<s>
Lightworks	B-Application
is	O
a	O
freemium	O
non-linear	O
editing	O
system	O
(	O
NLE	O
)	O
for	O
editing	O
and	O
mastering	O
digital	O
video	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lightworks	B-Application
won	O
a	O
2017	O
EMMY	O
Award	O
for	O
being	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
create	O
digital	O
nonlinear	O
editing	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
of	O
an	O
open-source	B-License
version	O
was	O
announced	O
on	O
April	O
11	O
,	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2020	O
,	O
a	O
Lightworks	B-Application
product	O
manager	O
confirmed	O
that	O
they	O
"	O
Still	O
hope	O
to	O
announce	O
something	O
in	O
the	O
future	O
"	O
about	O
Lightworks	B-Application
 '	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
free	O
version	O
cannot	O
export	O
to	O
DVD	O
or	O
Blu-ray	O
,	O
but	O
can	O
export	O
to	O
a	O
hard	O
drive	O
(	O
since	O
Lightworks	B-Application
14	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OLE	B-Application
Limited	I-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
1989	O
by	O
Paul	O
Bamborough	O
,	O
Nick	O
Pollock	O
and	O
Neil	O
Harris	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1999	O
it	O
was	O
sold	O
on	O
to	O
the	O
newly	O
formed	O
Lightworks	B-Application
Inc.	O
,	O
then	O
owned	O
by	O
Fairlight	O
Japan	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
purchased	O
by	O
Gee	O
Broadcast	O
in	O
May	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Under	O
Gee	O
Broadcast	O
ownership	O
,	O
new	O
product	O
releases	O
resumed	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
Lightworks	B-Application
Touch	O
range	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Alacrity	O
and	O
Softworks	O
ranges	O
for	O
SD	O
&	O
HD	O
editing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Softworks	O
offered	O
the	O
Lightworks	B-Application
User	O
Interface	O
and	O
toolset	O
in	O
a	O
software	O
only	O
package	O
for	O
laptops	O
or	O
office	O
workstations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2009	O
the	O
UK	O
and	O
US	O
based	O
company	O
EditShare	O
acquired	O
Gee	O
Broadcast	O
and	O
the	O
Lightworks	B-Application
editing	O
platform	O
from	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
their	O
video	O
server	O
system	O
GeeVS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
annual	O
convention	O
of	O
the	O
National	O
Association	O
of	O
Broadcasters	O
,	O
NAB	O
Show	O
,	O
on	O
11	O
April	O
2010	O
,	O
EditShare	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
plan	O
to	O
transform	O
Lightworks	B-Application
into	O
Lightworks	B-Application
Open	B-License
Source	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
9	O
November	O
2010	O
,	O
EditShare	O
announced	O
that	O
Lightworks	B-Application
would	O
be	O
downloadable	O
on	O
29	O
November	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
at	O
first	O
exclusively	O
for	O
the	O
users	O
who	O
had	O
registered	O
during	O
the	O
initial	O
announcement	O
,	O
but	O
subsequently	O
publishing	O
the	O
software	O
as	O
"	O
public	O
beta	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EditShare	O
planned	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
version	O
in	O
Q4	O
of	O
2011	O
,	O
after	O
they	O
finished	O
code	O
review	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
before	O
the	O
scheduled	O
release	O
date	O
of	O
29	O
November	O
2011	O
,	O
EditShare	O
announced	O
that	O
an	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
release	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
would	O
be	O
temporarily	O
delayed	O
,	O
but	O
did	O
not	O
announce	O
a	O
new	O
release	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
an	O
18-month	O
beta	O
program	O
,	O
EditShare	O
released	O
Lightworks	B-Application
11	O
,	O
for	O
Windows	O
only	O
,	O
on	O
28	O
May	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
non	O
beta	O
release	O
of	O
Lightworks	B-Application
includes	O
a	O
host	O
of	O
new	O
features	O
for	O
editors	O
,	O
and	O
runs	O
on	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
PC	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
was	O
re-designed	O
and	O
re-written	O
for	O
portability	O
(	O
versions	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
have	O
also	O
been	O
released	O
)	O
and	O
now	O
supports	O
many	O
more	O
codecs	O
including	O
AVCHD	O
,	O
H.264	O
,	O
AVC-Intra	O
,	O
DNxHD	O
,	O
ProRes	O
,	O
Red	O
R3D	O
,	O
DPX	O
,	O
XDCAM	O
HD	O
50	O
,	O
XDCAM	O
EX	O
,	O
DVD	O
,	O
Blu-ray	O
,	O
and	O
4K	O
,	O
but	O
only	O
for	O
the	O
paid	O
Pro	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
of	O
Lightworks	B-Application
has	O
also	O
replaced	O
HASP	O
with	O
the	O
new	O
EditShare	O
Licensing	O
System	O
(	O
ELS	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
eliminates	O
some	O
installation	O
problems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lightworks	B-Application
Free	O
users	O
can	O
now	O
download	O
the	O
64	O
bit	O
version	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
previously	O
limited	O
to	O
Pro	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EditShare	O
demonstrated	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
version	O
at	O
the	O
NAB	O
in	O
Las	O
Vegas	O
in	O
April	O
2012	O
,	O
and	O
posted	O
a	O
video	O
of	O
it	O
running	O
on	O
Ubuntu	O
on	O
their	O
YouTube	O
channel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
IBC	O
in	O
Amsterdam	O
in	O
September	O
,	O
an	O
updated	O
Linux	B-Application
demo	O
was	O
presented	O
,	O
and	O
EditShare	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
initial	O
Linux	B-Application
alpha	O
version	O
would	O
become	O
available	O
on	O
30	O
October	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lightworks	B-Application
11	O
alpha	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
30	O
April	O
2012	O
,	O
but	O
only	O
to	O
a	O
limited	O
audience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Linux	B-Application
version	O
of	O
Lightworks	B-Application
was	O
made	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
Public	O
Beta	O
on	O
30	O
April	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
8	O
August	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
beta	O
of	O
Lightworks	B-Application
version	O
12	O
working	O
on	O
Windows	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Mac	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
29	O
August	O
2015	O
,	O
Lightworks	B-Application
version	O
12.5	O
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Mac	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
4	O
February	O
2016	O
,	O
Lightworks	B-Application
version	O
12.6	O
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Mac	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2018	O
,	O
Lightworks	B-Application
released	O
version	O
14.5	O
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Mac	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2020	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
company	O
,	O
LWKS	O
Software	O
Ltd	O
,	O
founded	O
in	O
August	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
by	O
two	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
,	O
took	O
ownership	O
of	O
Lightworks	B-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
QScan	O
AQC	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lightworks	B-Application
confirmed	O
that	O
over	O
4-million	O
downloads	O
and	O
registrations	O
had	O
taken	O
place	O
.	O
</s>
