[MacDV] Re: express vs pro

[Mark M. Florida]

On 12/16/03 5:48 PM, James Asherman at jimash at optonline.net wrote:

> 
> On Tuesday, December 16, 2003, at 05:49  PM, Tom Walbolt wrote:
> 
>> are there any advantages in final cut express over final cut pro
>> 
> It costs less.
> I suppose you expect it to do more too. Not.

>From what I gather, it's only limitation is that it can only work with DV
video -- so there are no or uncompressed capabilities in Final Cut Express.
So since it's geared towards the "prosumer" market, it's given a "prosumer"
price.  And if you only plan on working with DV source material, then it
should work fine.  I actually got a copy at work (traded in our copy of
Premiere), but have not yet had a chance to use it (I'm still using my
personal copy of FCP 3 since it's already installed).

- Mark