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I am thinking of putting lightworks on my computer. can i use my files that have been prepared for FC on lightworks?

nanc cohen

11 years ago - nanc cohen

I am very slow on FC anyway and was hoping the lightworks is more director friendly.. I have files that are on both iMovie as well as FC. What would I need to do? Thank you.

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Dan Selakovich

11 years ago - Dan Selakovich

Try exporting EDL/OMF in FC, then importing that into Lightworks. I used Lightworks back in '93 I think it was. Freakin' love that system. I don't know if it's "director friendly", but it certainly is editor friendly (especially those of us who used to cut on actual film). The trim functions and library are a thing of beauty.

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Paddy Robinson-Griffin

11 years ago - Paddy Robinson-Griffin

I don't know if your EDL can be copied across but you can probably import most original media files OK into LW. Seeing as it's free, why not just give it a go and experiment? LW is a bit of a different interface, takes a bit of understanding, but it makes FCX look like a toy and iMovie look like an etch-a-sketch. To my mind, anyway - people like different things and at the end of the day they all do similar things!

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