Lightworks vs VideoCreek
Lightworks
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VideoCreek
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| Figure | Lightworks | VideoCreek |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $10/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 3 | 2 |
| Spec score · Video Intro Maker Software | 8.6 (#11) | 7.5 (#27) |
| Audio | Lightworks includes audio levelling, equalisation, native audio effects and voice-over recording directly onto a sequence. | The homepage says its audio library contains 1,300 audio tracks. |
| Editing | Lightworks provides timeline editing, advanced transitions, automatic saving, and simple visual effects. | Users can customize templates with their own text, images, and sounds, and use animations and transitions. |
| Integrations | The privacy policy lists cloud and photo services including Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, Google Photos, OneDrive, pCloud, and IOGates, plus Pond5 and Pexels stock media. | The homepage instructs users to download finished videos and upload them to their channel or social media accounts; it does not name a direct integration. |
| Support | Lightworks provides in-app searchable help, video tutorials, a community forum, and a user portal for account and licence management. | The homepage advertises 24×7 help, while the contact page says to allow up to 24 hours for a response to its form. |
| What it does | Lightworks is a non-linear editor for assembling video, audio, graphics and effects into finished programmes. | VideoCreek offers online tools for creating video intros and other videos for websites, businesses, blogs, vlogs, YouTube channels, and broadcasts. |
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In their own words
Lightworks
Lightworks is a desktop non-linear editor for assembling video, audio, graphics, and effects into a finished programme. It runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux, with timeline editing, transitions, automatic saving, and simple visual effects. Lightworks supports shared project spaces on network storage, while ShareLinks let users share sequences and collect comments tied to specific moments. The maker describes it for projects ranging from social clips and YouTube videos to documentaries, music videos, and feature films. The Free plan is listed at free; plan details list 720p HD export, while the welcome guide says the Free tier exports up to 1080p, including portrait formats. Create adds 4K export, social media templates, motion graphics, colour controls, audio EQ, LUT support, high-resolution proxy editing, and NewBlue Titler Pro. Pro adds 10-bit support, audio and video plugin support, advanced video effects, export interchange formats, advanced colour scopes, and cloud export or upload. Some Linux functionality may be restricted by third-party limitations.
VideoCreek
VideoCreek has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.