Final Cut Express 4.0

**Final Cut Express 4** Now you can edit like a pro with Final Cut Express 4. Start by capturing DV, HDV and AVCHD footage or import your movie from iMovie ’08 — and discover the advanced moviemaking power at your disposal in the new, open format Timeline. Ready for still more? Add dynamic titles and graphics using LiveType. Final Cut Express 4 delivers all the tools you need to make great movies. **Overview** **Advance your moviemaking.** Work with DV, HDV, or AVCHD footage — or all three — in a single Timeline, sculpting your video quickly and precisely using pro-level editing and trimming tools. Final Cut Express 4 supports a virtually unlimited number of video tracks, lets you add amazing real-time special effects and transitions, and provides powerful color correction and matting tools. **Take the next creative step.** Send your iMovie ’08 projects to Final Cut Express 4. Then take advantage of its additional creative options — professional editing tools; the new, Open Format Timeline; over a hundred real-time effects and transitions; animated titles; and multiple video and audio tracks — to create more sophisticated projects. **Add dazzling titles.** Quickly and easily create dynamic, animated titles for your next video project using LiveType 2.1 and its revolutionary LiveFont animated font technology. Tight integration means that when you make a change, LiveType projects automatically update in Final Cut Express 4. **Mix sound effects and voiceovers.** Mix up to 99 audio tracks in your movie, and further enhance your audio with real-time volume and audio filter adjustments. For documentary-style projects, use the voiceover tool to record narration in an audio track while your video plays. **Share your movies.** Author a DVD using iDVD, export your movie in QuickTime for your website, or send it back to your camcorder or deck for a fast connection to your HDTV home theater system. **What’s New in Final Cut Express 4** • Ability to import iMovie ’08 projects • Editing of AVCHD, HDV and DV — NTSC and PAL — in a single Timeline • AVCHD support (Intel-based Mac computers only) • Support for FxPlug third-party plug-ins **What Comes with LiveType 2.1** • More than 200 customizable text effects • 500MB of royalty-free animated content • Sophisticated project templates • FontMaker utility for creating custom LiveFonts