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The easiest, most affordable way to join the Final Cut revolution." width="980" height="156" border="0"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104140215im_/http://images.apple.com/finalcutexpress/images/index_hero20071115.jpg" alt="Final Cut Express 4 screenshots." width="980" height="364" border="0"> </div> <a name="toc"></a> <div id="content"> <div class="cap top"></div> <div class="swapcontainer grid2colc"> <div class="column first sidebar" id="subnav"> <ul> <li class="swapnav"><a href="#new">New in Final Cut Express 4</a></li> <li class="swapnav"><a href="#overview">Overview</a></li> <li class="swapnav"><a href="#importing">Importing Video</a></li> <li class="swapnav"><a href="#editing">Editing</a></li> <li class="swapnav"><a href="#compositing">Compositing and Effects</a></li> <li class="swapnav"><a href="#audio">Audio</a></li> <li class="swapnav last"><a href="#titling">Titling with LiveType</a></li> </ul> <div id="learnfce" class="sidebox"> <h3>Learn Final Cut Express</h3> <p>Informative tutorials show you how to get the most out of Final Cut Express 4.</p> <a class="arrow" href="/web/20100104140215/http://www.apple.com/finalcutexpress/tutorials/">Watch tutorials</a> <div class="bottomcap"></div> </div> </div> <div class="column last content"> <div id="new" class="swapcontent"> <h2>New in Final Cut Express 4</h2> <p class="intro">Apple’s powerful moviemaking package now supports the latest AVCHD cameras, features an open format Timeline, provides iMovie ’09 compatibility, and offers sophisticated effects and filters.</p> <div class="grid2col"> <div class="column first"> <h3>Built-in AVCHD</h3> <p>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.</p> <div class="watchvideotour" title="Built-in AVCHD"> <a class="overlaymovielink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104140215/http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/apple/finalcutexpress/2007/finalcutexpress_quicktour_avchdcameras_640x400.mov">Watch the Quick Tour</a> <p class="overlayposter">src="http://images.apple.com/finalcutexpress/images/poster_tour_avchdcameras20071115.jpg"</p> <div class="overlaydescription"> <h3><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104140215im_/http://images.apple.com/finalcutexpress/images/popup_title_avchd20071115.gif" border="0" width="190" height="21" alt="Built-in AVCHD"></h3> <p>Begin editing AVCHD footage seconds after import.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="column last"> <h3>Open format Timeline</h3> <p>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.</p> <div class="watchvideotour" title="Open Format Timeline"> <a class="overlaymovielink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104140215/http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/apple/finalcutexpress/2007/finalcutexpress_quicktour_openformattimeline_640x400.mov">Watch the Quick Tour</a> <p class="overlayposter">src="http://images.apple.com/finalcutexpress/images/poster_tour_timeline20071115.jpg"</p> <div class="overlaydescription"> <h3><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104140215im_/http://images.apple.com/finalcutexpress/images/popup_title_timeline20071115.gif" border="0" width="206" height="21" alt="Open Format Timeline"></h3> <p>Mixing formats and frame rates? No problem.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="column first clear"> <h3>Import iMovie projects</h3> <p>With iMovie, 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.</p> <div class="watchvideotour" title="Import iMovie ’09 projects"> <a class="overlaymovielink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104140215/http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/apple/finalcutexpress/2007/finalcutexpress_quicktour_importimovie08projects_640x400.mov">Watch the Quick Tour</a> <p class="overlayposter">src="http://images.apple.com/finalcutexpress/images/poster_tour_importimovie20071115.jpg"</p> <div class="overlaydescription"> <h3><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104140215im_/http://images.apple.com/finalcutexpress/images/popup_title_imovie20071115.gif" border="0" width="180" height="45" alt="Import iMovie ’09 projects"></h3> <p>Transform your rough cut to a Director’s Cut.</p> </div> </div> <p class="sosumi clear">* AVCHD video requires a Mac with an Intel processor.</p> </div> <div class="column last"> <h3>Sophisticated FxPlug effects and filters</h3> <p>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.</p> <div class="watchvideotour" title="Sophisticated FxPlug effects and filters"> <a class="overlaymovielink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104140215/http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/apple/finalcutexpress/2007/finalcutexpress_quicktour_fxplugeffects_640x400.mov">Watch the Quick Tour</a> <p class="overlayposter">src="http://images.apple.com/finalcutexpress/images/poster_tour_fxplugeffects20071115.jpg"</p> <div class="overlaydescription"> <h3><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104140215im_/http://images.apple.com/finalcutexpress/images/popup_title_fxplug20071115.gif" border="0" width="193" height="45" alt="Sophisticated FxPlug effects and filters"></h3> <p>Grow your effects library with FxPlug plug-ins.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="noscript backtotop"><a href="#toc" class="arrow">Back to table of contents</a><hr></div> <div class="pagenav"></div> </div> <div id="overview" class="swapcontent"> <h2>Final Cut Express 4 Overview</h2> <p class="intro">Your ticket to more advanced video editing, Final Cut Express 4 delivers a powerful and extensible toolset at a new price.</p> <div class="grid2col landing-features"> <div class="column first"> <a href="#importing"><img class="left" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104140215im_/http://images.apple.com/finalcutexpress/images/overview_importing20071115.png" width="94" height="82" border="0"></a> <h3><a href="#importing">Import video</a></h3> <p>Capture the most popular formats — DV, HDV, or AVCHD — from your camcorder. Or export projects from iMovie ’09 for a final edit in Final Cut Express 4. <a class="arrow" href="#importing">Learn more</a></p> </div> <div class="column last"> <a href="#audio"><img class="left" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104140215im_/http://images.apple.com/finalcutexpress/images/overview_audio20071115.png" width="87" height="80" border="0" alt="Audio" style="margin-left: 5px;"></a> <h3><a href="#audio">Create the perfect mix</a></h3> <p>Use multiple audio tracks, audio level automation, advanced audio filters, and the new Soft Normalize and Gain feature to achieve pro results easily. <a class="arrow" href="#audio">Learn more</a></p> </div> <div class="column first clear"> <a href="#editing"><img class="left" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104140215im_/http://images.apple.com/finalcutexpress/images/overview_editing20071115.png" width="82" height="81" border="0" style="margin-left: 8px;"></a> <h3><a href="#editing">Edit like a pro</a></h3> <p>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. <a class="arrow" href="#editing">Learn more</a></p> </div> <div class="column last"> <a href="#titling"><img class="left" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104140215im_/http://images.apple.com/finalcutexpress/images/overview_titling20071115.png" width="96" height="92" border="0"></a> <h3><a href="#titling">Add custom titles with LiveType</a></h3> <p>Add dynamic animated text to your video projects using LiveType with its exclusive LiveFont animated font technology and huge library of textures and effects. <a class="arrow" href="#titling">Learn more</a></p> </div> <div class="column first clear" style="margin-top:-1.6em;"> <a href="#compositing"><img class="left" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104140215im_/http://images.apple.com/finalcutexpress/images/overview_compositing20071115.png" width="99" height="130" border="0" alt="Compositing" style="margin-top: -15px; margin-left: 5px;"></a> <h3><a href="#compositing">Make composites and add effects</a></h3> <p>Create impressive composites and easily enhance video with sophisticated transitions, filters, and effects, including a wide assortment of FxPlug plug-ins. <a class="arrow" href="#compositing">Learn more</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="noscript backtotop"><a href="#toc" class="arrow">Back to table of contents</a><hr></div> <div class="pagenav"></div> </div> <div id="importing" class="swapcontent"> <h2>Importing Video</h2> <p class="intro">With Final Cut Express 4, you can edit footage captured in such popular video formats as DV, HDV, and AVCHD.<sup>1</sup> Or export your iMovie ’09 projects, putting professional polish on them in Final Cut Express.</p> <div class="grid2col"> <div class="column first"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104140215im_/http://images.apple.com/finalcutexpress/images/importing_camera20071115.png" width="152" height="128" border="0" alt="HDV" class="right" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0;"> <h3>Easily capture DV and HDV</h3> <p>Capturing DV and HDV footage is as simple as connecting a camcorder to your Mac and keeping an eye on the Capture window to select what you’d like transferred. Preview it full screen on your primary or secondary display whenever you want. Final Cut Express supports both standard-definition DV and high-definition 1080i and 720p HDV.</p> <h3>Work with AVCHD</h3> <p>Now you can edit video captured with the most popular AVCHD devices, using the new Log and Transfer tool to access video recorded to disks, memory cards, or DVDs.<sup>2</sup> Select the clips you want, then transfer them to Final Cut Express. It’s never been easier to work with beautiful HD content.</p> <div class="watchvideo" title="Built-in AVCHD"> <a class="overlaymovielink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104140215/http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/apple/finalcutexpress/2007/finalcutexpress_quicktour_avchdcameras_640x400.mov">Watch the Quick Tour</a> <p class="overlayposter">src="http://images.apple.com/finalcutexpress/images/poster_tour_avchdcameras20071115.jpg"</p> <div class="overlaydescription"> <h3><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104140215im_/http://images.apple.com/finalcutexpress/images/popup_title_avchd20071115.gif" border="0" width="190" height="21" alt="Built-in AVCHD"></h3> <p>Begin editing AVCHD footage seconds after import.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="column last"> <h3>Import projects from iMovie ’09</h3> <p>In iMovie ’09, you can skim through the clips in your library and quickly create a rough cut of your video project. Exporting it <img class="right inline" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104140215im_/http://images.apple.com/finalcutexpress/images/importing_imovie20071115.png" alt="iMovie" width="120" height="116" border="0" style="margin-left:10px;"> to Final Cut Express for further editing couldn’t be easier — just choose Final Cut XML from the Share menu. Then open your project in Final Cut Express to put the finishing touches on your project using its expanded, professional toolset.</p> <div class="watchvideo" title="Import iMovie ’09 projects"> <a class="overlaymovielink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104140215/http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/apple/finalcutexpress/2007/finalcutexpress_quicktour_importimovie08projects_640x400.mov">Watch the Quick Tour</a> <p class="overlayposter">src="http://images.apple.com/finalcutexpress/images/poster_tour_importimovie20071115.jpg"</p> <div class="overlaydescription"> <h3><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104140215im_/http://images.apple.com/finalcutexpress/images/popup_title_imovie20071115.gif" border="0" width="180" height="45" alt="Import iMovie ’09 projects"></h3> <p>Transform your rough cut to a Director’s Cut.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <ol class="sosumi"> <li>View <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104140215/http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2948">supported cameras and formats</a>.</li> <li>Support for DVD-based camcorders requires Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard or later.</li> </ol> <div class="noscript backtotop"><a href="#toc" class="arrow">Back to table of contents</a><hr></div> <div class="pagenav"></div> </div> <div id="editing" class="swapcontent"> <div class="grid2col"> <div class="column first"> <h2>Editing</h2> <p class="intro">Edit like a pro with Final Cut Express 4, mixing different video formats in its new open format Timeline and using the same precision editing tools enjoyed by moviemaking pros.</p> </div> <div class="column last"> <div class="gallerybox"> <div class="topcap"> </div> <ul class="popupnav"> <li><a class="overlaythumb" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104140215/http://images.apple.com/finalcutexpress/images/editing_gallery1_20071115.jpg"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104140215im_/http://images.apple.com/finalcutexpress/images/editing_gallery1_t_20071115.jpg" alt="Gallery Image" width="74" height="48" border="0"></a></li> <li><a class="overlaythumb" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104140215/http://images.apple.com/finalcutexpress/images/editing_gallery2_20071115.jpg"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104140215im_/http://images.apple.com/finalcutexpress/images/editing_gallery2_t_20071115.jpg" alt="Gallery Image" width="74" height="48" border="0"></a></li> <li><a class="overlaythumb" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104140215/http://images.apple.com/finalcutexpress/images/editing_gallery3_20071115.jpg"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104140215im_/http://images.apple.com/finalcutexpress/images/editing_gallery3_t_20071115.jpg" alt="Gallery Image" width="74" height="48" border="0"></a></li> <li class="enlarge"></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="column first clear"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104140215im_/http://images.apple.com/finalcutexpress/images/editing_overlay20071115.png" alt="Editing Overlay" width="146" height="257" border="0" class="left" style="margin-top: -2px;"> <h3>Drag-and-drop editing</h3> <p>Editing in Final Cut Express 4 provides a world-class experience. Based on the industry-leading editing tools in Final Cut Pro 6, it lets you edit in the Timeline or with the innovative Edit Overlay tool. Choose from a comprehensive set of edit options, including insert, overwrite, fit-to-fill, and more. To add clips, simply drag them into the Timeline. And thanks to a highly flexible interface, you can move seamlessly through your projects, focusing your efforts on creativity and productivity.</p> </div> <div class="column last"> <h3>Open format Timeline</h3> <p>No need to worry about formats, frame rates, or conversions. Final Cut Express 4 provides an open format Timeline that accommodates DV (both NTSC and PAL) and HD footage. It even lets you edit clips from multiple formats in real time simultaneously.</p> <div class="watchvideo" title="Open Format Timeline"> <a class="overlaymovielink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104140215/http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/apple/finalcutexpress/2007/finalcutexpress_quicktour_openformattimeline_640x400.mov">Watch the Quick Tour</a> <p class="overlayposter">src="http://images.apple.com/finalcutexpress/images/poster_tour_timeline20071115.jpg"</p> <div class="overlaydescription"> <h3><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104140215im_/http://images.apple.com/finalcutexpress/images/popup_title_timeline20071115.gif" border="0" width="206" height="21" alt="Open Format Timeline"></h3> <p>Mixing formats and frame rates? No problem.</p> </div> </div> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104140215im_/http://images.apple.com/finalcutexpress/images/editing_trimming20071115.png" alt="Trimming" width="110" height="110" border="0" class="right"> <h3>Trimming</h3> <p>Ready for more advanced editing tools? Working in the Timeline or a dedicated Trim window, fine-tune your edits with ripple, roll, slip, slide, extend, and shorten. These pro-level trimming tools, combined with the principles of three-point editing, let you experiment with complex variations and edits. That includes “L cuts,” where the audio and video start at different times.</p> </div> </div> <div class="noscript backtotop"><a href="#toc" class="arrow">Back to table of contents</a><hr></div> <div class="pagenav"></div> </div> <div id="compositing" class="swapcontent"> <div class="grid2col"> <div class="column first"> <h2>Compositing and Effects</h2> <p class="intro">Captivate your audience with rich, multilayered video featuring spectacular filters and effects. You can create them easily in Final Cut Express and tap a rich repository of FxPlug plug-in effects as well. </p> </div> <div class="column last"> <div class="gallerybox"> <div class="topcap"> </div> <ul class="popupnav"> <li><a class="overlaythumb" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104140215/http://images.apple.com/finalcutexpress/images/compositing_gallery1_20071115.jpg"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104140215im_/http://images.apple.com/finalcutexpress/images/compositing_gallery1_t_20071115.jpg" alt="Gallery Image" width="74" height="48" border="0"></a></li> <li><a class="overlaythumb" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104140215/http://images.apple.com/finalcutexpress/images/compositing_gallery2_20071115.jpg"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104140215im_/http://images.apple.com/finalcutexpress/images/compositing_gallery2_t_20071115.jpg" alt="Gallery Image" width="74" height="48" border="0"></a></li> <li><a class="overlaythumb" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104140215/http://images.apple.com/finalcutexpress/images/compositing_gallery3_20071115.jpg"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104140215im_/http://images.apple.com/finalcutexpress/images/compositing_gallery3_t_20071115.jpg" alt="Gallery Image" width="74" height="48" border="0"></a></li> <li class="enlarge"></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="column first clear"> <h3>Dynamic RT</h3> <p>Dynamic RT provides real-time playback of multistream effects. Adjusting image quality and frame rate on the fly for optimal playback, <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104140215im_/http://images.apple.com/finalcutexpress/images/compositing_dynamicrt200711115.png" width="150" height="140" border="0" class="right inline" style="margin-bottom: 0;"> it scales performance as processing power increases. That means you can view multilayered high-definition video in real time — without waiting for previews to render.</p> <h3>Multiple Layers</h3> <p>WIth compositing — the technique of layering multiple video tracks to create visual effects — you can add a distinctive quality to your video projects. The compositing prowess of Final Cut Express lets you create everything from simple title overlays and sophisticated multiple-stream video montages to dazzling picture-in-picture or side-by-side video effects.</p> </div> <div class="column last"> <h3>FxPlug plug-ins</h3> <p>Out of the box, Final Cut Express provides more than 200 transitions, filters, and effects. And since it supports FxPlug — the same plug-in architecture used in Final Cut Studio — you have many more effect plug-ins to choose from.</p> <div class="watchvideo" title="Sophisticated FxPlug effects and filters"> <a class="overlaymovielink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104140215/http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/apple/finalcutexpress/2007/finalcutexpress_quicktour_fxplugeffects_640x400.mov">Watch the Quick Tour</a> <p class="overlayposter">src="http://images.apple.com/finalcutexpress/images/poster_tour_fxplugeffects20071115.jpg"</p> <div class="overlaydescription"> <h3><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104140215im_/http://images.apple.com/finalcutexpress/images/popup_title_fxplug20071115.gif" border="0" width="193" height="45" alt="Sophisticated FxPlug effects and filters"></h3> <p>Grow your effects library with FxPlug plug-ins.</p> </div> </div> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104140215im_/http://images.apple.com/finalcutexpress/images/compositing_keyframes20071115.png" alt="Keyframes" width="110" height="110" border="0" class="right"> <h3>Keyframes</h3> <p>Enjoy complete creative control of effects, transitions, and motion parameters with the fully adjustable keyframe markers in Final Cut Express. 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Use them as is; customize them with fades, zooms, and motion; or develop your own. It’s easy — and fun. Once you achieve the desired result, save your new text effects for use in other projects.</p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104140215im_/http://images.apple.com/finalcutexpress/images/titling_livefonts20071115.jpg" alt="LiveFonts" width="190" height="71" border="0" class="right icon"> <h3>LiveFonts</h3> <p>LiveType 2 includes a breakthrough font technology: LiveFonts. Available only on the Mac, LiveFonts help you quickly and easily create spectacular text effects. LiveType comes with a wide assortment of LiveFonts, and you can add more professionally animated LiveFonts from third parties.</p> </div> <div class="column last"> <h3>Royalty-free content</h3> <p>You receive more than 50 broadcast-quality animated textures and objects with LiveType — all royalty free. Easy to use, they let even nonanimators create sophisticated titles. 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