Editing Digital Videos using Lightworks

Editing Digital Videos using Lightworks

Course Overview

This course is for students and film making professionals who wants to learn the software that is close at heart of many film editors in hollywood. After learning the free edition of the software you can edit like a pro with lightworks, a software with which films like Departed, Pulp Fiction, Braveheart, Aviator has been edited with.

Lightworks is a Non Linear Editor from the company Edit Share which works on Windows, Linux and Mac platforms. With Lightworks you can do professional grade digital video and film editing for all kind of professional work. Other than doing basic editing you can also incorporate professional level Transitions and Video Effects into your workflow using Lightworks’ famous node based visual effects module and numerous presets. Apart from digital Video and Film editing, you can also do Offline Multicam Editing with Lightworks.

In this course we have covered the basics of editing with Lightworks where you get a detailed look at the workings of the interface and learn how to do Basic Edits and apply Transitions and do Multicam edits. An advanced version of the tutorial is also available where you will be learning about how to do more advanced work like Keyframe Animation, Working with the Node Based Effects Module and Colouring and Audio Mixing.

The following modules for Lightworks have been covered in this course:

Introduction
User Interface
System Settings
Project Settings
Timeline & Monitor Settings
Video Importing
Media Organisation
Timeline Organisation
Basic Cut to Cut Editing
Advanced Editing with Trimming
Keyboard Shortcuts
Transitions
Drag & Drop Editing
Multicam Editing

Course Objective:

To master the art of editing digital videos and films with Lightworks which is an acclaimed non-linear editing software used for editing Hollywood movies. 

Target Customers:

Filmmaking Students
Film Editing Professionals
Anyone who wants to learn how to do Non Linear Editing using Lightworks

Pre-Requisites:

Knowledge of Computers
Knowledge of Video Formats and Codecs