Apple Final Cut Express 4

Built-in AVCHD
Offering plenty of creative options, Final Cut Express 4 lets you edit footage captures in the most popular formats including AVCHD. Simply connet your camcorder to your Mac, preview and select the AVCHD clips you'd like to import, and start editing your video.

Import iMovie '08 projects
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.

Open format Timeline
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.

Sophisticated FxPlug effects and filters
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.

Features

Import video
Capture the most popular formats DV, HDV, or AVCHD from your camcorder. Or export projects from iMovie ’08 for a final edit in Final Cut Express 4.

Edit like a pro
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.

Make composites and add effects
Create impressive composites and easily enhance video with sophisticated transitions, filters, and effects, including a wide assortment of FxPlug plug-ins.

Create the perfect mix
Use multiple audio tracks, audio level automation, advanced audio filters, and the new Soft Normalize and Gain feature to achieve pro results easily.

Add custom titles with LiveType
Add dynamic animated text to your video projects using LiveType with its exclusive LiveFont animated font technology and huge library of textures and effects.