Lightworks

Lightworks formerly OLE Limited[?] offline editing[?] Founded at the end of the 1989, by Paul Bamborough[?] , Nick Pollock[?] and Neil Harris[?].

Based on a control interface based on the industry standard steenbeck, they produced a film editing, video editing computer based non-linear editing system.

The system went on to win Scientific and Technical[?] Academy Awards and Emmy Awards[?]

The development team contained former members of the computer games company Magnetic scrolls[?] and the Computer Film Company.

Sold to Tektronix[?] in 1994, who were not successful at developing the company's products, and then on sold to the newly form Lightworks inc[?] in 1999, now owned by Fairlight Japan[?]. Under new ownership, new product releases have resumed with the release of the new Lightworks Touch range.

The system has been used to edit many television programs and feature films[?].

See also:

• Sohonet

Links:

• Lightworks (http://www.lwks.com)
• Magnetic scrolls (http://www.magneticscrolls.com)