Hitfilm?
I had Motion 4 with FCP. I loved using it. How does it compare to Hitfilm 4 Pro (a $300 app). For $50, you can't go wrong. I'm on a early 2011 17" MBP.
FCPeditor wrote:
… How does it compare to Hitfilm 4 Pro …
guess, you very rarely will find anybody using both … 😉
The main USP (marketing lingo) of Hitfilm is its integration of '3D'… all demoes focus on that, promising 'Hollywood' for a shoestring budget. I don't doubt, such effects are possible - but not 'one click only'.
You need very elaborated 3D.obj files, you need high skills in setting 'virtual' light to compo CGI and reality - and finally, to handle and render such projects a beast of a computer. Motion offers out-of-the-box 'just' 3D titles; with the help of mObjects, a 70$ plug-in, you can handle obj too ...
The main advantage of M5 and FCPX are its to-the-max integration into MacOS and Mac-hardware. The usual benchmarks fail in measuring that, have a look at BruceX , the only valuable speed-test. My tiny MacMini, by benchmarks a better pocket-calculator, handles 4k-streams...... I dare to say, none of the demoes shown on HFs website would be handled by your system....
summarize:
too much razzle-dazzle; the talent sits in front of the screen, not behind it …………