Does the free version of the program lag more?? - HitFilm software

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pierrickchagnon

Posted 12 June 2012 - 12:58 PM Link to post

I just download the free version of the program, and It's lagging like crazy. I can run After effect CS4 without trouble, Premiere Pro CS4 too with HD footage. I dont understant, is their any setting I need to know to make the program not Lag, or my computer is not strong enough.

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Orange Pekoe

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Posted 12 June 2012 - 03:50 PM Link to post

What video card and video format are you using?

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Posted 13 June 2012 - 08:32 AM Link to post

Also, what are you trying to actually do in the software? A particle effect with 50,000 particles will be more intensive than playing a video in Premiere, for example.

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pierrickchagnon

Posted 15 June 2012 - 01:23 AM Link to post

thank you guys for your answers, It was a video format issue, it's running fine now!!

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Evil Beaver Films

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Posted 25 June 2012 - 09:33 AM Link to post

What format was you using?

And what are you using now?

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Playerktw

Posted 08 July 2012 - 10:36 PM Link to post

I have a similar problem. Running the first project in the tutorials area, the guy firing the assault rifle. Everything is working fine until I add the Auto Levels, then the playback lags, the muzzle flash is not seen and the last moments of the clip are skipped. If I use brightness and contrast to correct the lighting differences the clip runs just fine, curious.

I have the project template at 1080p 29.97 and the frame rate at 29.97.

My system stats are:
AMD FX™-8150 eight core processor 3.6 GHz
16.0 GB Ram
64 bit OS
GeForce GTX 560Ti with 1024 MB fixed

Any suggestions would be most appreciated, thanks.

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Simon K Jones

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Posted 09 July 2012 - 08:29 AM Link to post

Are your drivers all up-to-date?

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Playerktw

Posted 09 July 2012 - 02:08 PM Link to post

I check the video cards drivers and it said they were up to date, what other drivers should I be checking?

I uploaded the project to Utube and it looks fine, as I understand it the lag may be caused by my system having difficulty keeping up with the playback.

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joeytryst

Posted 20 January 2013 - 06:14 AM Link to post

I have a similar problem. Running the first project in the tutorials area, the guy firing the assault rifle. Everything is working fine until I add the Auto Levels, then the playback lags, the muzzle flash is not seen and the last moments of the clip are skipped. If I use brightness and contrast to correct the lighting differences the clip runs just fine, curious.

I have the project template at 1080p 29.97 and the frame rate at 29.97.

My system stats are:
AMD FX™-8150 eight core processor 3.6 GHz
16.0 GB Ram
64 bit OS
GeForce GTX 560Ti with 1024 MB fixed

Any suggestions would be most appreciated, thanks.

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joeytryst

Posted 20 January 2013 - 06:16 AM Link to post

I pretty much have the same specs and same problem as Playerktw. I am interested if there was any solution to this problem.

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Axel Wilkinson

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Posted 21 January 2013 - 05:25 PM Link to post

The Auto effects are massively processor intensive and tend to slow down many machines. Try using the Levels Histogram effect instead of the Auto Levels and see if performance is better.

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Simon K Jones

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Posted 21 January 2013 - 05:33 PM Link to post

Levels itself is also one of the slower effects, due to the particular pipeline it takes to draw the histogram (something we hope to work on in the future).

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