Make your first movie.

Product summaryHitFilm 2 Express is the perfect introduction to filmmaking. Ideal for beginners, it is the only editor in its class to include powerful visual effects and compositing features, normally only found in software costing thousands.

Discover the creative freedom of multi-track video editing, advanced 2D and 3D compositing and over 100 effects.

The interfaceHitFilm’s interface is quick to understand and use, with limitless creative potential to explore.

Feature highlights• All-in-one video editing & visual effects• Powerful video editing• Over 100 effects• 2D & 3D compositing• 2D optical flow feature tracking• Green screen removal• Color correction & grading• Light & flare effects• 3D gunfire generator• 3D particle effects• Integrated YouTube uploading & promotion

Fast editingFeature: Edit your movies in HitFilm.

Benefit: You don’t need any other software to make movies. HitFilm has everything you need.

Powerful compositing

Feature: Combine multiple layers together in 2D and 3D and use over 100 in-built effects to create unique results.

Benefit: Layer compositing is intuitive and easy to understand, with a lot of powerful features to explore. Perfect for green screen, virtual sets and motion graphics.

Built-in motion trackingFeature: Easily track moving objects in your videos.

Benefit: Quickly apply visual effects to moving objects and hand-held shots without needing to go frame-by-frame.

3D extrusionFeature: Add 3D depth to any layer, including titles.

Benefit: Create exciting titles, visual effects and animations with real 3D depth. You can even composite 3D text into a live action shot.

3D lights and shadowsFeature: HitFilm’s 3D lighting lets you create entirely virtual scenes or match the lighting from a live action shot. The automatic shadow casting adds an extra level of realism.

Benefit: There’s no need to ‘fake’ shadows in composites when you can use virtual lights to create real, dynamic shadows that adjust automatically as you animate your lights and objects.

Over 100 effectsFeature: HitFilm Standard comes with over 100 effects for blurring, distorting, color correcting and stylizing your videos. Combine any number of effects to create entirely unique results.

Benefit: A hugely versatile selection of effects enable you to create amazing visual styles for your films and design new visual effects.

Green screen removalFeature: Composite green screen and mix video and images together to create brand new shots.

Benefit: FXhome’s decade of experience working with green screen technology means that HitFilm can easily remove green screens even from difficult source videos. Automated effects such as spill removal and light wrap add to the realism.

Advanced color gradingFeature: The ‘film look’ presets are a quick way to give your movies the professional appearance of a Hollywood blockbuster.

Benefit: Whether you design your visual style yourself or choose from the preset ‘film looks’, HitFilm will ensure that all your movies look truly cinematic.

Automated motion blur & depth-of-fieldFeature: HitFilm’s 3D cameras work realistically, with depth of field automatically blurring layers based on their distance from the lens. Turn on automatic motion blur for even more realistic movement.

Benefit: Visual effects and motion graphics are enhanced massively by simulating real camera characteristics, such as depth of field and motion blur.

Integrated YouTube upload & promotionFeature: HitFilm uploads your movies to YouTube for you at the click of a button. As soon as you’ve finished your project everybody can see it!

Benefit: The HitFilm YouTube uploader can optionally add your movies to the HitFilm global playlist, pushing your movie out to a large audience around the world.

GPU hardware accelerationFeature: HitFilm uses the power of your computer’s graphics card for fast performance, even when working in full 3D with complex effects. Use your graphics card for more than just games!

Benefit: 3D visual effects and compositing can be rendered quickly. Faster computers will be able to display complex scenes in real time.

Pricing and availability

HitFilm 2 Express retails at US$149 (€120, £105).

Available now from the HitFilm.com website.

Boxed version distributed by Westcott.

System requirements

Operating system: 64-bit version of Microsoft Windows 8, Microsoft Windows 7, Windows Vista

Processor:

Minimum: 1.4 GHz or faster Intel or compatible processor with SSE2 instruction set

Recommended: 2 GHz Multicore or multiprocessor

Graphics card:

Minimum: Intel HD 3000, NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT or AMD/ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

Recommended: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT or ATI/AMD Radeon HD 4850

Memory:

Minimum: 2 GB of RAM

Maximum: 4 GB or more

Storage:

Minimum: 300 MB hard drive space for program installation

Other:

• DVD-ROM drive for installation (boxed version only)

• Internet connection for online activation and HitFilm.com web services

• Apple QuickTime 7.6 or above for importing QuickTime media files

Supported file formats

Supported Import Containers & File Formats

• AVCHD, AVI, DV, M2T, M2TS, MOV, MP4, MPEG-1 & MPEG-2 Video (MPE, MPG, MPEG, M2V), MTS, MXF (DVCPro HD), WMV

• AAC, MP3, M4A, MPA, WAV, WMA

• BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG, TIFF

• Image Sequence

• HitFilm composite shot (.HFCS)

Supported Import Technologies & Codecs

• DV, HDV, DSLR

• QuickTime

• MPEG-1, MPEG-2 (TS, PS) & MP4 (AVC/H.264 & AAC)

• Windows Media

Supported Export File Formats

• AVI (Uncompressed, PAL DV, NTSC DV)

• MP4 (AVC/H.264 video and/or AAC audio)

• Image Sequence (PNG, JPG, BMP)

• HitFilm composite shot (.HFCS)

About FXhomeFXhome is a leading software developer, specialising for over 10 years in visual effects software for filmmakers and photographers. Over 20 released software products and a thriving internet community has positioned FXhome as a leading creator of software and online services.

FXhome products include the groundbreaking HitFilm video software and the award-winning PhotoKey family for photographic green screen removal.

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