Final Cut Pro/Express

Final Cut Pro is a film editing software created by Apple. The software has a simple, yet affective layout that allows navigating around the software to be a easy hassle free process. The software enables you to edit video footage that you have taken on DV tapes. The software features a well-structured browser, where you can create bins to help you organise your project, a viewer which shows you what your are currently editing/viewing, a timeline which shows the time of each clip and allows you to layer clips on top of each other, and finally a canvas which shows contents of the timeline. Apple have also created and released In 2003 a less expensive version of Final Cut Pro, entitled Final Cut Express. It uses the same layout as Final Cut Pro, but it features less of the “film specific” tools, as it is an less advanced form. Final Cut Express retails around £100 and Final Cut Pro retails around £400 so there is quite a significant price different between the two versions. The software is currently only available on Apple Macs.