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Final Cut Express 4 Upgrade from Final Cut Express 1, 2, 3, or 3.5 [OLD VERSION]

Brand: Apple

Platform : Mac, PowerMac, Mac OS X

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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

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Product details

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.3 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches; 0.8 Ounces
Item model number ‏ : ‎ MB339Z/A
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ November 15, 2007
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Apple
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000Z3GSXK

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Product 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. *AVCHD video requires a Mac with an Intel processor.

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Nate

Good solution for non-professional AVCHD editing on Macs

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 16, 2009

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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.

5 people found this helpful

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Carsten Langrock

Still one of the best

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 13, 2016

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Still one of the best video editing program available for the Mac. It's a real shame that Apple abandoned this piece of software a long time ago. I am still using it under OS X 10.9, and it mostly works as well as it did many years ago when it was released. It does feel pretty solid and has a lot of the features that its bigger brother Final Cut Pro once had before Final Cut X was introduced. Having access to key framing, dozens of simultaneous tracks, and multiple timelines opens up an infinite space of possibilities if you are into fiddling and don't want to rely on pre-baked effects. The export options do feel a little dated, and are not optimized for modern Macs; encoding of a video to H.264, for example, takes an eternity. Still, if you are shooting with a tape-based camcorder, such as an HDV camera, this is a great program and can produce professional results.

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RKW

Good starter program

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 2, 2010

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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.

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R. Mcconnell

Valuable Upgrade

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 4, 2010

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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.

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David Marsch

Upgrader beware

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 8, 2008

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Well this pgrade is really great if you have upgraded to FCE 3.5 already. However if you are upgrading from an older version watch out. FCE 4 comes with only 500mb of live type content. FCE 3.5 came with 10GB. If livetype isn't a priority for your video production then go for it. But if you are looking for an upgrade for your FCE from 3 or lower and your live type 1 and want all the latest live type content this upgrade is not for you. Buy the livetype 3.5 or buy both 4 & 3.5 while you can.

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Harry Durham

Final Cut EXpress 4

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 23, 2012

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The box containing the Final Cut Express 4 upgrade arrived on time and was installed without any problems. I would expect to use this approach again when upgrading other aspects of my video editing system.

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arnel

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 6, 2015

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good to have this final cut express should learn more about before buy it a lot of work..

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 21, 2017

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