HitFilm is Here! But Wait, You May Discover a Small Hiccup...

[glennwih]

Oh, $399 version is not a demo. I got it.

[glennwih]

Redemption code? How do I get one?

[glennwih]

Minimum computer specs for hitfilm?

[bflatmedia]

Don't be too upset about the graphic card requirement people. Hitfilm seems to have a lot of 3D capabilities which requires some processing power. Built in graphics cards do not have their own processors but lean heavily on the CPU. The same with higher end sound programs such as Cakewalk X1 Producer. You can't use an onboard audio card with that either.

The program actually seems to have a few features that can make an After Effects user (like myself) jealous. (more)

[bflatmedia]

@bflatmedia There's a video with a Jedi or something with a light flying and particle trail flying around him. To do that in After Effects (an effect I actually used in "Don't Call Me a Hero" towards the end), you have to mask out anything that flies behind the person in the middle. That kind of thing is built in in HitFilm. Not saying I'm switching, but definitely some good and innovative features here.

[cashimirs]

i downloaded the demo and its works fine man i did get a chance to mess with it yet but its looks coool tho

[georgiahoosier]

@cashimirs That's great, I ordered a new video card last night so should be joining the HitFilm club next week.

Looking forward to hearing how you like it

[dhatje]

I am considering getting it!

[georgiahoosier]

@dhatje Definitely give the demo a test drive first

[wwwShadow7]

That's just dumb. It shouldn't need a fancy graphics card IMO. Granted that it will probably be too slow to be of use without a fancy one. But still. I edit and add effects to my videos with my 2006 laptop. 32 bit CPU, 512MB of RAM. It takes forever, but it doesn't STOP me from doing what I want.

[Danny77uk]

@wwwShadow7 You expect to create HD videos with particle systems, composited effects, grading, animation and masking, with feature tracking, in realtime, at up to 4k resolution on a 5-year old laptop with half a gig of RAM? Are you serious? You can barely run Windows Vista in 512mb of RAM. Adobe CS5 REQUIRES a 64bit CPU AND 2GB of RAM.

[wwwShadow7]

@Danny77uk - Aside from the "realtime" attribute, why not? My comment was more that a video card shouldn't STOP a piece of software from working IMO. Given that there is a video card present in almost all cases.

And what about distributed computing? Where there's lots of little machines, versus one big one? You can only scale one machine so much. I use at least two machines on most of my edits. One to render video, the other to edit audio, while that render happens.

[Danny77uk]

@wwwShadow7 "And what about distributed computing?"

Why keep switching between two shitty systems when you could pool your resources to buy a single one that's at least 2x as fast? I'm sorry but PC hardware is dirt cheap these days. Complaining that a new program won't work on a machine that would have been considered obsolete six years ago is a poor reason upon which to demand 'distributed computing'.

[wwwShadow7]

@Danny77uk

a) the laptop is WAAAAY quieter and sometimes I like to sleep.

b) I don't do enough video to warrant a whole new ecosystem.

c) I have like 5x old desktops (2GHz-ish) just laying around.

d) using the second machine for video only, leaves the other one free for other tasks, like email, uploading videos, minesweeper.

e) for now it just works out that the time it takes me to edit audio matches the video conversion times.

f) I'd rather spend that money on the capture equipment.

[Xackery21]

Nvm, not Mac compatible :(

[georgiahoosier]

@Xackery21 Yes, sorry about that, it's been developed first for PC.

Expect a Mac version before too long. FXHome has a long history with Mac compatible programs and I'm sure there's a HitFilm for Mac in the works.

[Xackery21]

Trying out the demo now, thanks for reminding me the program was released.