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Final Cut Express 4 Upgrade from Final Cut Express 1, 2, 3, or 3.5
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$99.00
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| Part No: | B000Z3GSXK |
| Manufacturer: | Apple |
| MFG Part: | MB339Z/A |
| Customer Rating: | 4.0 / 5.0 |
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- Upgrade from previous versions of Final Cut Express
- 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
Your ticket to more advanced video editing, Final Cut Express 4 delivers a powerful and extensible toolset with more features than ever. 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 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. Upgrades from any previously installed copy of Final Cut
| Good starter program | 2010-09-02 | 4 / 5 |
| | If you're interested in serious non-linear video editing beyond what iMovies, FCE is for you. It packs almost everything you need, and will accept any Final Cut Pro plug-ins. The difference between FCE and FCP is not enough to warrant the $500 price gap (FCP has more media, effects, etc.) Coming from Adobe Premiere, I do wish FCE had certain features I was used to (such as asymmetric cross dissolve, better titling instead of using LiveType, quicker rendering, etc.) but for the price and simplicity, you can't go wrong with FCE. |
| Valuable Upgrade | 2010-03-04 | 4 / 5 |
| | I purchased this upgrade when I got an AVCHD camera which is not supported in the 3.5 version. My only concern was Livetype in the new version does not have as much content as the old version but a visit to the support forums on Apple Support said just to not install the new Livetype and keep the old version which I did and it works fine. |
| | love the program, it is set out very nicely, just wish i could afford Final Cut Studio. |
| Best solution for non-professional AVCHD editing on Macs | 2009-06-16 | 5 / 5 |
| This is easily the best solution for non-professional video editing on a Mac. It's much more flexible (and in my experience, much quicker to work with once you've gotten used to it) than iMovie, and not nearly as expensive as Final Cut Studio. In my opinion Apple has created a very nice balance between versatility and cost with this exceptional piece of software. I'm very happy with it and it has everything I need (at least for now).
I upgraded from FCE 2.0 (I also have FCP 5) and so I don't really miss the Livetype and Soundtrack content that others are complaining is missing in this set. As far as I can tell, FCE 4 has all I'll ever need until I make the leap to Final Cut Studio. I am very impressed by the ease with which FCE 4 will capture AVCHD video content and by the fact that Final Cut Express allows me to take all of the footage I've captured in other formats (DV, HDV, H.264) with various camcorders and place it all on the same timeline. I had Final Cut Pro 5 and it wouldn't allow me to do that - I would have had to upgrade to Final Cut Studio 2. What I've realized in playing around with FCE 4 is that it has all the functions that I ever did in fact use from Final Cut Pro 5, so I've been very happy with it and it will allow me to finish work on a small documentary project that I'd put off because it was such a pain to manage the different file formats in FCP 5. |
| Very good upgrade from FCE 3.5 | 2009-01-21 | 4 / 5 |
| | I had just bought a new Sony AVCHD Camcorder for a ministry function, and when I got home, I realized that FCE 3.5 HD didn't mean that it would convert AVCHD video - I had to upgrade! Luckily had the upgrade CD's still so I ordered it for a reasonable amount and when it came (on time, of course!) it worked pretty well! It's not perfect- the 4.0 software is a down-grade in some ways, not including soundtrack and other features that were available in 3.5 (software companies are too lazy to add past features into new products). It does handle AVCHD very well, and that' really what mattered so far. I would recommend it to anyone familiar with FCE and needs to handle the newest video standards. I still haven't gotten down-and-dirty on it (not enough time) but for now, it deserves the 4 star rating. If thinks worked much easier, if the workflow was easier, adding filters, effects, titles was easier, etc., then I'd give FCE a 5-Star rating. My Adobe Premiere 6.0 is still easier to produce with than FCE. |
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