HitFilm is a pretty impressive piece of software. What makes it so, is that HitFilm has everything that you would need to do work, right out of the box.
[pullquote]the various Material properties of planes, 3D effects and 3D models.[/pullquote]HitFilm also touts a true 3D environment that is unified and integrated with all of its tools. Axel Wilkinson offers a look into the various materials and settings that are possible with HitFilm’s 3D environment, covering particles, billboards, and material properties for 3D models.
There is also a bit showing adding image maps to the 3D models, right in a layer compositor – a revelation. HitFilm Express can be downloaded for free and there is also a demo version available for HitFilm 3 Pro – Which by the way comes with all the plugins working in After Effects.