How to export video in Lightworks for free

Last Updated on June 27, 2021 by Rick Darlinton

Lightworks is one the best free video editing software tools for Windows and Mac. I have been using Lightworks to edit videos on Youtube for a long period of time as the software is super easy to operate and it runs very smoothly even on a slow laptop. If you never use the Lightworks free video editor before, you may wonder how to save your finished video in Lightworks just like how I ever did from the very beginning. In this article, we are going to show you how to export video in Lightworks easily.

How to export video in Lightworks 

If you are using Lightworks free version, you can only export videos in Lightworks to MP4 format with video resolution up to 720P. To get extra features like exporting video to other formats with higher video quality, you will have to upgrade to the Lightworks Pro version. Anyway, let’s take a look at how to export videos in Lightworks.

  1. To export videos in Lightworks, Select the EDIT option from the top navigation bar and then right-click the mouse on the empty space in the Lightworks’s video timeline.
  2. Navigate to export and then select H.264/MP4 (free) if you are using the Lightworks free version. If you want to export the video to Youtube or Vimeo directly, just select Web and click on Vimeo or Youtube. With the Lightworks Pro version, you have more options to export the video such as saving the video to other formats of AVI, MOV, WAV,etc.  The Lightworks Pro version also supports camera formats including AVC-Intra,avchd and more.
  3. Next,  select a proper frame rate and name the video file. After that, click on Start to export the video.

With the Lightworks video editor, you can export video in Lightworks with a variety of options. For example, Lightworks lets you export a video to social media platforms like Youtube and Vimeo directly. Additionally, you can export to MP4 for free with up to 720P video resolution. To export a video in higher resolution like 1080P or save the video to other formats such as AVI,MOV,WAV and more, you have to access its premium version.

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