Unified 3D space, enabling easy compositing with other 3D layers.Generate wraparound 3D environments from panoramas.Multiple 3D cameras with motion blur & depth of field.Real-time reflections & environment maps.Texture slots: diffuse, specular, normal, bump. Multiple light types: directional, spotlight, point, ambient.Ambient occlusion casting & receiving between layers.Multiple camera, perspective & orthographic views.Bezier controls for spatial interpolation.ma camera tracking data (Boujou, SynthEyes, PFTrack etc) Spill simulation for perfect lighting match between layers.Audio effects: reverse, cathedral, channel levels, echo, equaliser, large/medium/small room, pitch, shortwave radio, telephone, tone.Transitions: dissolves, push, slide, split, wipe, zoom, fade, iris.Separate video & audio for J and L cuts.Editing tools: trim, ripple, roll, slice, roll, slip, slide. PLUS, the community/company has so many tutorials that I decided to grind out my first ever short film for the challenge and learn along the way! Don't know if its actually any good but I'm proud of it and had a blast! Although, definitely underestimated how much work would go into a 59 second film as I worked pretty much solid over the weekend to finish and submit 5 minutes before deadline.The day I decide to yolo a short film I honestly thought it would take me a couple of hours rest of the day, tops! lmao. But, I bought the Express Vfx because It had so much cool stuff that I didn't even really consider doing up until than. I'd say the dark mode alone is worth the price, not to mention the software is dope and I like that they have a quality free option and I want to encourage that type of business model. By the end of that night I knew I would buying at least the minimum level tomorrow. It was late in the day so I decided to watch a ton of videos and play tomorrow. Last week I "discovered" Hitfilm and pretty immediately felt like this was what I was looking for. I wont get into specifics about that, but I tried most of the common free or trial software. Over the past month I've been exploring different film software. This is all very new to me but I'm super happy with it. I am just getting into vfx and video this past week so I can make a decent music video for my band. Oh and if you upgrade to pro later on you'll get a discount based on the addons you've already purchased (at least they used to do that). I'd suggest figuring out what you really need, figuring out which pack contain that functionality and just buy those. If I were buying addons now I'd definitely get the "Audio Tool Kit" for the compressor and noise reduction alone (I still use Audacity for both and it's a pain). There are others that were probably a waste of money but what maybe $35 total. So I can do LUTS if I want, I learned what they were and how they worked, it was like $15 and I never use it (but I can if I want). One of them (they've change what is in what "addon") was also a LUTS pack. The spectrum analyser is the real deal for color correction, and the denoiser in the visual repair pack has saved my ass many times, also fixed rolling shutter issues, etc. I got must have stuff like Premium Formats so I could use a good cine35 camera and use AVCHD, color scopes, and gunfire (formerly destruction pack) since I was making a short about a hitman. I still use 2017 Express and when I started using it, and learning how to edit, I bought a bunch (they were called "packs" then). Have you ever paid for any of the "addons"? I just looked up the "differences page" and wow, you weren't kidding, it fucking sucks.
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