Lightworks 2021 Beginners Tutorial UPDATED!!!

[@RocketRidge]

As someone who has used lightworks for a little over a year now, I can say that this is a pretty solid tutorial, especially considering most of them are outdated

[@noelmurphywoodproducts9]

Hi, I have just downloaded lightworks and 5mins into it the audio has done nothing but loop over and over, any tips for me please as I'm stumpted...

[@DogeLordForever]

@@noelmurphywoodproducts9 you cant

[@rolandbrooks467]

For someone who has NEVER edited any video clips before, this has to be THE best tutorial I've watched to date,,,,,,

[@matthewhutchinson4942]

I've just started with Lightworks and got confused with other tutorials. Yours was really easy to follow. How you explain everything was first class.. A+

[@techismad]

Glad I could help!

[@corpo_ethereal2744]

Downloaded this and felt like I was stumbling in the dark until I watched your video. thank you for making this. Great voice, btw.

[@techismad]

Thanks so much for the comment - I love that this video helped you out!

[@RichPlayz.]

Finally a tutorial that's understandable. This video is actually longer than the first two tutorials I've watched, but fell asleep on. LOL. I wish the adding of audio was included, but at least I found clarity on how to do the first things first. Thank you, Mad Tech.

[@conradts3338]

Thank god I found you. The layout is KEY to success with lightworks and I have NEVER seen anyone work with the flexible layout and I didn't know how to get to the "FIXED" layout. Thank you thank you thank you thank you. Hours of frustration averted!!!!!

[@techismad]

Glad it was helpful!

[@salty-pete]

As a retired person and not too savvy in computer programs, I found this tutorial easy to follow and now to search for more of your tutorials on Lightworks.

[@techismad]

I'm so glad my tutorial helped you out!

[@scanner2556]

Just started videoing with a Mavic Mini, these tutorials are very helpful and easy to understand for a beginner. Thank you.

[@techismad]

You are welcome!

[@ApexEdits94]

A really helpful video. The demonstrations are clear. I don't understand the people why they dislike this, there is no point of disliking this unless they are jealous of Mad Tech's good work.

[@techismad]

hey that's ok - people can dislike the video if they don't like it. But I'm happy my tutorial can help you out!

[@ApexEdits94]

@@techismad :D

[@itsmesaurabhkumar]

you earned a subscriber, I really appreciate the way you described things and how to work with them. no BS, very helpful for a beginner like myself. keep it up and thank you :)

[@mela9867]

Thank you so much! Much better than a few I had watched recently that still left me scratching my head. Thank you for putting this together!

[@softkittystorytime4425]

Great tutorial , especially showing the different methods for making cuts!

[@markuschampos5750]

This is by far the best tutorial, on pretty much anything, I've ever seen, thanks! Lightworks it will be👍

[@zivaihamadziripi2111]

Your video makes more sense than anything I've heard. It's even better than the ones made by Lightworks...

[@techismad]

very nice of you to say so!

[@buildmybusiness3988]

Thanks for posting this. I had a hard time using the manual guide and this made it much more simple.

[@techismad]

Glad it helped!

[@juliatillery7805]

I learned Lightworks 7 years ago, just to do ONE personal project. Cut to today (abruptly), and I can't remember a darn thing. Thank you, Mad Tech for the idiot-proof guide! (Why, oh why didn't I watch this yesterday, before swearing at my computer for an hour....?)

[@techismad]

it's the way the world works I'm afraid... you have no idea how many hours I've spent swearing at my computer!

[@PerEng2405]

Absolutely brilliant introduction. Much appreciated for a new lwks user (and videography edit for that matter).

[@dafuqshitgames3686]

now im gonna do youtube and your tutorial is very clear luv u

[@techismad]

luv u 2! great username by the way....

[@zensoundz2156]

Though a bit rough arrangement of the video clips. This is a beautiful presentation and straight to the point illustrations on how edit, park in and park out, dissolve, transitioning and export videos.

[@techismad]

thanks for the comment - really appreciate it

[@MordeOrFeed]

Thank you so much for this video! I was having trouble making a highlight reel and this video easily taught me how to grab the clips I want and splice them all together. I really appreciate it!

[@techismad]

Glad it helped! What was the highlight reel of?

[@MordeOrFeed]

@@techismad A League of Legends game. I've been just uploading full gameplay but thought if I just jumped to highlights I might get more views.

[@mirahanani9156]

Thank you so much for this informative yet easy to understand video!

[@TrueArtNow]

Just what I was looking for. I'm gonna wear out that dissolve! Thanks.

[@techismad]

Glad I could help!

[@yashchoudhary4696]

very nice tutorial. I really needed that. thanks

[@techismad]

You're welcome!

[@brijgee]

Thank you so much...I had to make a video for a school project and till now I was just so confused with this...this video was definitely helpful 👍

[@techismad]

I'm so happy my tutorial helped you. What's your project about?

[@Manellamusic]

Wow! brilliant. Your tutorial is so very clear and easy to understand. Thank you !

[@techismad]

You're very welcome!

[@allisonleroux7637]

Does the free version have a limit on video length? I can't seem to be able to make my video longer than 30:00.00mins

[@techismad]

Not as far as I know. To be honest thought I've never edited more than 20 minutes or so. I'll check out and see what limit it puts on me and report back

[@ssigitas69]

Very good tutorial. I like it and learning from your tutorials. Thanks so much.😁

[@techismad]

Happy to hear that!

[@jessenoordermeer]

Does Lightworks have the ability to put 2 videos over eachother (like a facecam)? Or am I asking too much of a free editing program?

[@shivagiri7406]

you can use OBS studio for that purpose. Its free.

[@HoopieVODS]

Do you know a good site to get royalty free b-roll footage from?

[@techismad]

I normally grab everything from Pexels.com

[@ericlougheed9440]

I dont have any of those transitions? Did I do something wrong when I downloaded it?

[@prakashk2160]

Well explained. Good learning. Thanks.

[@frauvit]

You just saved me hours, thank you! I´ll leave a like.

[@UwUYT]

Hi, I just noticed my text doesn't work the same as yours? I can't see the green bar and it doesn't show an option to put how long the text is on the screen for.

[@CletusHicks]

when I export my sequence to mp, it loads them one at a time and separate instead of one long video. what am I doing wrong?? TY

[@chitrak5258]

very useful -just started learning

[@techismad]

Fantastic! Let me know how it goes ok?

[@calicojack926]

Fantastic tutorial, thank you sir.

[@techismad]

You are welcome!

[@BigManVROfficial]

so im having a problem exporting in the free version, i will export and it will go through with it and go into the folder i made for it. but when i try to play it it is not a video and only a kb file. it says mp4. help

[@sidneykuipers8971]

Just started editing, helped a lot this video thanks :). The other tutorial video,s didnt help me that much but this was really good to follow and understand

[@aprilpower1158]

I somehow changed my Dissolve setup in favorites... How do I change it to what it was? It used to fade in and out automatically but now it has added a part of my video so that whenever I try to Dissolve a part of my video, instead of turning black it turns into the part of another scene of my video. How do I fix this?

[@rukh1015]

can someone help me export. whenever i try to export it doesnt work it always says unable to create/write file and i have 270gb left and i am exporting with vimeo, youtube, and H.264

[@janham7305]

This is a good tutorial. I edited my video because I wanted to make it smaller. However, the final file was 4 times larger than the original even with parts cut out! I guess it's because Lightworks separate out the audio and video files. I was unable to use my final file due to its size.

[@thekid6278]

thank you so much for this clear and concise tutorial!

[@techismad]

Glad it was helpful!

[@thenuggywuggy8389]

what if when i drop my video with audio onto my project timeline, no audio shows up?

[@apndudes4226]

I don't like this new update's layout, the old version had the layout already fixed, i am not able to figure out how to use it, can you help me? my layout is not like yours in the video, everything has disappeared, i have been using lightworks for more than a year, it has never happened to my like this

[@techismad]

Did you set the layout to fixed on the front page of Lightworks?

[@apndudes4226]

@@techismad hey thnx, i figured it out, thnx a lot

[@Sarah-hl4nl]

I have a question, if you try to put another clip on top of one it just deletes the clip and doesn't push it back with all the other clips like other video editors I've used. Is there a way I could insert clips on top of or before that are long, and it doesn't cut the clip and delete it, it just pushes it back? Thanks.

[@juanlagos2125]

Hello, this video editing software. does it have scene cut detection like adobe premiere?

[@kaijunior4339]

How do you scroll sideways on the timeline, the zoom only works so far. I can’t add more segments because I don’t know how to scroll right lol

[@aafiqilahi6811]

if I save my video as a MP4 file , I get Video as a seperate file and audio as a seperate file. I mean in the video file I cannot hear the sound I added. Can Someone Help me ?

[@norbertstka]

Great videos! But how to help for questions? eg: not found in user's guide: duration of jpg, i set it to 10 sec but it stays for 50 sec.

[@practicalplays9911]

I'm having a few issues when exporting the video and that it's a different shade of color like pink. Is there a reason for that or am I doing something wrong?

[@anasgaming2651]

Can I add transition effects to texts from outside the program?

[@techismad]

If you add text into Lightworks as a transparent PNG, you can do any of the effects to it as Lightworks will just treat it like a movie clip

[@salty-pete]

I'm back!! One of Lightworks benefits?? is the fact that it automatically saves your work. Can this be turned off? Lightworks is very touchy and I managed to wipe out all the dediting I had done with one click of my mouse. In other programs I would save after I edited each clip and if anything went wrong and I stuffed up, I would reload the work from the last saved clip. Thanks

[@ClaudiaFox1990]

Thanks super useful and clear!

[@denisegardner4495]

A very helpful tutorial and easy to understand. I am trying to use Lightworks for a different application and have some remaining questions. I'm using LW to edit old family videos and saving them back to my computer. My goal is to take one longer segment and break it into smaller clips. I will later put more related clips together. I put in and out markers at the beginning and end of the new smaller clip and tried to export the highlighted segment, but it is trying to export the whole longer video. What am I doing wrong? And how can I make a break in the segment so that I can add something in? Is there a tutorial that I haven't found yet for this application?

[@techismad]

Of course! Try this - I’m sure this will help you out - kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWW2c4x5h52IfJY

[@bradgoose]

Superb tutorial - everything I needed and nothing I didn’t. Do you have another channel on YT that specialises in Dire Straits? Your voice sounds very familiar. Best wishes

[@techismad]

I love Dire Straits, but that's not me on those videos!

[@NGNOFKOZ]

Great tutorial! Thank you very much for this!

[@petersmirnov3231]

Very clear and to-the-point tutorial. I learned just about everything I needed to get started with video editing in Lightworks.

[@techismad]

Glad it was helpful!

[@meigana]

Please help I need to find out how to add the audio I've been doing this for an hour and can't figure it out or find any video on it but lightworks video not coming with audio is what the issue is please help idk what to do and no one has an answer D: it doesn't come with the audio and when I listen to it on folders you can hear the sound!! Please help! tysm D:

[@GodeeperBibleStudies]

Thank you, I really am learning so much from your videos even though I have already made a few videos on Lightworks. One question I have, sometimes a video clip I import reaches to the edge of the visible timeline and then when I try to import the next clip it cuts the last one short or replaces it, how do I get Lightworks to show me more empty timeline so that I can insert more clips when I come to the edge of the visible panel?

[@techismad]

How much time does the timeline give you? In theory, the timeline should get as big as you need it to be

[@sarahdempster9916]

This was a great help, thank you!

[@techismad]

You're welcome!

[@paradox5839]

is there a limit to how long a clip can be? I'm having trouble putting the full clip, for some reason it gets cut down to just 5 minutes and the audio isn't in sync with what is shown

[@techismad]

There shouldn’t be a limit. When you say that the sound is not in sync I always think that there’s a problem with the bit rate of the video. Where is the video from?

[@paradox5839]

@@techismad I figured it out but thanks anyway, I was recording gameplay from my ps5, but I was using the wrong file type, all I had to do was to switch it to MP4

[@carolinacarioni]

I am having great problems wirh this new version. The audio..the interface...i used to love this software

[@unclebobonyoutube6206]

Very nice tutorial, thanks. Subscribed. Quick question: I know you said that is normal for the videos to be a little laggy but mine are so slow and jittery it makes it painful to work with them. Is it possible to, perhaps, reduce the quality of the videos purely for playback purposes while editing? Or any other suggestions? Or maybe I just need a new PC :-)

[@automobiii]

This tutorial is so helpful! Thank you!

[@techismad]

no.. thank you for watching and leaving a comment!

[@brucescanlon]

wow amazing tutorial much better than the one provided by lightworks! Thank you.

[@techismad]

You're very welcome!

[@sahampemula88]

Hi, i have a question, i have my video with 4k quality, but everytime i played the video either in the sequence or preview, the video always laggy but the sound kept continue, do you have the solution?

[@techismad]

4K will kill any computer or laptop. You can right click on clips in your media library and make proxies from them. That will help the videos play better in the timeline. Then go to your preview window, right click and choose the output format to be 720p. Let the timeline play for a few seconds and hopefully you can edit with less lag

[@starskyparker6603]

Ive been away from using Lightworks for a while but come back to the now 2021 version. Having used your vid's previously i need to ask, i can no longer an fx (basically text titles screen) using the in/out markers and the effect fill that area without having underlying video behind it. Previous version you could just add the text between the markers without any video in the v1 channel. Is there a way to do this now?

[@techismad]

I just tried it out, and it's working for me. I'm just dragging a text title into the empty space in V1 (the movie clip I have there is about a minute long, and I'm dragging the titles into the empty space after that)

[@starskyparker6603]

@@techismad I’ll try it again later. Is there a way I could send you a vid clip if it isn’t working to show you? Probably me at error

[@tryhardsweat5224]

Great video!!! Thanks!!!!!🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@goldenvalleyacademy1734]

hey bro!! Suggest me a good site for downloading BGM'S like "typewriter" "buzzer" etc..

[@techismad]

You can start with this: freesound.org/search/?q=typewriter

[@kateharney1538]

Downloaded. Watched two videos. Can't find my way to the starting point in your video.

[@atharvapandey2149]

Mad Tech is Editing Legend

[@techismad]

thank you for saying that - but I am also a student of filming and editing.

[@cashilljake]

Very helpful. Thanks!

[@JoolieEm]

Thank you! :) Really helpful.

[@prialeya_m3059]

is there an option to make a video faster as sort of a timelapse or a slowmotion option?

[@techismad]

You can speed up and slow down clips no problem, but you can't do speed ramps

[@AndroidGameCoder]

The Lightworks software directs you here kzbin.info/www/bejne/qniwgKV8acmojJo, which is also a good place to start. However, that tutorial skips effects completely. I'm glad you included the two most important effects for someone just needing to do a one off video. That being a fade in and out title, and fading transitions between clips. Also the shortening of a clip amidst other clips was a handy tip at the end. I consider the free version of Lightworks more a free trial then something you would use for your published project, as the 720p limit is a deal breaker nowadays.

[@alparish3625]

Hi Madtech, I love your Lightworks vids, you're putting out some quality content there my friend....hat off to you! I have a question regarding clips & creating multiple in's & out's from the same clip. Some of the clips I have recorded using my smart phone can run for anywhere from 5mins to an hour of footage. Although most of the footage will be redundant, theres definately some great content, snipets from training sessions & demo's of the work I produce which I would like to multiple "In & Out" kinda like to cherry picking from the original mp4, whilst having multiple other recorded clips in my log which I'd like to do the same for? I hope, it's possible. Thanks in advance Al ;)

[@techismad]

try this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWW2c4x5h52IfJY

[@alparish3625]

@@techismad - Thanks for heads up! ;)

[@1giftworld790]

Hi this is such a great and fantastic lecture, I use Shotcut for long mediational videos -- simple not really complicated ones, recently it takes over 4 days and nights to do a 12 hour video, I am thinking to switch to Lightworks, is it a good fit for me? If yes would it be beneficial to download the free version or buy an upgrade? Thanks so much in advance (Sorry I do not want to rush you, they have a promotion till the 30th of September)

[@jonbrook4009]

I have no idea what the 2021 version of LWKs is like but if it's anything like earlier version it's the most cack-handed, convoluted, bug-ridden software I've ever used for anything. The problems I had with V14 were horrendous. It got to the point where I was afraid to click the mouse for fear of another crash losing all the work. What irked me more than anything was the so-called forum 'help'. As far as they were concerned it was NEVER the software at fault; always my computer or my hardware - despite trying it on three different spec laptops. Strangely enough, all the faults that were supposedly down to my computer appeared as 'bug-fixes' in the PDF they released with updated versions of LWKs. So it wasn't my computer at fault in the end after all. I did myself a massive favour by switching to Vegas Pro. Never crashes, works on any ol' laptop within reason and is far more intuitive. I write this not out of spite but to save anyone going though the same hassle i went through.

[@techismad]

It's a dilemma - Lightworks will work on the lowest spec laptop you can buy, but for that you do have to put up with the problems. To this day I really don't like the interface, or the click on/off system for editing clips.

[@kristiangustafson4130]

Very helpful. Saved the day

[@morganking7176]

So quick question: for some reason whenever I try and record voiceovers in Lightworks using my blue yeti, it speeds it up and raises the pitch. Any idea on how to fix this?

[@AskJeeves572]

You tried recording into Audacity first, editing it there and then applying the edited audio to lightworks after? If so, I don't know.

[@Fontenelle2307]

Please, could you teach us how did you made your intro?

[@user-ve6vu6fj6g]

I have learned sumthing new to day (:

[@annabellethepaladin3795]

I'm using OBS to record videos for my channel, the file type it's currently set to is flv but Lightworks can't read the files. what file types can Lightworks read? the file types available in obs are: flv, mp4, mov, mkv, ts, and m3u8. Edit: the mp4 file type seems to distort sound when added to Lightworks. not sure what I'm doing wrong, I record the game play with obs making sure the file type is set to mp4. the finished video before editing sounds fine, but in lightworks it sounds distorted/robotic.

[@techismad]

So when you have these kinds of problems it's definitely a problem in the format of the movie. I would stick to either MP4 or Mov. I haven't used OBS for years, so let me check out the settings and I'll get back to you

[@ThatMrBurger]

Sometimes when I import my mp4 files the audio is off but only until the software fully downloads and scans it. It takes a few min sometimes depending on the size but when rendered out the finished product is accurate and only the preview window was off

[@ThatMrBurger]

That happens to me with Elgato footage for some reason if it’s what I’m thinking about

[@danawaldrop4930]

Thank you! I downloaded but then what? Where is the file being exported to? It's not showing up on my youtube channel.

[@techismad]

Sometimes it's easier to export the file to your computer and then upload that file to KZbin

[@danawaldrop4930]

@@techismad Not sure what to select that will lead me to chose the c drive. TY!

[@TheDanielwhelan]

When I cut a tiny clip on the edit, I can't move that tiny clip, it only gives me an option to elongate it. How can I movie tiny cuts around the edit board? Thanks.

[@techismad]

if it's a tiny clip, it might be hard to move. If you put your mouse in the clip, Lightworks might not know you're trying to move it because it's so small. Have you tried to zoom into the timeline to make the little clip a little bigger? That way you can put your mouse in the middle of the clip and then you can move it.

[@TheDanielwhelan]

@@techismad Yeah, I can't seem to figure out to move tiny edits on the timeline. Do you know how I can zoom in to try it that way? Thanks.

[@kateharney1538]

How do I get to the Project Layout

[@messination3828]

Am a little late but how do you add a thank you for watching

[@RosnyTheChief]

I don't know how to download it and i don't know where.

[@twøwrldsapart]

Sometimes my video won’t export and I have two tb storage and it will stay

[@ashharkausar413]

Helpful video, ty.

[@philoxenberg250]

Excellent. Thank you.

[@techismad]

You are welcome!

[@patrickrukwaro1659]

I enjoyed the tutorial and I subscribed too, lightworks is easy to use.. but why does it affect the frame rate of my video. You put full screen clips into the sequence and Export with a black screen border and your clip boxed in like a sticker

[@techismad]

Lightworks used to be awful with different frame rate clips - as in it used to stop working if your clips weren’t all the same frame rate. Could it be that your clips are different sizes? Like 720 / 1080?

[@niicholls3682]

Thanks, great tutorial

[@techismad]

You're welcome!

[@iskandarzulkarnain5082]

Great tutorial, thanks!

[@caroldtrip703]

Hi. Is there a way to enlarge the oicture I ve got here in the lightworks ? Or I have to find another one that cover the whole screen ? Thank you in advance

[@techismad]

Totally. Basically you can resize any video or image by putting a 2D DVE on it. Once the DVE is put on top of your clip, you can drag any one of it's corners to make it bigger or smaller.

[@caroldtrip703]

@@techismad ah ok. Thank you. I found the DVE but it got the picture distorted. What do yiu mean put on the top ?

[@caroldtrip703]

Ill try it again

[@caroldtrip703]

I have one more question if im not bothering u. The old version I was using mark and park to make my videos and now it changed the sequency it doesnt go after the first clip i made . it gets one after the ither meaning in the wring sequency

[@techismad]

@@caroldtrip703 You put the 2D DVE and drag it ONTO the clip in the timeline. So if the clip is a still photograph, you can drag the 2D DVE onto that clip, and then you can resize that photograph to whatever size you need it. Just make sure you're resizing using the corners of the photo and it won't get distorted

[@YariyaMedia]

useful tips. Thanks.

[@techismad]

Glad it was helpful!

[@kateharney1538]

Videos are full of telling me what it can do but don't tell me how to get from all the blurb to the point where I can pull in videos.

[@thallium7678]

It says I do not have any local files

[@Ovi._]

The Text Doesn't wanna dissapear for some reason

[@spkhdworld3000]

thank you mate..........

[@techismad]

No worries!