Our software is industry-leading, with powerful chroma key, particle and text tools - not to mention the world’s biggest visual effects toolkit.
To give you added flexibility, we also work with the biggest names in the industry to bring professional technology to you, including Foundry’s 3D camera tracking, Boris FX’s pro titling tools and support for VideoCopilot plugins.
Let our powerful editing suite take you where you want to go, faster. From basic industry-standard tools to our own unique technology, HitFilm Pro’s editor gives you everything you need to create a dynamic, snappy edit. With top animation and audio tools directly accessible in the editor, you can copy, trim, sync and slice your way to polished films and video.
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Work at lightning speed using HitFilm’s multi-core and GPU accelerated system. With our unique sequence and compositor prefetcher, our developers have improved your playback performance with no compromise on your workflow.
Keep editing without interruptions. Our high-performance system and threaded rendering means your interface will always be snappy and fast, no matter what’s rendering underneath.
You’ve got it, we work with it. HitFilm Pro supports a huge number of media file formats, including all the most commonly used video, image and audio file types, and a wide range of 3D file formats.
Work with up to 8K video and 32-bit color for high-end, professional projects. With an export queue and intuitive presets, you can step away from your desk and leave HitFilm to do its thing.
In our opinion, the single best software package for aspiring visual effects artists and filmmakers.Freddie Wong - RocketJump
HitFilm Pro’s choice of customizable effects is unmatched. Choose from a staggering 880+ VFX & presets, ready to use on any layer or clip. Perfect for every project, from sci-fi shorts to motion graphics and beyond.
Perfect for any action scene, our dedicated 3D muzzle flash engine incorporates a massive library of customizable effects. Drag and drop realistic, infinitely variable muzzle flashes onto any weapon in your prop collection from any angle, and at any size.
Our visual distortion effects come in four flavors: Heat, Energy, Smoke & Fluid Distortion. Create jet exhausts, burning fires and hot proton beams, or use fluid caustics to replicate the motion of rippling water.
What do you get when you want to make Layer 1 move at a multiplier of Layer 2? A mess, unless you’re using our intuitive Behavior effects. From orbiting planets to animated timepieces, this tool is perfect for seamless rotation.
Bring static characters to life with our powerful Puppet Tool. The easy-to-use pin and mesh function makes it easy to create natural motion in still images, text or graphics. Easy, fast, fluid animation— no strings attached.
Bring your scenes to life by having characters dodge bullets with motion blur, or bend time with echoes, visual motion trails and temporal displacement effects. Speed up, slow down or reverse the action with a click.
Want something specific? HitFilm is the only other software in the world to allow you to use select Video Copilot and Red Giant plugins directly in the interface. Bring the power of Element3D, Optical Flares, Orb, Saber, Trapcode Particular and more into your workflow.
Want to use NewBlue, GenArts, Red Giant or RE:Vision products inside HitFilm too? Do it. HitFilm Pro supports OpenFX plugins to make any scene possible. We give you access to the best stuff. Simple.
I always tell people who want to pursue VFX professionally to look into using HitFilm since it can do it all.Wren Weichman - Corridor Digital
With HitFilm Pro’s text titling tools, the only limit is your imagination. We give you captions, lower thirds, text crawls, outlines, font manipulations and so much more - all within the software, with no add-ons needed. Better yet, with every new update, they’re being improved.
HitFilm Pro is the only editing software in the industry to also offer true 3D space in which to create professional motion graphics. Transform your title from 2D to 3D to make it pop, and add 3D geometry effects such as extrude, bevel and rotate to your text to create the exact look you want.
Geometry effects in HitFilm means that our text can support light, shadows and environment maps. Add any of our 876 effects to your text for the ultimate customization.
Give your title a bit of texture with our Surfaced Studio effect - generate animated textures with smooth, rough or metallic surfaces on any text (or layers) for a reactive, cinematic object.
Make your title follow a character out of shot. Bounce it into the frame. Wipeout Scott Pilgrim-style. With advanced 2D motion tracking within HitFilm, you’ve got endless possibilities for exciting text animation.
Forget about tedious keyframing. Use HitFilm Pro’s Motion Tracking behavior effect to automatically attach objects, text, effects, or graphics onto elements in your footage with ease, straight from the editor timeline
They went all out. You could do all your editing, VFX and deliver your final product all in just this one piece of software.Ryan Connolly - FilmRiot & Triune Digital
Take your pick from hundreds of presets and tweak them to your liking using HitFilm Pro’s color grading tools. Analyze and modify individual elements with industry standard color correction wheels to create that award-winning shot.
Achieve the perfect cinematic look with a number of high quality grading effects, ranging from Vignette, Exposure, Dehaze to Bleach Bypass and many more. Perfect for shining up product photography, or darkening down a dramatic scene.
Explore the possibilities of custom grading inside your vfx software, or import your favorite LUTs for the perfect look in no time at all! Save time in post-production, unify your images with a visual style and start yourself down the road to a perfect color grade.
We’ve got a huge selection of completely free video tutorials on our YouTube channel.
Not sure where to begin? Our in-depth intro to HitFilm Pro will get you started.
We’ve got a talented support team behind the scenes, waiting to hear from you. Send a ticket with your technical queries and get a response asap.