Your First Project: Part 2

[MaxTheCrystalSkull]

I use AE AND HitFilm. I actually think HF is quite a brilliant little product. It has continually improved and in many cases is plenty powerful to do what I want to do. There are times when AE is sijmply too cumbersome. I'm a fan.

[FXhomeHitFilm]

@MaxTheCrystalSkull Thank you! Much appreciated. We've got lots of plans for the future of HitFilm. It's going to be an exciting year. :)

[MrPabloECastillo]

My previews are lagging in this program, could anybody recommend a good desktop or laptop that goes well with this program?

[DayMarquez]

Why would you say this software is better than ae. I am undecided.

[FXhomeHitFilm]

@DayMarquez AE is of course a fantastic bit of software. :) An obvious advantage we have is price, and that you get a lot of stuff out of the box which you'd have to buy as extra plugins for AE. For example, to get a particle system for AE that is equivalent to HitFilm Ultimate's particle system you'd need a plugin that costs the same as the whole of HitFilm Ultimate.

But really, this always comes down to personal preference. The best thing is to try the demos of both and see what you like. :)

[KennyUNC]

@FXhomeHitFilm hahahaa so funny ofcourse After Effect better than Hitfilm AE is legend visual effect software 

[Catpwnszer]

I did everything right exact but when I play mine back it doesn't show up even if that frame is checked?

[Catpwnszer]

After I play back the muzzle effect after doing the key frame thing it disapeers...

[HitFilmAmateur]

@Catpwnszer Don't worry that happens, its still there and when you export you'll see its there

[Dudexmaxtor1]

thank you!

[thevideoloucoful]

If you can, you can put subtitles in Portuguese in Brazil? I think it would help many Brazilians, like me, Thanks

[lemmonsinmyeyes]

Wait... you cannot export as MPEGII? Or any other format other then MPEG4 and/or AVI?! Woah...for 400 bucks I'd think I'd get more options.

[Danny77uk]

@lemmonsinmyeyes $400 won't even get you a typical After Effects plugin. For $400 you get 2D motion tracking and camera tracking, a full 3D particle simulator, an editor, hundreds of effects and presets, layer animation, masking, chroma keying, youtube uploading and much more.

Also, AVI and MP4 are just *container* formats. They are many codecs and export options available.

[rainwet]

YOU GUYS HAVE ANY PLANS OF MAKING 3D TEXT EXTRUDE IN THIS SOFTWARE?

[FXhomeHitFilm]

@rainwet No immediate plans for extruded text, sorry!

[MrAntonLukin]

Thanks so much!

[SickShortMovies]

Thanks for this! I just bought Hitfilm, superb program! Please continue to make this tutorials!

[TheChatterFox]

This is an awesome getting started vid! This does an outstanding job of creating the perfect jumping off point to more advance projects.

[TUCKERZONE]

Great Tutorial buddy

[sghost128]

Great tutorial man.

Your actor shoots like a noob though. Lol.

[keithlizio]

Very nice tutorial. Should do something with more difficult effects.

[FXhomeHitFilm]

@keithlizio Check out some of the other tutorials on our channel, they cover much more advanced topics.

[gambo47]

Good stuff....please do more like this...alwasy assume lowest common demoninator..thanks

[LawlessTech]

Axel, next one...a composite within a composite (and perhaps within another)

[theSKJchannel]

@LawlessTech A tutorial on using embedded comps (and getting your head around comps in general) is quite high on the to-do list.

[divineagent]

Great tips! I hope that the render time is reduced in the future, though. Sometimes it takes twice as long as premiere, but it's well worth it.

[Caboozel]

These are great for beginners.