Lightworks
Lightworks is a professional video editing application used by film and television editors worldwide, including work on Oscar-winning films like The King's Speech, Pulp Fiction, and The Departed. It offers a universal timeline that handles any frame rate and resolution, real-time multi-camera support, color grading, HDR workflows, and integration with NewBlue TotalFX effects library. The software is available in a free tier (limited to 720p export) and a paid Pro edition with full 4K and 8K export capabilities. Lightworks serves both beginners and seasoned professionals, with a large community of over two million users and extensive learning resources.
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1 suggestionLightworks currently ships only as an Intel-only build and has no native Apple Silicon version available yet. You can run it under Rosetta 2 today, but Apple is removing Rosetta from macOS in September 2028 (macOS 28), at which point your current Lightworks installation will stop launching entirely. The good news is that Lightworks remains actively maintained — recent updates and forum activity show the vendor is still developing the software. Contact EditShare (the company behind Lightworks) directly through their support channels at lwks.com to ask about native Apple Silicon support and a timeline for release. If you rely on Lightworks for professional work, you may want to check in periodically or monitor their forums for announcements. As a contingency, consider evaluating native Apple Silicon alternatives like Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve (which ships with native support), or Adobe Premiere Pro, all of which run natively on M-series Macs and will continue to work after Rosetta 2 is removed.
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