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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YouTube's changed its channel layout (again) and introduced a new 'non-subscriber video'. The idea is that anybody who is not already a subscriber to a channel can watch a special 'welcome' video that clues them in to what it's all about. We rather liked the idea and thusly put together the above trailer to show off the channel.

It's a neat compilation of some of the highlights from the last year and a half of HitFilmy videos. It's been one helluva ride, a ton of work and a lot of fun showing …

Even though he's off on paternity leave, Simon still found time to pull together a great new tutorial on 3D import in HitFilm 2 Ultimate.

Covering everything from how to select groups for animation, texturing, specular maps and reflectivity, right up to lights and sefl-shadowing, The HitFilm team take you through through a whole bunch of great 3D model import features that you only get with HitFilm 2 Ultimate.

For this tutorial Simon uses a couple of free models - if you want to follow …

It has been a while coming, but the HitFilm 2 trailer is finally here!

Please share this video on Facebook, Twitter and elsewhere as we’d like to spread the word as far and wide as possible. If you have friends, family or colleagues who might be interested in HitFilm, drop them a link!

Towards the end of the summer we shot a new promotional trailer for HitFilm 2, as chronicled here and here. The trailer is now finished and you can watch it above.

Designed to showcase the diverse range of …

The HitFilm 2 trailer has just been launched, packed full of effects and grading created entirely in HitFilm 2 Ultimate. We’ve got a series of detailed tutorials in the pipeline but to kick things off here’s a look behind-the-scenes at how the trailer was pieced

"We loved the first version, but HitFilm has really hit its stride in this update... We can't recommend it highly enough." Expert Reviews

The chaps over at Expert Reviews have just published their analysis of HitFilm 2 Ultimate, giving it the maximum score and their Best Buy award. Needless to say, we're very pleased with the review and look forward to more coverage in the near future.

Meanwhile, we just pushed out an update to HitFilm 2 which you should find out about the next …