

Think of it like 3D stock footage – you can now import a T-Rex with a complex walk cycle and composite it inside HitFilm, retaining full camera and lighting control. This allows for far more complex animations to be rendered in HitFilm, while retaining full 3D compositing capabilities. We also now support an animation format called Alembic, which makes it possible to import pre-animated 3D models. Whether you’re animating a spaceship coming in for landing or a title flying onto the screen, you’ll find yourself using this feature in every project. Want an animation to start quickly then come to a gradual, slow stop? That’s now super easy. It’s a visual representation of how your keyframes change over time, making it easy to adjust the exact pace of change. Then there’s the brand new animation value graph, which truly revolutionizes your HitFilm projects. It also introduces a new level of control and precision in the completely rebuilt animation system.Īnimation paths can now be fine tuned using bezier handles in the Viewer, making it easy to adjust the exact shape of a curve or switch to a fully linear move. Shiny things are good but HitFilm 4 Pro isn’t only about things looking prettier. This allows you to surround a 3D model with particles without seeing hard texture edges – the result is very natural, convincing volumetric particle simulations. HitFilm’s celebrated unified 3D space has also been enhanced with the implementation of soft particles. Especially useful if you’re using shadow catchers to composite into live action. That means that you can put a 3D model on top of a plane in HitFilm and you’ll get realistic occlusion.

Global ambient occlusion – we’ve upgraded the AO system to cast between different 3D layer types. In other words, your lighting looks better without you having to put in much extra work. This creates very natural lighting without having to create complex setups of 3D lights. Take a look at the video up top to see it in action.ĭynamic reflections – objects can now reflect each other and their surroundings! If you’re working with something shiny, like a polished vehicle, this is a big deal.ĭiffuse lighting – if you have a 3D model near a large green wall, the green light reflected from the wall will now spill onto your model. The following chart details exactly which plugins are compatible with each host program.New lighting method – 3D models can now be rendered more accurately as different physical materials, from plastics to metals, with fine control of light bouncing off surfaces. Since each host includes different capabilities and technologies, plugin functionality and which plugins are available will be different for each host platform.

The Ignite Pro plugins allow you to access HitFilm effects in a wide range of third party video editors:
