FXHOME released its free software HitFilm 4 Express it is a high-functioning video-editing package that contains everything, a product based on Hitfilm Pro 4. Aimed mainly at YouTube creators, this free software seems capable and feature rich, and a useful resource for anyone.
Hitfilm advocates include YouTube superstars and filmmaking experts. There are several tutorial projects built right into the app.
Being a young app, Hitfilm Pro and Express lacks the many subtleties found in mature apps that now mostly require continual subscriptions fees – but it is fast and responsive. Hitfilm Pro beats After Effects with better native 3D, native particles, and certain other effects not built into After Effects, but it doesn’t have the depth of After Effects’ two decades of development.
Use of 1080p Cineform and ProRes files is smooth. Unfortunately, you can’t edit XDCAM-EX footage without the MPEG-2 and extended format pack add-on. However, the editing mode is more similar to traditional NLEs than the quirky Apple iMovie and related software. Hitfilm Express is a boon to new and occasional users, and will see more action from me than useful utilities like Handbrake, especially since I often bump up against activation limits.
The main features of HitFilm 4 Express include:
- Free editing and visual effects software with no time limit and no subscription fee
- Includes both editing and 3D compositing
- Multiple tracking option, proxies, and more
- Motion design & basic titling
- 140+ built-in 2D and 3D effects available, including green screen removal and color grading
- Available effect packs extend features into specific areas (HF Pro features and After Effects filters)
- Available for both Mac and PC
- Free tutorials, community forum, and dedicated customer support
- Developed to run on consumer level laptops as well as more pro hardware
- GPU acceleration and 64-bit architecture
New in HitFilm 4 Express:
- Upgraded editing timeline enhancements for playback controls & workflow
- Audio tools, including audio reverse, echo, doppler shift, and balance
- Major new effects add to the toolkit, including curves, lightning, and end credits crawl
- New speed controls for simple slow motion
- New animation features include tech from HitFilm 4 Pro
Technical Specifications
Platform & workflow
- GPU accelerated rendering
- 64-bit architecture
- Customizable keyboard shortcuts
- OpenEXR lossless import
- Background proxying
- RAM preview rendering
- Undo/redo with multi-step history
- Easy YouTube upload
- Up to 32x MSAA on supported hardware
- Multiple timelines with easy tab switching
- Multiple workspace layouts
- Complete workspace customization
- Create presets and save timelines as templates
- Activate on 1 computer
Editing
- Unlimited video and audio tracks
- Easily organize media by category or folder
- Trim, ripple, roll, slip, slice and slide editing tools
- Ripple delete
- Clip trimmer
- Insert and overlay from trimmer
- Add effects directly to your clips
- Convert any clip into an advanced effects shot
- Quick transitions: wipes, dissolves, motion, zooms
- Snap to clips and playhead
- Multiple framerate support
- Enable and disable tracks
- Audio and opacity keyframing
- Change compositing blend modes per clip
- List, composite and RMS amplitude audio waveforms
- Audio meters with peaking
- Customizable video frame thumbnails
- Loop play a defined region
Compositing
- Layer-based 2D & 3D compositing
- Unified 3D workspace
- Combine multiple 3D cameras
- Adjust camera lens aperture, zoom, focal distance and depth of field
- Add depth fog to 3D scenes with density and falloff controls
- Adjust shutter angle and phase for motion blur
- 3D point, direction, ambient and spot lights
- Linear and curve light falloff
- 14 keying and matte tools
- Matte clean-up
- Spill suppression
- Automated light wrap
- 2D feature tracking with optical flow technology
- Track and stabilize moving video
- Import 3D camera tracking data from Boujou, SynthEyes, PFtrack etc
- Dedicated layer view for tracking and masking
- Freehand, ellipse and rectangle masks
- Create multiple composite shot timelines
- Embed timelines inside other timelines
- Layer parent-child linking
- Transform and animate layers
- Multiple blend modes
- 2D and 3D text
- Trim and move layers
- View multiple orthographic and 3D perspectives
- Grade layers for applying effects to multiple layers simultaneously
- 148 effects
- 16 color correction and grading tools
- 16 distortion and warp effects
- Clone specific areas of the frame
- Remove unwanted objects from your shots
Supported formats
- Video: Quicktime, AVI, MOV, MP4 (AVC/H264 & AAC), MPEG-1 (TS, PS, MPE, MPG, MPEG, M2V), MXF (DVCPro HD), DV, HDV, WMV
- Audio: AAC, MP3, M4A, MPA, WAV, WMA
- Image & sequences: BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG, TIFF, TGA, OpenEXR
- Project: HFP (HitFilm Project), HFCS (HitFilm Composite Shot)
- Camera data: MA (Maya formatted)
- Export: Quicktime, MP4 (AVC/H264 & AAC), Image sequence (PNG, JPG, BMP), AVI (uncompressed, PAL DV, NTSC DV), YouTube direct upload
System requirements
- Windows PC - 64-bit version of Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 10
- Apple Mac - OS X 10.10 Yosemite, OS X 10.11 El Capitan or macOS 10.12 Sierra
- 1.2 GB free hard disk space for installation
- Internet connection required for online activation and web services
- Intel Core i3, Core i5, Core i7 or AMD equivalent
- 4 GB RAM (8 GB or more recommended)
- Graphics processor with at least 512 MB video memory (2 GB or more recommended).
- Earliest graphics cards HitFilm supports:
- NVIDIA GeForce 9 Series (2008)
- AMD Radeon HD 5000 Series (2009)
- Intel HD Graphics 4000 (GT2) (2012)
Procedure
Step 1: Sign Up/Create your account on the link given above. Then they will send you a download via Email on your Register Email-ID.
Step 2: Download the installer
Click the download link provided in the EMAIL and on button on the website that corresponds to the operating system you are running. This will download the installer to your computer.
Step 3: Run the Installer
Run the HitFilm 4 Express installer file on your computer by double clicking on its file icon (this requires administrator privileges on your computer). Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
Step 4: Activate the software
Launch HitFilm 4 Express. When asked to activate sign in with the email address and password you provided when requesting a free copy of HitFilm 4 Express.
Step 5: Finished
HitFilm 4 Express is now ready for you to use. It's yours to keep forever!
I hope to see u again in my next Post! :-)
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