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Article: Final Cut Pro 4: massive upgrade brings a new wave of impressive features.(Product/Service Evaluation)
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- Macworld
- Article date:
- September 1, 2003
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Why simply upgrade a program when you can supersize it? That was clearly Apple's thinking when the company upgraded its flagship video-editing application, adding features collected during a two-year technological shopping spree. Final Cut Pro 4 weighs a hefty 15GB spread over four installation DVDs, and the program almost lives up to the hype. It's hugely improved and infinitely more customizable than its predecessor, and it even includes four supplementary applications from Apple--Cinema Tools 2, Compressor, LiveType, and Soundtrack. But like the Final Cut Pro 3 (****; May 2002) release, this version has its share of problems, which we hope are temporary growing pains.
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