I have probably messed around with nearly every single editor available today. But now for professional work I use Blackmagic Resolve. It comes in two versions the free version and the paid version called Blackmagic Resolve Studio. It took me a few hours to learn how to use it but it was worth it. The best thing for me is that the company keeps the program up to date when new related technology comes on line. It takes a pretty powerful computer to run smoothly. Your computer needs a pretty hefty graphics card 3. The audio mixing and editing is not as robust as Premier or Vegas. I have Hitfilm 4 as well as Sony Vegas 13 and although Hitfilm may have many special effects, I find it inadequate as a competent non-linear editor compared to Vegas. Audio is important to me and one obvious thing missing in Hitfilm is the selection of the audio device (it takes the default). The crucial reason for me to upgrade or not to Vegas 14 would be whether it supports the latest NVidia cards to use GPU-enabled rendering. Sony Vegas 13 is a couple of generations behind. HitFilm is sold as an Special Effects software (VFX). If you want an awesome video editor that has some vfx functinality.

If you want an awesome VFX software that has video editing functionality.Buy HitFilm. I tried to get Hitfilm support to declare Hitfilm was a competent NLE.

The support person pointed me to trial and express versions.

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