[MacDV] Final Cut Express

[Kunga]

Yes. You still have 26 hours to find an academic copy of FCP 3 for $299 
and FAX paperwork to get FCP 4 for $50 more.

k

On Thursday, June 19, 2003, at 01:47  PM, Morgan Dawn wrote:

> Am just starting out on digital vidding (am using an
> Emac with 512MB RAM, 800mhz processor and a 60MB HD).
>
> A Mac World review of Final Cut Express said the
> following about capturing and I wanted to know if this
> would be a problem for HD space.
>
> "Rough Edges
>
> Final Cut Express suffers somewhat because it uses the
> recut and abbreviated Final Cut Pro feature set. For
> example, the lack of logging and batch processing
> makes the capture process unnecessarily complicated:
> you can set In and Out points to define a clip, but
> then you have to capture that clip to disk before
> moving on to the next one. We anticipate that most
> people will be tempted to use the Capture Now button,
> as they do iMovie's Import button, and to then enable
> DV Start/Stop Detection to mark scene breaks in the
> footage. These users could find themselves running out
> of disk space faster than they expect to, because
> Final Cut Express doesn't trim unused footage from
> clips when you recapture a project."
>
> http://www.macworld.com/2003/05/reviews/finalcutexpress1
>
> The way I saw how to vid, you capture your clips with
> a bit on each side and store them on the HD. Then as
> you vid you insert your in and out points. But if I
> read this  review corretcly, if you use that method
> (capture, store, then edit), there should be no
> increased use of  HD space under FCPro Express? My
> editing projects usually involve assembling small
> snippets of clips (under 1 min) in an MTV style montage.