Axel continues his mocha training series today with an introduction to getting a high quality camera solve using mocha HitFilm. mocha is a hugely powerful part of HitFilm 2 Ultimate and is well worth the time investment to learn its
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News of a HitFilm competition comes our way today via the latest episode of Film Riot, hosted by the inimitable Ryan Connolly. The Monday Challenge is to produce a short visual effects sequence, no longer than 30 seconds, using HitFilm. The winners get full copies of HitFilm 2 Ultimate, so this is particularly good if you're still using the demo.
Even if you're a hardened, battle-ready HitFilm veteran, though, we encourage you to put your creative hats on and get to work - this is a great …
This post isn't about Kickstarter! I know, remarkable, isn't it? Instead, it's about mocha HitFilm, the bundled version of mocha that comes free with HitFilm 2 Ultimate and gives you access to the wonders of planar tracking and integrated camera solving.
As with any advanced tech, it can take a little bit of learning. mocha is hugely powerful but you do need to know what you're doing. To help you get up to speed, Axel has turned his inquisitive eye towards this very subject, delivering a vital …
We're back with a new Kickstarter update! In this one we answer a few questions that have come in via Twitter and other channels.
The funding is now at 38% and we're nearly at £10k which is superb news. Let your Mac filmmaker friends know all about it and keep spreading the word!
Once again, because we can't say it enough, THANK YOU to all of our backers.
Over the weekend Film Riot revealed their very positive HitFilm 2 review, particularly praising the software's ease-of-use. Check out the whole review - including a great RPG sketch - in the video above.
Meanwhile the HitFilm for Mac Kickstarter continues onwards. HUGE thanks to everybody who pledged over the weekend: you are all heroes. Keep spreading the word:
Above you'll find a VFX breakdown of our fun little tease video which was released just before the HitFilm for Mac Kickstarter went live. You can see the full original here:
We've also released the first update for our big Kickstarter project, which you can read by clicking here.
The Kickstarter campaign has got off to a good start but we need your help all the way. If you can pledge then that's obviously fantastic, but if that's not an option then please, please do share the page with …
It's time to get HitFilm on Mac. We want it, you want it. Today we've launched our HitFilm for Mac Kickstarter campaign, aimed at getting HitFilm on Mac in 2013. We need your help to make this happen. Let's do it!
Please do share the link as far and wide as you can. Post it on your blog, on Twitter, on Facebook. Here it is: http://www.kickstart...hitfilm-for-mac
We've been listening. We have a plan.
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Here's a blast from the past. Back in 1986 (or thereabouts), Majahr Pictures created a super cool magical orb effect. At the time, I gleefully declared that I would make a tutorial showing how to do it, which I never quite got round to.
Fast forward to now and Axel 'Axel Wilkinson' Wilkinson has finally put together a tutorial detailing exactly how to recreate Majahr's energy ball. It's easy, fast and produces great results.
This is actually the first part in a mini-series that Axel is now …
This week's tutorial is a little less epic than the last one but still contains a good few VFX tips on which to ruminate. This goes hand-in-hand with our atmospheric chaff tutorial from a few weeks ago, which I'll also handily embed just below:
