I am about to begin editing a couple of shorts that I shot this past weekend. I have Final cut express and know that apple has a new version of FCE out....is it worth the upgrade? If you have the new version what are some of the new features that you like?

Thanks!

I upgraded to FCP HD and I am very happy with it. After running FCE for 6 months the learning curve was not steep. I got OMF export so I can do Sound Editing in Digital Performer AND composing. I had no idea that Sound Track was included and that is really great if you need some short texture music. Then there is Compressor, Live Type and Cinema Tools too.

Mad a hole in the wallet but I am very content with the FCP HD upgrade.

(I am running it on 2GHz Dual G5)

Dennis, FCE 2 introduces a huge upgrade to real-time performance, if you have a Mac to take advantage of that. You do not mention what Mac you are using, so it is a little hard to comment further.

Sorry I thought there was a FCE 3 out. I did not understand we talked about an upgrade from FCE 1 to FCE 2, sorry about that.

Then my reply is another; FCE 2 is really nice and it is really worth getting that one before you go to FCP. FCE 2 much better than FCE 1 and I felt like it was quite a lot faster too.

Thanks for the replies!

I have a 1.25ghz/g4/256mb/80g HD, emac with superdrive. I bought it from apple with FCE installed.

I'm about to begin editing my first couple of shorts and was wondering if I should upgrade to version 2 before I start.

I don't use FCE (nor do the schools I teach at) so I can't comment on speed etc. But I will advise you to not to upgrade software during a project. More ram would be a great addition to your system as well.

<<<-- Originally posted by Dennis Parker :

I'm about to begin editing my first couple of shorts and was wondering if I should upgrade to version 2 before I start. -->>>

Yes!

final cut express requires 384 of ram i believe
but 2 is a significant upgrade from 1 (rt extreme)

Dennis,
Did you upgrade? If so, how did you go about the RAM. Yours is below specifications.

I have the same dilemma, will be editing with G4 256MB RAM and wanted to get Final Cut Express 2 but saw the specs were low.
Can anyone advise?

Thanks,
Jeff

Dennis,
Did you upgrade? If so, how did you go about the RAM. Yours is below specifications.

I have the same dilemma, will be editing with G4 256MB RAM and wanted to get Final Cut Express 2 but saw the specs were low.
Can anyone advise?

Thanks,
Jeff

Jeff,

I decided to stick with version 1 and not upgrade. I finished editing my two shorts and just last week I started submitting them to film fests.....my fingers are crossed about them being accepted!

I pulled the saturation down to make one short completely B&W, and I pulled down the saturation in the other short for a flashback scene. But that's getting off topic.....

:)