free version with essential tools for simple projects like social media content
- Wide range of effects and plugins to enhance creative flexibility
- Efficient processing of large raw footage and support for high-quality 4K exports
- Flexible and accessible for users at different skill levels
Where users see room to improve
- · Occasional software crashes, though content is usually saved
- · Outdated user interface in need of modernization
- · Limited advanced tools for professional-grade editing beyond basic features
Ratings across portals
Linked facts, we bring ratings from every portal together in one place.
Integrations
Feature, pricing and integration details are based on web research (as of 2026-08-07), without guarantee, errors are possible. The vendor's website prevails.