https://lightworksguide.net/ Independent Lightworks tutorials for editing, export and troubleshooting. en https://lightworksguide.net/export/youtube/ 6abb9a2b2fdb5b00015f7053 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 For a standard dynamic range (SDR) video, I would export a local MP4 using H.264, keep the finished sequence’s frame rate, and choose a resolution your Lightworks licence offers. Play that file outside the editor, then upload it through YouTube Studio as Private and wait for the intended viewing quality before releasing it. A saved file gives you something concrete to check when the online version looks different. Lightworks’s web-delivery guidance recommends H.264 when compatibility is th https://lightworksguide.net/export/vertical-video/ 6abb9a2a2fdb5b00015f704d Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 To make a vertical Lightworks video, work on a copy of the landscape edit, reframe each shot for the portrait composition, and choose a permitted portrait export target. Check the saved file’s shape separately: a tall viewer or crop inside a landscape raster does not make the file 9:16. A vertical cut is a composition job and a file-delivery job. The sequence you edit, the visible picture inside each shot, and the dimensions encoded in the exported file can disagree. Write down the desti https://lightworksguide.net/editing/crop-resize/ 6abb9a292fdb5b00015f7047 Sun, 18 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 To crop a shot in Lightworks, select its clip and add Reframe or the transform effect available in your build. Use blanking to hide unwanted edges, then Scale and Position to compose the remaining picture. Set the delivered file dimensions separately at export. There are three different jobs that are often called “resize.” Crop or blanking hides part of the visible picture. Scale changes how large the source appears inside the frame, while Position moves it. Output resolution changes the d https://lightworksguide.net/editing/text-titles/ 6abb9a272fdb5b00015f7041 Sat, 17 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Add native text with the documented Lightworks 2020.1 controls, distinguish clip and FX spans, and choose readable styling for Title, Crawl or Roll. https://lightworksguide.net/editing/proxies/ 6abb9a252fdb5b00015f7035 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 For imported video with online media, select a few representative clips, right-click Make Proxy, then watch the Tasks page of the project settings panel. When generation finishes, use the viewer’s Quality > Lowest available to play an existing proxy. Keep the originals online for final export. A proxy is an easier-to-decode copy linked to the original clip. It lets you edit demanding footage without replacing the source master. Start with the clips you are actively cutting, and expand gene https://lightworksguide.net/learn/backup-restore/ 6abb9a232fdb5b00015f7027 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Choose the right archive contents, preserve camera originals, restore without replacing live work, and check the recovered project before a system move or cleanup. https://lightworksguide.net/fix/slow-playback/ 6abb9a212fdb5b00015f7021 Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Identify whether Lightworks is dropping frames or playing at the wrong speed, then compare proxies, background work, effects, storage and audio output without changing everything at once. https://lightworksguide.net/fix/black-video/ 6abb9a202fdb5b00015f701b Mon, 12 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Find the first place the picture turns black: the original file, the imported source clip, the sequence, or the completed export. That tells you what to check next. If the source has picture but the sequence does not, start with video-track visibility and covering layers. If the sequence has picture but the exported file does not, confirm the exported item, range, original media, and playback result before changing codecs. Keep the original media and project unchanged, and use the separate https://lightworksguide.net/fix/export-failed/ 6abb9a1f2fdb5b00015f7015 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Read the actual export task, check originals and destination, compare a repeatable range safely, and keep player or upload failures separate. https://lightworksguide.net/export/resolution-limits/ 6abb9a1c2fdb5b00015f7001 Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Check a missing export size against your Lightworks licence, build and output target. The current Free offer is up to 1080p; distinguish it from older 720p guidance and the separate proxy limit. https://lightworksguide.net/learn/first-video/ 6abb9a182fdb5b00015f6fe9 Tue, 29 Sep 2026 14:51:27 +0000 Make one short video from start to finish: import three clips, choose their useful sections, build the timeline, balance sound and check the exported file. https://lightworksguide.net/compare/free-create-pro/ 6abb9a1a2fdb5b00015f6ff1 Tue, 29 Sep 2026 14:51:26 +0000 Choose by the file you must deliver, then check titles, audio, plugins, billing and licence conditions. Free currently advertises up to 1080p; check the active build and target. https://lightworksguide.net/export/settings/ 6abb9a1b2fdb5b00015f6ff9 Tue, 29 Sep 2026 14:51:25 +0000 Choose a local MP4 export, confirm the sequence and range, and check frame rate, quality controls and licence limits before reviewing the finished file. https://lightworksguide.net/fix/media-offline/ 6abb9a1d2fdb5b00015f7007 Tue, 29 Sep 2026 14:51:24 +0000 If Lightworks shows Media Offline, first find out whether the original file is unavailable, has moved, or has actually been deleted. Reconnect known storage or restore the known original path before changing links. If the correct file now lives elsewhere, Relink can reconnect the existing clip while keeping its edit decisions. Offline clips retain their edit information; the warning alone does not mean your sequence has been erased. The important distinction is between the clip in your pro https://lightworksguide.net/fix/no-audio/ 6abb9a1e2fdb5b00015f700f Tue, 29 Sep 2026 14:51:23 +0000 If Lightworks has no audio, check where the same section stops being audible: the original file, the source viewer, the sequence, or the completed export. Inside the editor, inspect the intended mix’s Mute/Solo controls and LR master before changing the output device. This follows the current troubleshooting guidance to check mixer mutes and solos, then the audio output device. Keep the edit intact and change one setting at a time. A visible waveform, a moving meter and a file containing a https://lightworksguide.net/editing/import-media/ 6abb9a242fdb5b00015f702d Tue, 29 Sep 2026 14:51:22 +0000 To import an MP4 or MOV into Lightworks, open Import and select the file, choose whether to link it or copy it into project media storage, set a destination bin, and click Import. Wait for the background work to finish, then check the completed clip in the Source viewer. Browsing a folder or seeing a preview is not the same as completing an import. The filename tells you little about a problem file. MP4 and MOV can contain different video and audio streams, so one working MP4 is no guarant https://lightworksguide.net/editing/cut-trim/ 6abb9a262fdb5b00015f703b Tue, 29 Sep 2026 14:51:22 +0000 Choose the edit from the result you need: split a clip, shorten an edge, move a cut, slip source frames or slide a shot while keeping timing and linked sound under control.