Is Final Cut Express 4.0 worth the upgrade?

[cmac101]

I am a student who does movie editing and makes videos for my school, so is FCE 4.0 worth the upgrade from 3.5? Thanks

 

[dolphin842]

Unless you work with HD or mess around with audio a lot, I don't see any significant reason to upgrade. FCE 4 seems to make HD and in-app audio work easier, but other than that it seems there are just a few dozen more filters as far as features go. I'm a student as well and since I don't do all that much video work, I'll be sticking with 3.5.

 

[Much Ado]

Very true. FCE for me always had so much power and versatility, and although the upgrade is nice, 3.5 is still tasty as ever.

 

[netdog]

Does it offer the same HD compression available in FCS2? That seems like a big gain for those of us using HDV.

 

[harddriveowner]

upgrade to Final Cut Pro. You won't regret it in the long run.

 

[Texas04]

From what if sounds like it is not all that great. A few new features with filters but 99% of the time those are useless. It depends in the work you do but for me it is a definate no. Besides I love soundtrack!! I don't know what I would do without that app!!

 

[Roy Hobbs]

From what if sounds like it is not all that great. A few new features with filters but 99% of the time those are useless. It depends in the work you do but for me it is a definate no. Besides I love soundtrack!! I don't know what I would do without that app!!

After installing the 4.0 upgrade you still have Soundtrack (assuming you had 3.5 installed already)