The Shark is back! Lightworks goes open source
- April 15th, 2010
- Posted in DI Workflow . Editing
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Techie-Buzz.com reports that EditShare bought the company and are rolling it out again. I have fond memories of this pioneer N.L.E. that was developed by three blokes in a garage in England and went on to capture the hearts and minds of Hollywood film editors. This was my first experience with digital editing (1993) and despite crashing a lot, the original interface always seemed pretty intuitive alongside the “KEM style” controller. Shortly thereafter Tektronix bought the system and promptly drove it into the ground. Soon Avid became the “last man standing” and the fine folks of Tewkesbury stopped answering the telephone.

