cclarry
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Hitfilm Express 3 FREE
HitFilm's video editing tools are now FREE to use No other free editor has built-in 3D compositing and 100+ effects GET FOR FREE
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stevec
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Re: Hitfilm Express 3 FREE
2015/07/15 14:34:33
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Just downloaded... FWIW, it's worthwhile downloading some of the tutorials as well.
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Re: Hitfilm Express 3 FREE
2015/07/15 17:34:59
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Got it. and so did my daughter. She is a theater major, but really wants to make her own movies. Do any of you recommend a good affordable camera that will work well with Hitfilm?
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JohnKenn
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Re: Hitfilm Express 3 FREE
2015/07/15 18:51:21
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Larry Jones
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Re: Hitfilm Express 3 FREE
2015/07/15 18:55:27
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I must have a blind spot about this program, because I have been editing homemade videos for 20+ years, using Adobe Premiere and Vegas Pro, and I have never seen an application as convoluted and difficult to use as Hitfilm. It should be free, and they should send someone with it to your house to get you started.
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cclarry
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Re: Hitfilm Express 3 FREE
2015/07/15 20:17:07
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Larry Jones
I must have a blind spot about this program, because I have been editing homemade videos for 20+ years, using Adobe Premiere and Vegas Pro, and I have never seen an application as convoluted and difficult to use as Hitfilm. It should be free, and they should send someone with it to your house to get you started.
They basically do...they have full tutorial section
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stevec
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Re: Hitfilm Express 3 FREE
2015/07/15 22:22:55
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☄ Helpfulby cclarry 2015/07/15 22:41:22
Yup, hence my comments about downloading some of the tutorials.  I also have Vegas Studio and find it fairly intuitive for what it does. I had to watch the basic editing tutorials to have a clue where to start with HitFilm - now I just need to remember...
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Larry Jones
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Re: Hitfilm Express 3 FREE
2015/07/16 01:32:35
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I'm not looking a gift horse in the mouth, but I watched a few of the tutorials, and they weren't very good. The guy talked and clicked on stuff so fast that I couldn't follow it, used terms that were not explained, and referred to earlier steps that were not shown in the video.
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Re: Hitfilm Express 3 FREE
2015/07/16 14:15:42
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I have no use for hitfilm, but it's actually a decent product. Kind of apples and oranges to compare to Vegas because it does things that are impossible in Vegas. I know of no program with strong compositing capabilities that is user friendly. Making the jump from Vegas is particularly hard because of Vegas DAW-like atmosphere. If you think hitfilm is unintuitive, download Fusion or the demo of Nuke. If you already have an editing program, I would suggest sticking with it. Hitfilm offers NOTHING you don't already have on the editing side of things. It's value is in providing special fx and compositing cheaply. There is NO easy compositing program and tutorials tend to be head scratchers to most beginners due to all the jargon.
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dubdisciple
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Re: Hitfilm Express 3 FREE
2015/07/16 14:20:22
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Positive note for hitfilm is it actually handles 3D imported objects better than After Effects. This, like many of hitfilm's best features, are unfortunately best suited by people already experienced in compositing 3d objects in other programs. Odds are if you have another 3D compositing app, you are unlikely to need or use hitfilm.
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stevec
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Re: Hitfilm Express 3 FREE
2015/07/16 14:21:20
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dubdisciple
...Hitfilm offers NOTHING you don't already have on the editing side of things. It's value is in providing special fx and compositing cheaply. There is NO easy compositing program and tutorials tend to be head scratchers to most beginners due to all the jargon.
That was exactly my reason to give it a try. I haven't been using Vegas that long but I've picked up editing basics easy enough. It's the comp and FX that I look forward to playing with; e.g., editing in Vegas than importing that into HitFilm for the special sauce. Well, at least that's the plan...
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Re: Hitfilm Express 3 FREE
2015/07/16 14:26:40
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dubdisciple
...Hitfilm offers NOTHING you don't already have on the editing side of things. It's value is in providing special fx and compositing cheaply. There is NO easy compositing program and tutorials tend to be head scratchers to most beginners due to all the jargon.
That was exactly my reason to give it a try. I haven't been using Vegas that long but I've picked up editing basics easy enough. It's the comp and FX that I look forward to playing with; e.g., editing in Vegas than importing that into HitFilm for the special sauce. Well, at least that's the plan...
Good approach. I certainly would rather edit in Vegas than hitfilm. If you outgrow the fx portions of hitfilm, black magic offers fusion for free now, which is much harder to learn but exponentially more powerful. Many blockbuster movies have used Fusion.
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stevec
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Re: Hitfilm Express 3 FREE
2015/07/16 14:28:24
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Cool! Thanks for that... I'll go have a look just to see.
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Re: Hitfilm Express 3 FREE
2015/07/16 17:22:27
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JohnKenn
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Re: Hitfilm Express 3 FREE
2015/07/16 19:01:16
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Also appreciate the freebie, but haven't wrapped my head around it or used it for anything looking back since the ver 2 free offer. Likely an ignorant user learning curve on my part, not understanding how to put it to use. Seems like a powerful software otherwise.
Using Sony Vegas home whatever that does the job. Anyone without a video editing software already should check it out however.
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Re: Hitfilm Express 3 FREE
2015/07/16 20:05:08
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I got ver 2 for 1 cent a while back (missed the freebie ;)) and found it quite intuitive for the few video projects I've done since. Whilst I haven't utilized the full explosions and camera sweeps etc, titling and transition FX suited me nicely.
I'll be chasing this up - thanks Larry.
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Re: Hitfilm Express 3 FREE
2015/07/17 11:09:21
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☄ Helpfulby dubdisciple 2015/07/17 13:53:26
Recognise .... That some of the effects that were/are in Hitfilm Express 2 don't appear to have made the journey to Hitfilm Express 3 (without paying for additional packs). e.g, Grunge > Flicker, Jitter, Shake and Stutter gone ... Grain and Noise remain ... Half Tone is new Those FX are spread across the Damage and Destruction Packs at $25 a pop. Particle & Simulation > Blood Spray, Gunfire, Lightning & Electricity gone ... Rain On Glass new Those FX are also part of the Destruction Pack. Yes - there are some new ones ... but my point is - they are different ... so you may want keep Hitfilm 2 Express installed as well - which appears to work. ASIDE: It appears that all the plugins are deployed with Hitfilm Express 3 but there obviously something triggering their activation. I also tried copying the HE2 Ligtning.hfpl to HE3 - no go. That recognised - still a great freebie (albeit with a somewhat expected upsell intent - Packs or Pro).
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