If you’re interested in learning more about the features and effects that come with each of our subscription plans (including the Free plan), you’ve come to the right place.
Here’s everything you need to know so that you can find the right plan for you!
Feature Comparison
| Free | Creator | Pro | |
| 16-bit & Linear Color | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 32-bit & Linear Color | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scopes Panel | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 360 Viewer Panel | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 3D Model Import | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| BCC 3D Objects Plugins | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ |
| Mocha HitFilm Plugin | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ |
| Timelines & exports above 1080p Full HD (up to 4K UHD) | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Timelines & exports above 4K UHD | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Learn panel | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Creative Library | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Freehand Path tool | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Integration with VEGAS Pro | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Light Mode theme | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Dark Mode theme | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Software activations | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Effect Comparison
360° Video
| Free | Creator | Pro | |
| 360° Animated Lasers | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| 360° Blur | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| 360° Bulge | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| 360° Channel Blur | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| 360° Fisheye Converter | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| 360° Fractal Noise | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| 360° Glow | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| 360° Glow Darks | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| 360° Lightsword (2-Point Auto) | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| 360° Lightsword (4-Point Manual) | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| 360° Lightsword (Glow Only) | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| 360° Magnify | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| 360° Neon Path | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| 360° Text | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| 360° Twirl | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| 360° Unsharpen | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| 360° Video Transform | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 360° Viewer | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Animation
| Free | Creator | Pro | |
| Center Wipe | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Evaporate | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Linear Wipe | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pinwheel | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Radial Reveal | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
Audio
| Free | Creator | Pro | |
| Audio Reverse | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Balance | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cathedral | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Channel Levels | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Compressor | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Doppler Shift | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Echo | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Equalizer | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Large Room | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Medium Room | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Noise Reduction | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pitch | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shortwave Radio | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Small Room | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Telephone | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Tone | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Behavior
| Free | Creator | Pro | |
| Acceleration | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Attract To | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Central Spiral | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Cinema Style | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Doomo Designs | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Down Dir Insert | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Down Insert | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Down Roll | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Drag | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Drop | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Drop In By Character | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Expansion | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Fade | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fly In | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Fly In and Fade Out | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Fly In and Fly Out | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Fly To Zoom In | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Follow | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Gravity | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Left Dir Insert | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Left Roll | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mix Parent Position | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Motion Track | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Push | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Randomized Insert | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Randomized Reveal | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Repel From | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Rich Tick | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Right Dir Insert | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Right Roll | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Rotate By Layer | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shuffle In | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| String Fade | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Throw | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Tiny Zoom | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Twirl | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Typewriter | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Up Dir Insert | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Up Insert | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Up Roll | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Wavy Style | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Zoom In | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Zoom Out | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
Blurs
| Free | Creator | Pro | |
| Angle Blur | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Bilateral Blur | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Blur | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Diffuse | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lens Blur | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Motion Blur | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Radial Blur | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Zoom Blur | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Channel
| Free | Creator | Pro | |
| Channel Blur | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Channel Mixer | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Channel Swapper | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Channel Time Shift | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Chromatic Aberration | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Color Space Converter | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Color Correction
| Free | Creator | Pro | |
| Auto Color | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Auto Contrast | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Auto Levels | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Brightness & Contrast | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Color Adjustment | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Color Balance | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Color Correction Wheels [Deprecated] | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Color Temperature | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Crush Blacks & Whites | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Curves | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom Gray | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dehaze | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Exposure | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Exposure Pro | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Gamma | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hotspots | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hue, Saturation & Lightness | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Levels Histogram | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pro Skin Retouch | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Tone Coloring | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| White Balance | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| YUV Color Correction | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| YUV Color Transform | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
Color Grading
| Free | Creator | Pro | |
| Bleach Bypass | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Cine Style | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Classic Cine Style | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Color Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Color Map | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Color Phase | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Color Vibrance | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Day For Night | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Duo Tone | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Grading Transfer | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hue Colorize | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hue Shift | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Invert | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| LUT | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shadows & Highlights | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Three Strip Color | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Two Strip Color | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vibrance | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vignette | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vignette Exposure | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Depth
| Free | Creator | Pro | |
| Depth Mask | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Depth Matte | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
Distort
| Free | Creator | Pro | |
| Block Displacement | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Bulge | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Chromenator | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Derez (VGHS) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Displacement | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Energy Distortion | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Fluid Distortion | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Heat Distortion | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Insect Vision | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Magnify | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mosaic | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Puppet | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Smoke Distortion | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Twirl | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Waves | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Witness Protection | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Generate
| Free | Creator | Pro | |
| 3D Extrusion | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Animated Lasers | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio Spectrum | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio Waveform | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Auto Volumetrics | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Caustics | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Clone | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Clouds | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cosmos | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Dimension Rift | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Distance Field | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Drop Shadow | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Electro | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| End Credits Crawl | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fractal Noise | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Grid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hyperdrive | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Letterbox | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lightsword (2-Point Auto) [Deprecated] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lightsword (4-Point Manual) [Deprecated] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lightsword (Glow Only) [Deprecated] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lightsword Ultra (2-Point Auto) | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lightsword Ultra (4-Point Manual) | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lightsword Ultra (Glow Only) | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Neon Path | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| PiP (Picture-in-Picture) | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pond Ripple | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pulp Sci-fi Title Crawl | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Radio Waves | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reflection | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sphere | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Split Screen Masking | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Stroke | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Text | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Tile | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Timecode | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vector Stroke | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Vertical Video | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Water Caustics | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Wireframe | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
Geometry
| Free | Creator | Pro | |
| Bend | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Bevel | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Extrude | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Rotate | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
Gradients & Fills
| Free | Creator | Pro | |
| 4-Point Color Gradient | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Color Gradient | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fill Color | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Radial Gradient | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Grunge
| Free | Creator | Pro | |
| Dot Matrix | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Film Damage | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Film Grain | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Flicker | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Grain | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Half Tone | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Half Tone Color | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Jitter | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lens Dirt | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Noise | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pixel Sort | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Scan Lines | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Shake | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Stutter | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| TV Damage | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
Keying
| Free | Creator | Pro | |
| Chroma Key | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Chroma UV Blur | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Color Difference Key | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Demult | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Difference Key | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hue & RGB Key | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Luminance Key | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Alpha Brightness & Contrast | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Crush Blacks & Whites Alpha | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Erode White | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Invert Alpha | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Light Wrap | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Matte Cleaner | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Remove Color Matting | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Set Matte | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Spill Removal | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Remove Stock Background | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
Lights & Flares
| Free | Creator | Pro | |
| Anamorphic Lens Flare | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Auto Light Flares | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom Light Flares | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Gleam | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Glow | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Inner Glow | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Light Flares | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Light Leak | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Light Rays | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Light Streaks | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Neon Glow | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Outer Glow | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Super Glow | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
Particles & Simulation
| Free | Creator | Pro | |
| Atomic Particle | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Blood Spray | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fire | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Gunfire | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Lightning & Electricity | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Particle Simulator | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Rain On Glass | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shatter | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
Quick 3D
| Free | Creator | Pro | |
| Bonfire [Deprecated] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Falling Debris [Deprecated] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fire Explosion [Deprecated] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fluffy Cloud [Deprecated] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Missile Smoke [Deprecated] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Rain [Deprecated] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sci-Fi Shockwave [Deprecated] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Smoke [Deprecated] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sparks [Deprecated] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Storm Cloud [Deprecated] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Scene
| Free | Creator | Pro | |
| Parallax | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Projector | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Surface Studio | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
Scopes
| Free | Creator | Pro | |
| Histogram | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Parade | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vectorscope | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Waveform | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Sharpen
| Free | Creator | Pro | |
| Highpass Sharpen | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sharpen | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Unsharpen | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Stylize
| Free | Creator | Pro | |
| Cartoon | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Edge Distortion | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Emboss | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Find Edges | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Glow Darks | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Leave Color | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Oil Painting | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pencil Sketch | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Photorama | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Posterize | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Rough Edges | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Solarize | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Threshold | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Tint | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Temporal
| Free | Creator | Pro | |
| Echo | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Motion Trails | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Speed | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Time Displacement | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Time Reverse | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Transitions – Audio
| Free | Creator | Pro | |
| Cross Fade | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fade | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Transitions – Video
| Free | Creator | Pro | |
| Additive Dissolve | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cross Dissolve | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dither Dissolve | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Light Leak | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Fade to Color | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Iris | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Push | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Slide | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Split | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Page Turn | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Clock Wipe | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Linear Wipe | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Radial Wipe | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cross Zoom | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Zoom | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Video Clean-up
| Free | Creator | Pro | |
| Auto Stabilizer | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Clone Stamp | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Crop & Pan | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Deinterlace | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Denoise | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Grain Removal | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Motion Lock | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Rolling Shutter | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Wire Removal | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
Warp
| Free | Creator | Pro | |
| Action Cam Crop | Watermarked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Action Cam Lens Distort | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Bezier Warp | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| GoPro Lens Reframe | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lens Distort | Watermarked | Watermarked | ✓ |
| Page Curl | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Perspective Warp | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Polar Warp | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Quad Warp | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Spherical Warp | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vortex Displacement Warp | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Next steps…
See if your system meets the minimum requirements to run the software here.
Note: If you’re looking for a comparison between HitFilm (Free) and HitFilm Express, check out this article.
If you have any questions about the software, visit our Support page to read our FAQs or contact our dedicated support team. You can even email the team via customersupport@fxhome.com.
