I HATE telling a user they hosed themselves by not doing that. You don't want to lock yourself out of your own projects. If you decide to revert, you won't be able to open HF 8+ projects in HF 2017. When opening HF 2017 projects in a later version IMMEDIATELY 'Save As' to a new file.

Go ahead and turn that slider to $0, but bookmark the Pay What You Want page, so you can go back later to take advantage of those discounts.

Here you'll be offered add on packs at a massive discount compared to the regular store. Speaking of add ons, on initial download you'll be taken to the 'Pay What You Want' page. Dark Mode is listed as being included for users who updated from a version before Light Mode was introduced (HF 12). 2017 is the last version that can install along with a later version. You will be able to install the current Hitfilm alongside HF 2017, so you'll be able to test both. If you upgrade you will be registering and downloading a new program, but this registration gives you access to every installer from HF 8 to 18 (2021.3) and beyond. Starting with HF Pro 6/Express 8, Hitfilm is a 'single program' and new versions install over the prior. Each version had its own file tree and registry entries. With Hitfilm 2017 and earlier each version of HF was a' different program' as far as your computer was concerned. Give your specs, I'll tell you the latest version you can run. No, you can't open HF 2021.3 projects in 2021.1, you're going to lose your current project.' Literally every day I deal with at least one user having problems when their answer is, 'You are under spec. Other people in this thread have mentioned recent versions being 'problematic.' Yeah, as one of the brand Ambassadors and someone who handles a lot of unofficial Support requests (forums, social media, things we don't send directly to FXhome Support), I'll flat out tell you a lot of these 'problems' are from users not paying attention to specs changes and shooting themselves in the foot. Hard Drive only systems are no longer suitable for Hitfilm. HF 2021.3 requires a 6th gen i5 (so all i3 users are under spec), Nvidia 10xx GPU, Win 10.Īdditionally, the new Timeline Cache system really requires an SSD. Those have raised multiple times since HF 2017,Īs an example, min CPU requirements for HF 2017 were a 4th gen Intel i3. The first thing you'll need to provide is your system specs.

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