i started a video project in 'lightworks' last night. here's what i found so far: it is a very professional-quality video editor. the gui looks like a hollywood movie production studio. user-programmable buttons for frequent tasks. all sub-windows float and can be dragged around main project screen. impressive audio/narrator features. on the negative side...it will not import .wmv files although it will import most popular file formats. i converted to .avi but it lost its crystal clarity. another negative is...it's not very intuitive, not something you can be instantly productive with although the documentation is abundant. it does have a full-time wizard that guides you through every step of the project if you understand the esoteric terminology, i don't. all told, i'm favorably impressed and looking forward to working with it today. very helpful and responsive forums. i highly recommend it to serious biab users.