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Jay

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Posted 22 June 2012 - 07:04 AM Link to post

i was wondering if im the youngest person using Hitfilm, because i should get some sort of prize
because you don't usually see a 12 year old using all his money to buy hitfilm standard, i should get some sort of prize, so thats all. :angry:

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NuttyBanana

Posted 22 June 2012 - 09:29 AM Link to post

Oooh yeh, do this Hitfilm and then I'll get my 2 year old to buy the software so we he gets a prize too!

I'm sorry to say being 12 isn't a special achievement, and if I were you I'd just be grateful I had $150 to spend at that age along with a computer to use software like this on!

All that said, I honestly don't know if you're being serious or not but consider me fooled if not. :dry:

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Posted 22 June 2012 - 09:45 AM Link to post

Well done for getting into film so young, definitely a good time to be creative. :smile:

We've actually had lots of very young users over the years. The Corridor Digital guys, Sam and Niko, were about your age when they first started using our software. Look at 'em now. :wink:

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InTheFlesh

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Posted 22 June 2012 - 01:37 PM Link to post

Nice diplomatic answer Simon :wink:

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Aculag

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Posted 22 June 2012 - 05:46 PM Link to post

I just assume most users here are about 12.

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Andrew

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Posted 22 June 2012 - 08:35 PM Link to post

If I recall, TimmyD was either 9 or 10 when he was poking around FXhome in the beginning. Definitely has 12 beat. I was 12 when I started out under a different account name, bought when I was 14, and am going on to 23 now.

So yeah, plenty of people have you beat in plenty of different ways, champ. :wink:

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Simon K Jones

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Posted 23 June 2012 - 09:00 AM Link to post

It's interesting to think how things have changed. At the slight risk of you all thinking I'm some kind of ancient being, when I was 12 things were very different: no YouTube, no world wide web, certainly no mainstreaming of the internet, no HD resolutions at all outside of expensive film, no AVCHD or HDV or miniDV, no DSLRs, no hi8. I think I may have had a terrible 8mm tape camcorder back then, except there was no way to edit without access to the more expensive VHS VCR rigs, and even then they were inaccurate and horrendously linear in their workflow. Terminator 2 had just come out, Jurassic Park didn't yet exist, and Star Wars was still cool.

In terms of indie filmmaking, I definitely prefer now. :wink:

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madmike

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Posted 23 June 2012 - 10:42 AM Link to post

Now I feel old. :sad:

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guitar74

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Posted 23 June 2012 - 05:18 PM Link to post

Do I get a prize for being in my 30's? LOL! I wish I had that kind of money when I was 12, be grateful for getting software so neat at your age. Not sure what to think........ About this!
:unsure:

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madmike

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Posted 23 June 2012 - 06:36 PM Link to post

When I was 12 we had pong I think.

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guitar74

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Posted 24 June 2012 - 04:05 AM Link to post

I remember the Atari, cleco-vision, we did get a pong at a yard sale, then in 1987 Nintendo came out! I'm getting old! :biggrin:

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rtrowbridge

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Posted 24 June 2012 - 05:41 AM Link to post

My first computer was a VIC-20. I used a Commodore PET at school. I then went through the C-64, and several Amigas before finally switching over to the PC.

Here's the part that really dates me... I was born the year Star Trek, the original series, premiered.

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guitar74

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Posted 24 June 2012 - 06:29 AM Link to post

My first computer was a VIC-20. I used a Commodore PET at school. I then went through the C-64, and several Amigas before finally switching over to the PC.

Here's the part that really dates me... I was born the year Star Trek, the original series, premiered.

I dont remember the commodore pet...??

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madmike

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Posted 24 June 2012 - 09:32 AM Link to post

I Upraged to a coleco vision. it had mousetrap great game, it had a slot put plug an atari into the front of it.
and I don't remember the commodore Pet. I eventually owned a spectrum. the wonders of only 2 colours on screen at the same time.

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MasterWolf

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Posted 24 June 2012 - 02:39 PM Link to post

It's interesting to think how things have changed. At the slight risk of you all thinking I'm some kind of ancient being, when I was 12 things were very different: no YouTube, no world wide web, certainly no mainstreaming of the internet, no HD resolutions at all outside of expensive film, no AVCHD or HDV or miniDV, no DSLRs, no hi8. I think I may have had a terrible 8mm tape camcorder back then, except there was no way to edit without access to the more expensive VHS VCR rigs, and even then they were inaccurate and horrendously linear in their workflow. Terminator 2 had just come out, Jurassic Park didn't yet exist, and Star Wars was still cool.

In terms of indie filmmaking, I definitely prefer now.

you just made me feel old, I was out of high school when T2 came out. You all are bunch of punk kids

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rtrowbridge

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Posted 24 June 2012 - 06:44 PM Link to post

I dont remember the commodore pet...??

http://en.wikipedia....modore_PET_2001

Gotta love the old cassette tape drives!

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madmike

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Posted 25 June 2012 - 08:26 AM Link to post

wow now that does look out makes my spectrum plus 3 that I had look futuristic in comparison.

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Jay

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Posted 06 July 2012 - 12:04 PM Link to post

i have no idea what anyone is talking about, other than commadore 64 and atari :blink:

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Jay

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Posted 06 July 2012 - 12:17 PM Link to post

If I recall, TimmyD was either 9 or 10 when he was poking around FXhome in the beginning. Definitely has 12 beat. I was 12 when I started out under a different account name, bought when I was 14, and am going on to 23 now.

So yeah, plenty of people have you beat in plenty of different ways, champ.

Doesn't count if he didn't get it when he was 9 or 10

P.S
i wanted after effects since i was 7, but i obviously couldn't buy that (i almost bought
it for $300 on ebay, figured it was pirated) so i spent 1 year looking for other software when i was 8. Therefore i found hitfilm when i was 9 and bought it 2 years later when i was 12. So my point is that I was looking at hitfilm the same age as TimmyD so HA

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Simon K Jones

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Posted 06 July 2012 - 12:57 PM Link to post

HitFilm's only been out for 1 year, so you can't have waited quite that long. :biggrin:

Always good to see people going the legit route rather than the pirated route, though. It's appreciated.

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