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System Requirements
- Platform: Mac, PowerMac, Mac OS X
- Media: DVD-ROM
- Item Quantity: 1
Technical Details
- Edit quickly and precisely with professional, flexible editing tools
- Mix and edit DV, HDV, and AVCHD video in a single Timeline*
- Watch effects in real time thanks to RT Extreme with Dynamic RT
- Import iMovie '08 video projects with cuts and cross dissolves
- Precisely adjust the animation of any effect or transition using keyframes
- Achieve the look you want with a robust suite of color correction and image adjustment tools
- Work with built-in filter effects and third-party FxPlug plug-ins
- Easily create sophisticated, animated titles with LiveType 2.1
- Mix up to 99 audio tracks with built-in audio editing tools
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Product Description
Manufacturer's Description
Discover powerful video editing for DV, HDV, and AVCHD. Final Cut Express 4 delivers a single, open format Timeline where you can edit all three, mixing formats and frame rates using the same pro-level editing tools available in Final Cut Pro. Import video projects directly from iMovie '08. Take advantage of LiveType to create dynamic, animated titles. Built-in audio controls let you mix up to 99 audio tracks - even add a narrative voiceover. Perfect your movie with professional transitions and effects, including optional third-party FxPlug plug-ins.
Product Description
Apple's powerful moviemaking package now supports the latest AVCHD cameras, features an open format Timeline, provides iMovie '08 compatibility, and offers sophisticated effects and filters. Offering plenty of creative options, Final Cut Express 4 lets you edit footage captured in the most popular formats - including AVCHD. Simply connect your camcorder to your Mac, preview and select the AVCHD clips you'd like to import, and start editing your video. No need to worry about formats, frame rates, or conversions. Final Cut Express 4 provides an open format Timeline that handily accommodates DV (both NTSC and PAL) and HD footage simultaneously and in real time. Just drop video into the Timeline and edit away. With iMovie '08, putting together a great movie is as quick as drag and drop. When you want to add professional polish to your project, simply export to Final Cut Express 4 and edit like a pro. Add cinematic looks to your project with an expansive library of professional-quality transitions and filters and experiment with over 50 brand-new video effects, including Soft Focus, Vignette, Light Rays, and Line Art. Use multiple audio tracks, audio level automation, advanced audio filters, and the new Soft Normalize and Gain feature to achieve pro results easily. Learn more Mix different video formats in the new open format Timeline, editing them in real time using the same precision tools found in Final Cut Pro. Add dynamic animated text to your video projects using LiveType with its exclusive LiveFont animated font technology and huge library of textures and effects. Create impressive composites and easily enhance video with sophisticated transitions, filters, and effects, including a wide assortment of FxPlug plug-ins.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
I purchased Final cut as i had been previously using iMovie 09, and i wanted to take my movie making a step further.
Its amazing what you can do with this product, i have had it now for quite some time and i still am finding new things on it on a regular basis.
Strongly recommended, however bear in mind it takes a long time to get used to and to learn to use. it doesnt have the same excellent Apple video tutorials as some of their other software, it only has a Digital manuel.
I rate it 4/5.
had they made video tutorials i would have given it a 5, but dont be put off, as when you dig deep its very very good, but remember, you will need patience.
Its amazing what you can do with this product, i have had it now for quite some time and i still am finding new things on it on a regular basis.
Strongly recommended, however bear in mind it takes a long time to get used to and to learn to use. it doesnt have the same excellent Apple video tutorials as some of their other software, it only has a Digital manuel.
I rate it 4/5.
had they made video tutorials i would have given it a 5, but dont be put off, as when you dig deep its very very good, but remember, you will need patience.
69 of 73 people found the following review helpful
Okay, if you buy Final Cut Express you're not buying the best video editing package available for the Mac: that, as the reviews say, is Final Cut Studio. But, then again, you're spending around £120 compared to the best part of £800 for the full show which, in anyone's books, is a massive difference in price. So, for 15% of the cost of its top-end brother what do you get and is it worth it?
Well... if all you want is a simple and, in it's latest configuration, deceptively powerful way of editing your videos then the latest version of "iMovie" will probably fit the bill. But, if you're into linear, time-line based editing then you'll probably find it difficult & frustrating to adapt to iMovie's "left-field" approach to it all. Professionals use time-line based editing - where you view and precisely control multiple video & audio tracks - for a very good reason: it's better. And, with Final Cut Express, what you're actually getting is an only marginally cut-down version of a highly complex and extremely powerful professional, time-line based editing package. Which means that it takes a considerable amount of time to learn how it works and it takes an equally considerable amount of time to make it work for you.
So, if you're not prepared to spend time fathoming all this out then the decision is simple: choose iMovie. Or, at the other end of the spectrum, if you're a professional, then ignore Final Cut Express and invest in Final Cut Studio's full, and necessary, range of professional tools. But... if you're a "top end" amateur who's prepared to go through the extensive learning curve that's involved here then rejoice, for Final Cut Express will deliver to you just about all of the features from its celebrated brother that you need (plus many, many more that you'll probably never use) at a price that's not only affordable but which must represent one of the best software deals out there.
Well... if all you want is a simple and, in it's latest configuration, deceptively powerful way of editing your videos then the latest version of "iMovie" will probably fit the bill. But, if you're into linear, time-line based editing then you'll probably find it difficult & frustrating to adapt to iMovie's "left-field" approach to it all. Professionals use time-line based editing - where you view and precisely control multiple video & audio tracks - for a very good reason: it's better. And, with Final Cut Express, what you're actually getting is an only marginally cut-down version of a highly complex and extremely powerful professional, time-line based editing package. Which means that it takes a considerable amount of time to learn how it works and it takes an equally considerable amount of time to make it work for you.
So, if you're not prepared to spend time fathoming all this out then the decision is simple: choose iMovie. Or, at the other end of the spectrum, if you're a professional, then ignore Final Cut Express and invest in Final Cut Studio's full, and necessary, range of professional tools. But... if you're a "top end" amateur who's prepared to go through the extensive learning curve that's involved here then rejoice, for Final Cut Express will deliver to you just about all of the features from its celebrated brother that you need (plus many, many more that you'll probably never use) at a price that's not only affordable but which must represent one of the best software deals out there.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
I can see that this is a great product, but it's complicated to work out and doesn't seem to like my 10.4 macbook despite it saying on the box that it is compatible. The software won't fully transfer the footage from camera and when I move them across from imovie, it takes off the last 4 seconds of each clip!! It's frustrating because I can see that the editing should be easier and better quality!
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Will not import MTS (AVCHD) files
I bought this to use for editing AVCHD footage as advertised. However FCE4 will not import the MTS files that were saved on SD cards and transferred to my new Macbook Pro. Read more
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not as easy to use as you might think
sadly, none of them, even iMovie, are especially intuitive.
but it's an industry standard, so if you need to learn it, you don't have much option. Read more
but it's an industry standard, so if you need to learn it, you don't have much option. Read more
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