Summary

This update launches faster than in the past, and features improvements to the color picker, improvements to text and text selections, and a variety of stability improvements. It also focuses on eliminating several render glitches with specific effects, and includes some general bug fixes and improvements to the export queue.

Enhancements

• The HitFilm installers now show the minimum specifications for the software.
• HitFilm now launches more quickly.

Fixes

• Hardware decoding and encoding on Intel Iris Xe Max is now disabled due to driver issues
• Resolved a launch conflict on Mac systems with large numbers of files and applications.
• Resolved several crashes involving AMD graphics processors.
• Rendering issues involving several effects on AMD graphics cards have been resolved.
• The Denoise effect now works on systems with AMD graphics.
• Some rendering artefacts in the Parallax effect have been resolved.
• The Neon Path effect now renders in the correct position when applied to a grade layer.
• The Text Background now consistently renders behind the text when Geometry effects are applied.
• The Surface Studio effect no longer renders flickering for instances using multiple textures of different resolutions.
• The GPU check to confirm the system graphics card is supported is now more robust.
• The Up Dir Insert behavior effect now renders characters with descenders more accurately.
• Queued export projects now restore properly to the export panel after upgrading HitFilm.
• Deleted export tasks no longer reappear unexpectedly when the project is reopened.
• The Render Queue is now correctly restored when a new project is created.
• The Upgrade watermark no longer flickers during playback when unlicensed features are in use.
• The Curves effect no longer alters footage at its default settings.
• The sidebar no longer has the focus of keystrokes when a project is opened on a Mac system.
• The preview for the color picker’s pipette tool no longer moves offscreen when you drag to the bottom of the display.
• The styling of the HitFilm color picker has been improved, so the color box fits better.
• The color picker now accurately shows the current color of the selection when opened.
• Double-clicking the first word in a text line now correctly selects the word.
• Double-clicking at the end of a line of text now correctly selects the line break.
• Menus in the Text panel now allow you to select a listing by pressing the Enter key.
• The Sitka font family no longer causes an infinite loop when scrolling through the font list.
• Triple-clicking a line of text to select the entire line now places the cursor at the end of the selection
• The OK button in the color picker is now always active, and available to close the dialog.
• The Previous Frame button is now available any time the playhead is not on frame 0 of the timeline.

Minimum requirements

Requirements haven’t changed from the previous version

Windows: Microsoft Windows 11 (64-bit), Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

Mac: macOS 13 Ventura, macOS 12 Monterey, macOS 11 Big Sur

Internet connection: Required for activation and accessing online functionality

Processor: 6th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 (2015), AMD Ryzen 5 (2017), Apple Silicon (2020)*

RAM: 8 GB (16 GB recommended)

Graphics card: Must have active support from driver vendor

Minimum

• 2 GB of video memory (4GB or more and NVIDIA, AMD or Apple Silicon required for 8K UHD)
• NVIDIA GeForce 10 series (2016)
• AMD Radeon RX 400 series (2016)
• Intel HD Graphics 620 (2016)
• Apple Silicon (2020)

Recommended

• 8 GB of dedicated video memory
• NVIDIA GeForce 20 series (2018)
• AMD Radeon RX 5000 series (2019)
• Supported through Rosetta 2