A clean layout includes trimmer and viewing windows as well as a media bin that holds your video assets for easy access. The UI should be familiar to anyone who has worked with standard non-linear video editing programs.

Depending on how you learn best (and on your editing experience), you can jump right in, look through the manual or watch one of the tutorials. There’s also an active and useful HitFilm community to explore. The manual can be accessed directly from within the program, but although the user guide is thorough and searchable, it’s probably easier to start with one of the many excellent tutorials - at least until you become familiar with where all the tools are located. Once you’ve downloaded and activated the program, you’ll see an opening page with links to a manual as well as tutorials and sample videos created with the software. As you move the donation slider to the right, you’ll see additional packs that are available. While you can purchase add-on packs at any time, you’ll save money by going the donation route at the beginning.Ībove you'll see just a small sample of what you can get with a donation.

If you do make a donation, however, you’ll get certain add-on packs.

They will be published one by one on FXHome's YouTube channel every Thursday until January 9th 2020.When downloading the program, there’s a slider bar to make a donation but you can move it to zero and get the software for free. The tutorials include instructions on how to create 'menacing, metallic titles,' how to scan and import a 3D model of an AT-ST into scenes and how to add Force effects. (Not surprising, seeing as its founder is a Star Wars fan.) And similar to what the company did when it released an Avengers-themed trailer, it's also releasing a series of tutorials on how to use its software to recreate the effects you'll see in the video.įXHome will be releasing seven tutorials over the next few weeks, tackling how the company used its free HitFilm Express software and paid products and add-ons to achieve the effects seen in the trailer. FXHome, the company behind the visual effects software HitFilm, has created and released a trailer entitled The Rise of the Dark Side as an homage to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Just because you can't use the Force in real life doesn't mean you'll never get the chance to see yourself wielding a lightsaber.

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