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Without a lot of feature frills, the software can be used to quickly edit films and add effects. With the special promotion you currently save US$149—and the software can be downloaded here. Further information at hitfilm.com
HitFilm Express is the middle version; in addition, there are the Standard and Ultimate versions with these features.
The British company FXHome is behind HitFilm. For more than ten years, a team of programmers, filmmakers and social-media experts has been developing the products.
DP tested the HitFilm Ultimate version extensively in issue 05/2013.
Here you can see how to easily spruce up your film with HitFilm: