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Final Cut Express 4.0

Now you can edit like a pro with Final Cut Express 4. Start by capturing DV, HDV and AVCHD footage or import your movie from iMovie ’08 — and discover the advanced moviemaking power at your disposal in the new, Open Format Timeline. Ready for still more? Add dynamic titles and graphics using LiveType. Final Cut Express 4 delivers all the tools you need to make great movies.

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Overview

Advance your moviemaking.

Work with DV, HDV, or AVCHD footage — or all three — in a single Timeline, sculpting your video quickly and precisely using pro-level editing and trimming tools. Final Cut Express 4 supports a virtually unlimited number of video tracks, lets you add amazing real-time special effects and transitions, and provides powerful color correction and matting tools.

Take the next creative step.

Send your iMovie '08 projects to Final Cut Express 4. Then take advantage of its additional creative options — professional editing tools; the new, Open Format Timeline; over a hundred real-time effects and transitions; animated titles; and multiple video and audio tracks — to create more sophisticated projects.

 

Add dazzling titles.

Quickly and easily create dynamic, animated titles for your next video project using LiveType 2.1 and its revolutionary LiveFont animated font technology. Tight integration means that when you make a change, LiveType projects automatically update in Final Cut Express 4.

 

Mix sound effects and voiceovers.

Mix up to 99 audio tracks in your movie, and further enhance your audio with real-time volume and audio filter adjustments. For documentary-style projects, use the voiceover tool to record narration in an audio track while your video plays.

 

Share your movies.

Author a DVD using iDVD, export your movie in QuickTime for your website, or send it back to your camcorder or deck for a fast connection to your HDTV home theater system.

 

What's New in Final Cut Express 4

  • • Ability to import iMovie '08 projects
  • • Editing of AVCHD, HDV and DV — NTSC and PAL — in a single Timeline
  • • AVCHD support (Intel-based Mac computers only)
  • • Support for FxPlug third-party plug-ins

What Comes with LiveType 2.1

  • • More than 200 customizable text effects
  • • 500MB of royalty-free animated content
  • • Sophisticated project templates
  • • FontMaker utility for creating custom LiveFonts

What's in the box

  • • DVD containing Final Cut Express 4, LiveType 2, and LiveType content
  • • Electronic documentation

System Requirements

  • • A Mac computer with a 1.25GHz or faster PowerPC G4, PowerPC G5, Intel Core Duo, Intel Core Duo 2, or Intel Xeon processor
  • - For AVCHD: A Mac computer with an Intel processor
  • • 1GB of RAM or more
  • • An AGP or PCI Express graphics card compatible with Quartz Extreme; or an Intel GMA integrated graphics processor in a MacBook or Mac mini computer
  • - Some FxPlug filters are not compatible with integrated Intel graphics processors.
  • • A display with 1024-by-768 resolution or higher
  • • A DVD drive for installation
  • • Mac OS X v10.4.10 or later
  • • QuickTime 7.2 or later
  • • 500MB of disk space to install Final Cut Express and LiveType
  • • Additional 500MB to install LiveType content

* Upgrade information: Requires a previous commercial version of Final Cut Express (version 1, 2, 3, or HD 3.5) for installation. Academic and not-for-resale versions are not eligible for this upgrade.

 
 

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  • Final Cut Express 4.0

    1.0

    Say goodbye to extras

    Written by JR from Nashville

    Dec 3, 2007

    For those who are looking to purchase FCE 4 because they have "outgrown" iMovie, think twice before you jump. I was drawn to FCE because I have been able to use friends' prior version of FCE -- which contained a music application called Soundtrack and contained loads of music and loops -- well beyond that contained in Garageband. The prior version of FCE also provided a plethora of extra content for LiveType, which is a fun application for animating text.

    What Apple does not say on their web page is that the FCE 4 "upgrade" is actually a downgrade. Soundtrack is gone, and so are almost all the LiveType extras. So for a $100 price cut, Apple has taken out $200 worth of extras.     …More

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  • Final Cut Express 4.0

    5.0

    Amazing!!!

    Written by MS from Escondido

    Nov 15, 2007

    What a fantastic upgrade for Final Cut Express. Support for AVC HD and multiple formats in the timeline along with the new video effects are great new additions to Final Cut Express, and at only $199! I will say, its a shame that not all the effects are compatible with Intel graphics chips; but that doesn't mean Final Cut is bad, just that you have a poor graphics card. I still wish I could have had and NVidia GPU in my MacBook. At any rate, this looks like a great buy. Anyone who does any editing on a Mac whatsoever should get Final Cut Express 4!
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  • Final Cut Express 4.0

    2.0

    I'm Not Sure About This...

    Written by AS from Centennial

    Nov 15, 2007

    I love Final Cut Express HD, but I am not sure if there are large benefits to upgrading to FCE 4. The changes seem very small, unlike the upgrade to the HD version. I will be very interested to hear what others think, especially those that upgrade from HD. **I will say that if you are thinking about learning FCE and don't own it already, it is an amazing program and well worth your time to learn. It is an exceptional value at $199 for a new user. …More

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  • Final Cut Express 4.0

    5.0

    FINAL CUT

    Written by MC from LAGUNA BEACH

    Nov 18, 2009

    Ok, i have edited on final cut pro and final cut express. If u have not previously used final cut, dont expect to know how to use it when u first get it. Its really easy to use once u know the basics and if u dont know the basics it takes a while to teach yourself. So i would definitely recommend this product but if u r used to editing on something else like iMovie, just get ready for a few days with the manual. …More

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  • Final Cut Express 4.0

    5.0

    The Coolest Software

    Written by CS from Marshfield

    Nov 14, 2009

    i just bought final cut express for my new macbook pro and i love it a lot so far i've done a lot of my high school projects with it for high school digital media and hope to use it in college too!!!! …More

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  • Final Cut Express 4.0

    1.0

    No 24FPS

    Written by MM from Burnaby

    Jul 27, 2009

    FCE is great, only that you should know it doesn't support 24FPS.

    It just doesn't.

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