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.
#Hitfilm express price how to
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.