[MacDV] Re: IMovie w/Slick vs. Final Cut Express

cathal mc carthy mccarthycathal at eircom.net
Sun Dec 21 22:59:19 PST 2003


forgive my ignorance but what is slick?
I find imovie very unstable and difficult to do the titling on as it  
keeps going back to the previously selected title?
cathal
On Sunday, December 21, 2003, at 03:25 AM, Bill Calamita wrote:

>> When I get
>> Final Cut Express...will it totally replace all the iMovie
>> and Slick stuff or are there things in iMovie + Slick that I will  
>> still
>> want to keep on my computer?
>
> I'd keep the iMovie/Slick stuff around a while since some of those  
> effects
> are very difficult to reproduce in Final Cut without a deep knowledge  
> base
> and a lot of practice.
>
> If you want to do something quickly, it would be easier to do it in  
> iMovie
> and then move it over to FCE.
>
> Another piece of advice:  Since FCE is vastly more complex then iMovie  
> it
> has a steep learning curve.  However, FCE will open iMovie files
> (timelines).  I found this to be a useful way to look at the  
> difference and
> "step up" to FCE.
>
>
>
>
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