Absolute Beginners Course on HitFilm Express

Absolute Master Class on HitFilm Express

HitFilm Express is a great, FREE alternative to paying for Adobe Premiere and After Effects. HitFilm Express is a non-linear video editor and visual effects compositing software rolled into one. HitFilm Express allows you to make incredibly professional looking videos and films with all kinds of special effects quickly and easily.

In this course, I will walk you through every little tiny detail about the FREE version of HitFilm, HitFilm Express with no add-ons. This course is broken down into 71 super easy to watch classes, so you can learn at your own pace. The classes average less than three minutes long… so each one is bite sized, making it very easy to learn.

With the advances in broadband technology, video is becoming more and more important as a powerful communication tool. More people are using videos to promote their products and services, to share ideas, and even create social change. Of course, you can use HitFilm to simply create videos for your family, make short films or documentaries, or even just make videos for fun.

Creating a video is more than just simply recording it with your camera. Editing and adding special effects to your videos will make them much more interesting to watch. This will greatly enhance your ability to get results you want!

Master Class Outline:

1. What is Hitfilm?

2. How to Download HitFilm

3. HitFilm Workspace Overview

4. Shortcuts in HitFilm

5. Importing Footage and Other Assets

6. Options When Working in the Viewer Window

7. Merging Audio and Video Footage

8. Editor Timeline – Intro

   1. Timeline Scaling

   2. Inserting Footage into your Project

   3. Adding and Renaming Tracks

   4. Changing the Track Properties

   5. Labels

   6. Scrubbing through the Editor Timeline

   7. Editor Timeline Tools

   8. Linking and Unlinking Video and Audio

   9. J & L Cuts in the Editor Timeline

   10. Audio Mixer

   11. Controls Panel

   12. Introduction to Keyframes

   13. How to Use the Display Timeline for Keyframing

   14. Search Tools

   15. Adding Effects in the Editor Timeline

   16. Right Clicking on Media in the Editor Timeline

   17. Text and Titles in the Editor Timeline

   18. A Note about Variable Frame Rate Footage

   19. Quality and Resolution Settings

   20. Locking Tracks on the Editor Timeline

   21. Masking on the Editor Timeline

9. Composite Shots

   1. What is a Composite Shot?

   2. How to Make a Composite Shot

   3. Different Layer Types in a Composite Shot

   4. Parenting and Snapping of Layers

   5. Layer Blend Modes

   6. Masking in a Composite Shot

   7. Keyframing in a Composite Shot

   8. Single Point Tracking

   9. Double Point Tracking

   10. Tracking for Stabilization

   11. Text in a Composite Shot

   12. 3D Concepts in HitFilm

   13. Motion Blur

   14. Ram Preview

   15. Prerendering

   16. Locking Layers

10. Visual Effects

    1. Overview of Visual Effects

    2. 360 Effects

    3. Audio Effects

    4. Behavior Effects

    5. Blur Effects

    6. Color Correction Effects

    7. Color Grading Effects (Also see below, Installed Film Look Presets)

    8. Distort Effects

    9. Generate Effects

    10. Gradient and Fill Effects

    11. Grunge Effects

    12. Keying Effects

    13. Lights and Flares Effects

    14. Particles and Simulation Effects

    15. Quick 3D Effects

    16. Scene Effects

    17. Sharpen Effects

    18. Stylize Effects

    19. Temporal Effects

    20. Video Clean Up Effects

    21. Warp Effects

11. Miscellaneous Items to Know

    1. Presets

    2. Templates

    3. Exporting your Project File

    4. Online Resources

12. Future Updates

    1. Overview of Future Updates

    2. Updates will Be Added as they become Available

13. Requests

    1. Overview of Requests

    2. Request Videos will added as Specific Lesson Requests are Made

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Minimum Specifications to Run HitFilm on your Computer:

HitFilm Express is multi-core and GPU accelerated. It has recently seen some vast improvements under the hood providing superior performance and speed like you’ve never seen before.

• Apple: macOS 10.14 Mojave, 10.13 High Sierra or OS X 10.12 Sierra

• Windows: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit), Microsoft Windows 8 (64-bit)

• Internet connection: Required for online activation

• Processor: 4th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors or AMD equivalent.

• RAM: 4GB (8 GB Recommended)

• Graphics card:

  • NVIDIA GeForce 600 (Kepler) series (2012)

  • AMD Radeon R5 240 (2013)

  • Intel HD Graphics 5000 (GT3) (2013)

  • Video memory 1 GB minimum (2GB or more required for 4K UHD.)

Who this course is for:

• Beginner students in HitFilm