Each update to HitFilm Pro brings a combination of performance improvements and new or upgraded tools. Here is a brief overview of what’s changed in recent updates:
HitFilm Pro 7.0
Many 2D effects now have interactive graphical widgets, so they can be adjusted directly in the viewer.
- NEW Viewer Control support for third party OFX plugins (e.g. Sapphire).
- NEW Viewer Controls to 360 Blur.
- NEW Viewer Controls to 360 Bulge.
- NEW Viewer Controls to 360 Channel Blur.
- NEW Viewer Controls to 360 Glow.
- NEW Viewer Controls to 360 Glow Darks.
- NEW Viewer Controls to 360 Magnify.
- NEW Viewer Controls to 360 Twirl.
- NEW Viewer Controls to 360 Unsharpen.
- NEW Viewer Controls to Acceleration.
- NEW Viewer Controls to Attract To.
- NEW Viewer Controls to Drag.
- NEW Viewer Controls to Follow.
- NEW Viewer Controls to Gravity.
- NEW Viewer Controls to Repel From.
- NEW Viewer Controls to Throw.
- NEW Viewer Controls to Angle Blur.
- NEW Viewer Controls to Bilateral Blur.
- NEW Viewer Controls to Blur.
- NEW Viewer Controls to Diffuse.
- NEW Viewer Controls to Radial Blur.
- NEW Viewer Controls to Channel Blur.
- NEW Viewer Controls to Bulge.
- NEW Viewer Controls to Insect Vision.
- NEW Viewer Controls to Magnify.
- NEW Viewer Controls to Puppet.
- NEW Viewer Controls to Twirl.
- NEW Viewer Controls to Witness protection.
- NEW Viewer Controls to Grid.
- NEW Viewer Controls to Reflection.
- NEW Viewer Controls to Split Screen Masking.
- NEW Viewer Controls to Tile.
- NEW Viewer Controls to Radial Gradient.
- NEW Viewer Controls to Light Wrap.
- NEW Viewer Controls to Glow.
- NEW Viewer Controls to Light Flares.
- NEW Viewer Controls to Unsharpen.
- NEW Viewer Controls to Glow Darks.
- NEW Viewer Controls to Bezier Warp.
- NEW Viewer Controls to Polar Warp.
- NEW Viewer Controls to Vortex Displacement Warp.
- IMPROVED The default setting for using the full data range of 10-bit and 12-bit files was changed, and the option was renamed in the Options screen.
HitFilm Pro 6.2
This update focused primarily on bug fixes, but also included improvements to error messages generated by HitFilm.
- NEW Workspaces have been updated and expanded with new options.
- IMPROVED Export errors now give users a better indication of what went wrong.
HitFilm Pro 6.0
- NEW All animation tools are now accessible in the Editor timeline making it almost as powerful as the compositor when are doing 2D work (does not do 3D).
- NEW A large number of animation tools and additional functions have now been added to the Composite Shot interface.
- NEW A new Audio Hard Limiter effect has been added to make more even audio.
- NEW Text can be created on the Editor timeline via the text effect.
- NEW The ability to re-trim a clip after adding it to the timeline has been implemented.
- NEW Geometry Effects (Extrude, Bevel & Rotate) have been added to text layers providing amazing titling options.
- NEW Behavior Effects have been added, allowing one layer to be attracted towards, repel away, accelerate, move down the screen as if falling under gravity, slow down, throw towards or follow another layer. They allow layers to move using simple physics equations.
- NEW Added an environment map to text layers allowing them to receive specular and diffuse reflections from an environment map.
- NEW A Quick PiP effect has been added to quickly position one clip inside another with different scales and position relative to the layer (e.g. top left, bottom right etc)
- NEW A vertical video adjustment plugin has been added, using the original blurred version of the video to fill the horizontal space not occupied by a portrait video.
- NEW It is now possible to import ProRes video and CineForm MOV on PC.
- NEW A custom MOV writer has been created for PC users to export Cineform video and PCM audio.
- NEW A feature has been added to allow users to remove, copy and paste attributes to/from a group of clips at the same time if needed.
- NEW A 360\xB0 video viewer panel has been added which allows users to view the 360\xB0 video in its original state as well as the adjusted version so that VFX can be added.
- NEW Over 10 new 360\xB0 video effects have now been added.
- NEW Text layers now support Asian characters allowing users to easily type and render in a number of additional languages.
- NEW Viewer Quality Options can now be adjusted to improve performance in the Viewer, allowing for customized playback and pause quality.
- NEW Viewer bit depth can now be changed, providing more realistic compositing.
- IMPROVED Mask editing and rendering performance has been improved making it significantly faster.
- IMPROVED Media imported into a HitFilm project is now processed quicker allowing users to get straight to editing without waiting around.
- IMPROVED Downsampling is now utilized to improve the performance of playback in the Trimmer, Viewer and thumbnail rendering in the Editor timeline.
- IMPROVED Playback performance of MP4 files.
- NEW Holding down the Shift Key now locks bezier control movement to the time axis in the Value Graphs and sequence envelopes allowing for completely smooth audio and video transition in the editor.
- IMPROVED Hovering over and editing graph curves and Keyframes now displays a tooltip.
- IMPROVED Performance of the copying and pasting capabilities of HitFilm.
- IMPROVED Audio Sync. It is now possible to automatically audio sync the entire media bin by selecting multiple clips in the media panel.
- NEW Ambient Occlusion can now be applied to Text Layers adding realism alongside the new advanced Geometry Effects.
- IMPROVED parenting behavior when parenting a 3D parent to a 2D child.
- NEW Motion Blur capabilities have been added to the editor sequence allowing for smoother transitions.
- NEW Motion Blur options have been added to transitions which involve motion.
- IMPROVED HitFilm optionally composites in linear color space to more closely match real life.
- IMPROVED 3D models can now use mirror reflections per material instead of spherical reflections.
- NEW Mask points can now be moved using the cursor keys.
- NEW A transform menu for Composite Shot layers can now be accessed by right clicking the layer. Quickly adjust layers to fit the comp in different ways without having to adjust the scale and translation.
- IMPROVED performance for importing MP4s (using H.264 codec) by removing the need to decode using QuickTime.
- NEW HDR images can be imported with the primary use as environment maps.