Editing Final Cut Express (section)

==Features==
Final Cut Express' interface was identical to that of [[Final Cut Pro]], but lacks some film-specific features, including [[Cinema Tools]], multi-cam editing, batch capture, and a [[time code]] view. The program performed 32 undo operations, while Final Cut Pro did 99 [https://web.archive.org/web/20110609070956/http://www.apple.com/finalcut/index.html].

Features<ref>"Final Cut Express 4 - Technical Specifications." Final Cut Express 4 - Technical Specifications. N.p., n.d. Web. Nov 23, 2012. <http://support.apple.com/kb/SP536>.</ref> the program did include were:
* The ability to keyframe filters
* Dynamic RT, which changes real-time settings on-the-fly
* Motion path keyframing
* Opacity keyframing
* Ripple, roll, slip, slide and blade edits
* Picture-in-picture and split-screen effects
* Up to 99 video tracks and 12 compositing modes
* Up to 99 audio tracks
* [[Apple Motion|Motion]] project import
* Two-way [[color correction]].
* Chroma key

One feature of Final Cut Express that was not available in Final Cut Pro is the ability to import [[iMovie|iMovie '08]] projects (though transitions are not preserved).<ref>{{cite web|title=Digital Video Modifying News, Is Apple Delivering the High-End Video Modifying Market|url=http://videoeditingtoday.com/2016/07/13/digital-video-modifying-news-is-apple-delivering-the-high-end-video-modifying-market/|publisher=www.videoeditingtoday.com|access-date=26 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920090751/http://videoeditingtoday.com/2016/07/13/digital-video-modifying-news-is-apple-delivering-the-high-end-video-modifying-market/|archive-date=September 20, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===RT Extreme===
Inherited from Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express features RT Extreme, which allows previews of some [[filter (video)|video filters]] and transitions without rendering. Audio that is not in the native [[Audio Interchange File Format|AIFF]] file format needs rendering before it can be played back. RT Extreme has three modes: 'Safe', for seeing multiple video layers at a quality that more or less guarantees a smooth playback; 'Unlimited', which allows the maximum number of composited video layers to be viewed at the same time; and 'Dynamic', which alternates between these settings depending on how many simultaneous video tracks are present. [[Frame dropping]] may result from using 'Unlimited' on low-resource machines.

===Boris Calligraphy===
Like Final Cut Pro, Express also comes with [http://borisfx.com Boris] Calligraphy, a plugin for advanced titling and scrolling/crawling titles more sophisticated than the ones that can be created with the built-in title overlays. Calligraphy has a [[WYSIWYG]] interface and features wrapping, alignment, leading, kerning and tracking features, as well as allowing up to five custom outlines and five custom [[drop shadow]]s to be defined for a selected portion of the title.