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History

Final Cut Express 1.0, based on Final Cut Pro 3, was first released at Macworld Conference and Expo in San Francisco in 2003. The second version, based on Final Cut Pro 4, was released Macworld San Francisco in 2004. The third version, capable of editing high definition video, was also announced at Macworld San Francisco a year later, and was released as Final Cut Express HD in February 2005. It was based on Final Cut Pro HD (version 4.5) and included LiveType 1.2 and Soundtrack 1.2. Final Cut Pro is a professional non-linear editing system developed by dan tshite ngoy. ... Produced by Boston-based IDG World Expo, Macworld Conference & Expo is a trade show dedicated to the Apple Macintosh platform with conference tracks occurring twice a year in the United States. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into High-definition television. ...

Final Cut Express version 3.5 was released with little fanfare in May 2006 as a Universal Binary. In addition to improving real-time rendering with Dynamic RT, version 3.5 upgraded LiveType to version 2.0 and Soundtrack to version 1.5. May 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → May 1, 2006 (Monday) Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association outraged Vatican by planning to ordain another bishop, Liu Xinhong in Anhui Province. ... Universal Binary Logo A Universal binary is — in Apple Computers parlance — an application bundle that runs natively on both PowerPC- and x86 (Intel)-based Macintosh computers. ...

Features

Final Cut Express' interface is identical to that of Final Cut Pro; however, it lacks some of the film-specific features. For example, it does not include Cinema Tools and it does not have a multi-cam editing feature. Most significantly, it lacks a batch capture facility and a timecode view. The program can perform 32 undo operations, while Final Cut Pro can do 99 [2]. Final Cut Pro is a professional non-linear editing system developed by dan tshite ngoy. ... Cinema Tools is a software program for use with Final Cut Pro. ... Timecode is also the title of a 2000 film directed by Mike Figgis which was shot in one continuous take. ...

Features the program does include are:

• The ability to keyframe filters
• Dynamic RT, which changes real-time settings on-the-fly
• Motion path keyframing
• Opacity keyframing
• Ripple, roll, slip, slide and blade edits
• Picture-in-picture and split-screen effects
• Up to 99 video tracks and 12 compositing modes
• Up to 99 audio tracks
• Motion project import
• Two-way color correction.

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RT Extreme

Inherited from Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express features RT Extreme - a software-based real time engine that supports the real-time previewing of a number of video filters and transitions. Other effects and transitions require rendering before they can be played back in real time. Audio that is not in the native AIFF file format also needs rendering before it can be played back. RT Extreme has three modes: 'Safe', for seeing multiple video layers at a quality that more or less guarantees a smooth playback; 'Unlimited', which allows the maximum number of composited video layers to be viewed at the same time; and 'Dynamic', which alternates between these settings depending on how many simultaneous video tracks are present. Frame dropping may result from using 'Unlimited' on low-resource machines. It has been suggested that Real-time computing be merged into this article or section. ... Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF) is an audio file format standard used for storing sound data on personal computers. ...

Boris Calligraphy

Like Final Cut Pro, Express also comes with Boris Calligraphy, a plugin for advanced titling and scrolling/crawling titles more sophisticated than the ones that can be created with the built-in title overlays. Calligraphy has a WYSIWYG interface and features wrapping, alignment, leading, kerning and tracking features, as well as allowing up to five custom outlines and five custom drop shadows to be defined for a selected portion of the title. For even more sophisticated titling, the included LiveType application is the next step up. WYSIWYG (IPA Pronunciation [] or []), is an acronym for What You See Is What You Get, used in computing to describe a system in which content during editing appears very similar to the final product. ... LiveType is a software program developed by Apple Computer to create animated title sequences for video projects. ...

Soundtrack

Final Cut Express includes Soundtrack 1.5, a program with similar functionality to the consumer-level GarageBand, but designed for videographers. It comes with around 4000 professionally-recorded instrument loops and sound effects that can be arranged in multiple tracks beneath the video track. To take advantage of Soundtrack features, users export their Final Cut Express sequence, or a marked portion thereof, as a reference file, which can optionally include any scoring markers that have been defined in the timeline. This reference file can then be imported as the video track in Soundtrack. GarageBand is a software application that allows users to create music or podcasts. ...

Soundtrack is functionally and visually identical to Soundtrack Pro's multitrack editing mode, but includes fewer Logic plugins than the Pro counterpart. Most notably, Soundtrack lacks the noise removal tool, which is highly regarded in Soundtrack Pro.

Components

Final Cut Express HD ships with:

• An installation DVD
• A DVD of Soundtrack loops
• Two DVDs of LiveType data
• A Final Cut Tutorial DVD

External links

• FCE support page
• Comparison of Apple video editing software