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Final Cut Express 4 released!

UK Apple store confirmed Tues release

Hi all, just spoke to the UK Apple store for business. They confirmed FCE4 will be on sale in the UK Tomorrow (Tuesday).
 
At least somebody managed to find out. Popped in to the Apple store in Birmingham at lunch time, asked when they would have it and how much...

Their response... :confused:
 
But

What I don't understand is why Apple can't just list the product on the UK store the same time as the US store. All they would have to do is add a few days to the delivery time to cover things their end. We'd also be able to relax knowing the order was being processed...
 
That sucks fro those of you in the UK, I walked into the local Apple Store on Friday night and picked up my copy of FCE 4
 
Just wondering, is there any way I can try this out, see whether I like it? I know there was a trial for Logic Express, but couldn't find one for FCE.
 
Sijmen said:
Just wondering, is there any way I can try this out, see whether I like it? I know there was a trial for Logic Express, but couldn't find one for FCE.
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Is the trial for Logic Express still available? I have had it for a few years now, but that may just be what can get a few of my friends to switch from Pro tools LE.
 
24hr delivery!

Just got my copy after ordering yesterday morning. Not bad for what is supposed to be a 3 to 4 day lead time!

Got me thinking though; why don't Apple have all their software available as direct downloads from the Apple site? It would save on all that packaging that will end up in a landfill site somewhere. It would also save the carbon omissions associated with physical delivery. And, they could probably shave another £10 off the price for customer who opt to download, while retaining the same margin. Customers would also get instant gratification on their purchases.

My view is that Apple should be setting the scene here, not waiting for others to lead...
 
This isn't really true.....

I agree it *appears* like Apple did this. BUT, the thing many people don't seem to realize is that the current crop of hard disk based camcorders and digital still cameras with a "movie mode" store their video data in a whole new, proprietary format that was never used before.

This format pretty much requires a whole new piece of video editing software, in order to allow importing it properly into a format suitable for editing.

(Even Final Cut Pro, with all of its flexibility and ability to handle numerous video formats, imposes a number of limitations on working with data imported from these types of devices.)

iMovie '06 and earlier were designed around the idea of importing data streams from tape-based camcorders, just like Final Cut always did.

iMovie '08 is a whole new product that DOES allow working with these flash memory and hard-drive based camcorders, and still having full editing capabilities. I think that's REALLY why people feel they've "lost features" they had before and are upset.... The lost functionality is mainly due to having to do a complete rewrite and approach the video editing from a different way, to accommodate newer cameras and their formats.

I wish Apple clarified all of this from the start, though. They probably should have called the product something other than "iMovie '08". In reality, they needed "iMovie '06 for tape-based camcorders" and "iMovie '08 for HD/flash-based camcorders", side-by-side in the apps folder.



rog said:
The price cut proves they intentionally ruined iMovie 08 so they could drive sales towards finalCut Express.:mad:
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