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 Apple recently released Final Cut Express HD 3.5, a significant upgrade to
its award-winning software solution for video enthusiasts, schools and small
businesses that runs natively on both Intel- and PowerPC-based Macs.
New in
Final Cut Express HD 3.5 is Dynamic RT for real-time playback of multi-stream
effects, Soundtrack 1.5 with a complete suite of professional level audio production
tools and LiveType
2.1 with even more exciting animated text and titles.
"Final Cut Express HD 3.5 is the total movie making package with many of the same tools the pros use at a price designed to appeal to aspiring pros," said Rob Schoeben, Apple's vice president of Applications Product Marketing. "Whether
it's multiple streams of video, professional audio tools or animated text and
titles, Final Cut Express HD 3.5 is ideal for anyone who is passionate about
the movies they make and delivers incredible performance on Apple's new Intel-based
Macs."
Final Cut Express HD 3.5 provides a complete set of advanced editing tools
for DV and HDV video formats with support for multiple video layers, real-time
special effects and transitions, and powerful color correction and matting
filters for professional-looking results. New Dynamic RT enables users to view
even multi-layered HDV video in real-time which dramatically speeds up the
editing process by eliminating the need to render and re-render clips. In addition,
all effects, transitions and motion parameters can now be keyframed, providing
complete creative control over special effects that can be saved as favorites
for use in other projects.
Complementing Final Cut Express HD 3.5 is a new version of Soundtrack with
over 4,000 professional-quality, royalty-free instrument loops and sound effects
that can be mixed and matched to instantly create a custom score precisely
timed to each project. New features in Soundtrack 1.5 include improved multitrack
audio editing and recording tools with tracks, busses, outputs and real-time
effects processing just like a professional recording studio. Improved single
and multiple take recording provides a way to record, audition and edit dialog
or other recorded performances with expert precision.
Also included in Final Cut Express HD 3.5 is a new version of LiveType that
lets users add high-impact excitement to movies with dynamic animated text
and hundreds of royalty-free backgrounds and animated textures—all
customisable to match the look and feel of projects. New features in LiveType
2.1 include
a host of exciting new animated graphics, including 70 new animated objects,
15 new textures and 60 new customisable preset effects for animated text
and titles. With new vector-based LiveFont technology, animated text styles
like
Tremor, Script, Ribbon, Cool and Blueprint can be scaled to any resolution
including HD with blazing rendering performance, especially on the new generation
of Intel-based Macs.
Pricing & Availability
Final Cut Express HD 3.5 is available to order now through Apple
Authorised Resellers for a suggested retail price of $550 (incl GST).
Owners of previous versions of Final Cut Express can upgrade to Final
Cut Express HD 3.5 for just $179 (incl GST). Full details and further
information are available at http://www.apple.com/finalcutexpress
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