Apple Final Cut Express HD Upgrade From Final Cut Express (Mac Only)
Take your filmmaking to the next stage with Final Cut Express HD. Along with powerful DV editing tools, Final Cut Express HD now offers high-definition video (HDV) capability to beginners and experienced editors alike. And full versions of LiveType and Soundtrack let you create animated graphics, text effects and custom soundtracks.
Whether you want to make sophisticated home movies complete with transitions and effects or pro-level videos for your business, Final Cut Express HD provides the compositing, titling and effects capabilities you need to express your creativity. As a full-featured package, Final Cut Express HD offers an unparalleled combination of power and affordability.
Flexible Editing
Insert, overwrite, replace or fit to fill clips into your sequence by dragging them directly into the Canvas or Timeline. Use precision tools and techniques like slip, slide, ripple, roll, split and extend. The flexible interface lets you move seamlessly between editing, compositing and effects functions.
Final Cut Express HD also features dynamic and asymmetrical trimming. With dynamic trimming, you can now edit in the Trim Edit window using the J-, K- and L-keys. Edit points automatically follow the position of the playhead. And with its asymmetrical trimming capability, Final Cut Express HD allows you to edit video and audio items in the Timeline separately to create split edits, adding to the sophistication of your projects.
Effects & Transitions
With Final Cut Express, you have hundreds of transitions, filters and effects to choose from to enhance your video project. And in most cases, you don’t even need to wait to see what they’ll look like. The RT Extreme engine in Final Cut Express HD lets you preview effects and transitions in real time without rendering — saving you precious time.
Compositing Layers
Achieve impressive results by layering video clips or graphics files, such as multilayered Adobe Photoshop files, to create rich visual images and animations. Then refine your effects with Bezier curves, motion paths, time effects, frame blending and more.
LiveType
Final Cut Express now features LiveType, a full-featured, professional-quality animated titling program. Create eye-popping titles using exclusive LiveFont animated font technology, as well as an extensive library of textures, templates and effects. Final Cut Express also includes 2D and 3D text tools with the bundled Boris Calligraphy.
Soundtrack
Create custom musical accompaniment for your Final Cut Express HD video projects with Soundtrack, even if you have no musical experience. Export your Final Cut Express HD project with scoring markers and Soundtrack’s easy-to-use, drag-and-drop interface. Then choose from thousands of included professionally recorded instrument loops and sound effects, and combine and customize these loops in real time. By adding Soundtrack to your editing toolset, you can compose the perfect score for your video, DVD, web site or presentation.
Audio and Voiceover
Final Cut Express HD lets you mix up to 99 audio tracks using pans, levels and the three-band equalizer. Further enhance your audio with transitions and filters such as cross fades, reverb, EQ, echo, noise gate and more. For documentary-style projects, use the VoiceOver tool to record narration into an audio track while your video plays.
