Video editing on laptops

Editing has always been regarded as a post-production process, but now it is presented simultaneously with production thanks to laptops.

Final Cut Pro Apple
"When it was launched four years ago, at the NAB show, Final CutPro was compatible with laptops says Bill Hudson, line manager product for Apple's Final Cut Pro. All Enabled Apple Products with FireWire they can be Final Cut Pro editing systems."

"The software to it often runs on Titanium and PowerBooks G4 but can also run on Macintosh iBooks. The 17-inch PowerBook is extraordinary for video says Hudson. It has a large monitor and quality of his image is extraordinary. Includes a illuminated keyboard to work on dark places and a DVD burner."

Final users Cut Pro belong to several professional fields. "Whoever intends to gather information in a fast way in a remote location, find in this product a powerful solution according to Hudson. News agencies get a huge mobility advantage. CNN is using a Sony PD150 DVCAM enabled with FireWire and Final Cut Pro running in PowerBooks. It is an acquisition and editing solution very effective mobile."

Final Cut Pro too is being requested for preview and composition jobs Remote. Director Pierre de Lespinois shot in an HDCAM before That we rule the Earth (Before we Ruled the Earth), a series that Discovery Channel aired. The sign of plates background for live performances and green plot recordings were converted and sent to a PowerBook where the animations were located in draft in third dimension. All elements could be composed in the field of work, in such a way that the editors and artists in charge of visual effects were able to judge scale and proportion during production.

Apple has "a distinctive advantage by guaranteeing the customer the experience they have so much in software design, as in operational system control and in the sale of the computer," says Hudson. Final Cut Pro 3.0.4 it is currently being sold. Final Cut Express, which made its appearance last January at a much lower price than the Final Cut Pro 3.0.4, works only on DV and does not support capture cards from a third party provider. Apple is targeting Final Cut Express to capture video recording markets corporate, educational and events.