Advance your moviemaking.
Getall the tools you need to create fantastic digital video (DV) orhigh-definition video (HDV) projects. Final Cut Express HD supports anunlimited number of video tracks, plus amazing real-time specialeffects and transitions. You also get powerful tools like colorcorrection and matting.
Add dazzling titles
FinalCut Express HD includes the all-new, full-featured LiveType 2, whichlets you quickly add dynamic text and graphics to your videos. You getover 10GB of royalty-free animated fonts, textures and objects, a largeselection of templates to choose from, plus hundreds of one-click texteffects.
Mix sound effects and voiceovers
Mixup to 99 audio tracks in your movie, and further enhance your audiowith real-time volume and audio filter adjustments. Fordocumentary-style projects, use the voiceover tool to record narrationinto an audio track while your video plays.
Score with ease
Youalso get the new Soundtrack 1.5 so you can create an original musicscore for your movie on your own — no professional musical experiencenecessary. Soundtrack 1.5 offers more than 4,000 royalty-free,professionally recorded instrument loops and sound effects, so you canget started right away.
Share your movies
Outputyour project back to a DV or HDV device for direct playback through ahome theater system, save it as a QuickTime movie for distribution overthe web, or export it to iDVD.
Enhance iMovie projects, then go Pro
FinalCut Express HD is the perfect next step in moviemaking for iMovieusers. iMovie projects can be opened in Final Cut Express HD with alltheir effects, transitions, and audio levels intact. And when you\'reready to go pro, you can transfer the projects and skills you learnedto Final Cut Pro HD.
What\'s new in Final Cut Express HD 3.5
- Universal application now runs natively on both Intel- and PowerPC-based Macs
- Full keyframe control over effects and motion parameters
- Dynamic RT — real-time playback of visual and audio effects
What\'s new in LiveType 2
- Additional professional templates for DV and HDV projects
- New vector-based animated LiveFonts
- More animated objects and textures
- 60 new text effects
What\'s new in SoundTrack 1.5
- Improved sound editing, recording, and processing
- Support for more audio formats and rates
- Improved user interface
System Requirements:- Macintosh computer with 500MHz or faster PowerPC G4 or G5 (550MHz for PowerBook G4) or Intel Core Duo
- 512MB RAM
- 1024-by-768 or higher resolution display
- AGP or PCI Express Quartz Extreme graphics card
- Mac OS X v10.4.6 or later
- QuickTime 7.0.4 or later
- 500MB disk space for applications; additional 16GB for Soundtrack and LiveType content (can be installed on separate disks)
- DVD drive for installation
- HDV features require 1GHz or faster processor and 1GB RAM (2GB recommended)
* Upgrade Information: Requires a previous version of Final Cut Express (version 1, 2, or 3) for installation
