

Since both have free versions, that's a great option.

There are multiple people on the forum who move between Resolve and Hitfilm, playing off both's strengths. Pro has advanced particle/3D model features Resolve and Fusion can't touch. Hitfilm Express is stronger in 3D and VFX than Resolve and easier/faster for 3D animation than Fusion. Fusion has been available in a free version for years, so the new bundle doesn't change anything.įusion is sweet! But it's also node-based, vs layer based, so I don't quite call them direct competitors (some people love nodes, others hate them, same with layers). With the addition of Fairlight in 14,it's got some of the better audio tools (Vegas Pro still has the edge in audio). Resolve has the best color correction tools, in general. Infact, a lot of studios NEED custom made programs for themself because what's available simply isn't fast enough, good enough, or stable enough to make their deadlines.Īny editor or VFX software has strengths and weaknesses.

People often use Adobe as an example for the industry standard, well if you've been in a professional 'hollywood' editing studio, you will see that not everyone uses what you might think. I think that calling any program a "killer" over another is factually incorrect, because there are too many areas of improvement that can be made and added so it's more like a constant race rather than someone always staying on top. There's no doubt in my mind though, that HitFilm offers the widest amounts of features in a single NLE/VFX program for the price that you're paying for Pro, but again, I haven't seen everything that's out there. Sure, you can get away with some stuff, but creating masks and really digging deeper into color is much faster in my opinion with DaVinci. I don't like HitFilm's color system, so I'm using DaVinci because I prefer the node system. Well, it's a HitFilm killer if it's got all the features you need in one place.
