Final Cut Express

Final cut express is video editing application software that allows the user to edit and manipulate any video of their choice. It features a timeline; all the user has to do is just drop the video on it and then edit and manipulate the video with the many effects and filters final cut has to offer, to make the video professional looking.

Final cut can easily capture DV and HDV. There is an option for the user to choose what parts of the video they want to edit and then put all of these clips together to create a final video. To do this you press “I” to start importing and the “O” for out to stop importing. You can watch frame by frame of the video using the option buttons at the bottom of the screen. You can watch videos simultaneously, as it offers two screens for the video to be watched and edited.

Final Cut is easy to use and is easy to work around. It is user friendly and the layout is set out well so that everything is clear.

On the 09/10/09 we learnt how to capture video from our camera. Pressing the "Capture Now" button, a screen was brought up which was the video from our camera and when we wanted to capture a scene we pressed escape to end and capture that scene and on the left hand side of the screen, that clip would appear and then we put it in a folder we had created, so we know where we had saved it.

We also looked at a range of different effects we could apply to our clips to either enhance the quality or add an effect e.g. rays of light, to add a new perspective to it.