Import media into the HitFilm Express media bin using standard formats like mp3, wav, mp4. Organize assets by creating folders for video, audio, and images, and drag, drop, and multi-select.

Navigate the viewer window in HitFilm Express with zoom, fit-to-window, and drag-to-zoom on a spot, while adjusting playback and paused resolutions and qualities, and customizing background, color channels, and exports.

Discover how to use HitFilm Express editor timeline to drag media from the trimmer into the viewer, cut and move footage, and use left-side tools to assemble your project.

Adjust the timeline scale in HitFilm Express to control visible time, starting from a default five minutes, using the slider, mouse wheel, or increment and decrement zoom buttons.

Insert footage from the media bin to the timeline, trim with in/out points in the trimmer, and use insert clip or overlay clip to place between or over clips.

Insert video and audio tracks in HitFilm Express using right-click, and rename tracks to organize your project. Insert an unlimited number of tracks, and adjust track size as needed.

Unlink the audio from the video to treat them as separate assets, then edit or trim each track independently using the unlink hotkey (control shift backslash).

HitFilm Express provides a universal search bar across the interface, letting you type keywords like transform or scale to quickly locate items and effects, including fractal noise effect.

Apply effects directly in the editor timeline by adjusting brightness and contrast, using presets, and toggling effects on and off to preview. Explore video transitions like wipes and cross fades.

Right-click media in hitfilm express to access blend modes, motion blur, and transform options; fit to frame height or width, center, reset, and unlink or link audio.

Explain variable frame rate versus constant frame rate and why HitFilm struggles with variability. Convert any uncertain footage to a constant frame rate with handbrake to avoid audio-visual sync issues.

Masking in the editor timeline lets you apply mask shapes with the controls area, including subtract, invert, or deleting the mask, and key frame changes without a composite shot.

Discover three methods to create a composite shot in HitFilm Express: from media panel, by converting a layer, or directly from an asset, with adjustable properties and timeline tabs.

Learn to use layer parenting to control multiple assets with a single point, and master snapping for precise placement by turning it off when needed.

Create and animate masks in a composite shot using the mask drawing tools to form elliptical, rectangular, and freehand shapes, then adjust points and feathering.

Master keyframing in a composite shot by animating a text layer’s blur along the timeline, using value graphs, constant, smooth, and linear keyframes.

Learn to track a candle in a moving shot with a point tracker, transfer the motion data to a new point layer, and composite fire that moves with the candle.

Learn how to use a double point tracker in HitFilm Express to track two markers, apply rotation and scale to a text layer, and remove markers with the clone stamp.

Use HitFilm Express tracking to stabilize handheld footage by tracking a feature, stabilizing x and y positions, rotation, and scale, and adjusting the anchor point.

Explore creating three-dimensional environments in HitFilm within a composite shot by turning two-dimensional layers into three-dimensional objects, adding planes and lights, and animating with cameras, motion paths, and keyframes.

Locking layers in a composite shot prevents accidental changes or deletions, with the option to unlock and edit again.

Explore the HitFilm Express effects tab, browse categories, search effects, and learn how free options, add-ons, and grade layers unlock infinite possibilities in composites.

Master 360 degree video effects by wrapping footage around a sphere with the 360 viewer and video transform, and create a star field background with fractal noise for space scenes.

Explore the blur effects in HitFilm Express, including angle blur, motion blur, lens blur, and zoom blur. Each effect adds direction, softness, or lens realism for dynamic scenes.

Learn color grading effects in HitFilm Express to craft final looks with precise control, using presets like hue cycle, day for night effect, hue colorized effects, and vignette adjustments.

Explore a suite of distort effects to bend, shift, and alter layer details, including bulge, displacement, heat distortion, magnify, mosaic, twirl, and witness protection.

Explore grunge effects to simulate old or damaged video, including flicker, grain, half tone, jitter glitches, fixed noise, scan lines, shake, and stutter for frame freezing.

Discover how to craft light-based effects with lights and flares, including lens flares, glows, and light rays, using auto light flares, hotspot control, thresholds, and customizable glow colors.

Explore particles and simulation effects in HitFilm Express, focusing on lightning and electricity with trunks, branches, twigs, and rain on glass using wave, twitch, growth, speed, jitter, and scale settings.

Explore quick 3d effects in HitFilm Express, including bonfire, debris, fire explosion, fluffy cloud, missile smoke, rain, sci fi shockwave, sparks, and storm cloud, with adjustable density, color, and motion.

Apply the parallax effect to create 3D depth in a 2D layer within the hit film express environment, using a height map or host texture, with blur for smoother depth.

Sharpen images using standard tools in the sharpened folder and the sharpen effect to bring out fine detail. The un sharpen tool provides an alternate method for highlighting detail.

Explore HitFilm Express stylized effects for extreme color grading by combining techniques, including cartoon, embossed, find edges, glow darks, oil painting, photo Rama, pulsed arise, solar rise, threshold, and tint.

Learn to improve video quality with cleanup effects, clone stamp tools, and tracking in HitFilm Express, using a clone mask and a plane to fix issues and de-interlace interlaced footage.

Explore warp effects in HitFilm Express to stretch, distort layers, including GoPro presets for fisheye distortions. Use perspective, polar, quad, sphere, BCA warp, and vortex warp tools to reshape footage.

Learn to export a project in HitFilm Express, manage presets, and monitor progress in the four-panel export screen. Choose between exporting the in-out work area or the entire timeline.

Explore online resources for hit film express, including the user guide and forum, plus YouTube channels like the effects home official channel and hit film university with in-depth tutorial playlists.

Explore HitFilm Express, a powerful non-linear editor with advanced visual effects and compositing features. Use the Q&A section to request effects and receive tutorials and course-wide videos.

Demonstrates HitFilm Express 14's new features, including the light theme, integrated export, enhanced masking and color tools, and expanded effects and text options for streamlined workflows.

Master HitFilm Express 15 with enhanced masking tools, crop pan and zoom, GoPro SFX reframe, image sequence imports, and new hotkeys for panel control.