🎬 HitFilm Express: Free Video Editing and VFX

🎬 HitFilm Express: Free Video Editing and VFX

Code: 10027-GR

📝 Course Description:

Explore the world of professional-level video editing and stunning visual effects with HitFilm Express—a powerful and free software perfect for aspiring editors, YouTubers, and filmmakers. This course will guide you from basic editing to creating jaw-dropping VFX for your next masterpiece.

🧪 Technical Information:

• 🕒 Course Duration: 25 hours (Over 4 weeks)

• 💻 Software: HitFilm Express (Free version)

• 🎬 Level: Beginner to Intermediate

• 🎥 Focus: Video editing, color grading, motion tracking, and VFX

🎯 Target Audience:

• 🎞️ Film students and indie filmmakers

• 📹 YouTubers and content creators

• 💡 Hobbyist video editors and VFX enthusiasts

• 📱 Creators aiming to enhance content with effects

💡 What Will I Learn?

• 🧩 Navigate HitFilm Express and manage media efficiently

• ✂️ Perform precise edits with timeline tools and transitions

• 🌈 Apply advanced color grading and correction

• 🔥 Create dynamic VFX like explosions, green screen, and particles

• 📤 Export polished projects for various platforms

📚 Course Modules:

🔹 Module 1: Getting Started with HitFilm Express (5 hours)

• 🖥️ Interface overview and workspace setup

• 🎞️ Importing media and managing project assets

• ✂️ Basic video cutting, transitions, and titles

• 🎧 Basic audio editing and syncing

🔹 Module 2: Advanced Editing Techniques (7 hours)

• 🌈 Color correction and grading for cinematic looks

• 🎨 Compositing multiple video layers

• 🎯 Keyframing animations and motion tracking

• 🔮 Applying pre-built visual effects

🔹 Module 3: Visual Effects for Films and Videos (7 hours)

• 🔥 Particle simulations and cinematic effects

• 🟩 Green screen (chroma keying) techniques

• 💥 Adding explosions, light flares, and muzzle flashes

• 🪄 Custom VFX creation using layers and masks

🔹 Module 4: Exporting and Finalizing Projects (6 hours)

• 📤 Export settings for web, HD, and 4K formats

• 📽️ Preparing content for YouTube, Vimeo, and film fests

• 📲 Optimizing for Instagram, TikTok, and social media

• 🎓 Final Project: Create a short video with multiple advanced VFX elements

📦 Materials Included:

• 🎥 Sample video footage and audio clips

• 🔧 VFX project templates and presets

• 📝 Practice files and effects checklist

• 🎓 Final project guidelines and submission template

✅ Requirements / Instructions:

• 💻 PC or Mac with HitFilm Express installed

• 📶 Internet connection for downloading sample files and assets

• 🧠 Basic understanding of video editing is helpful

• 🗂️ At least 15GB free disk space for video project files