Avid is better than Edius and Final Cut. I am a professional editor so I have tried all these platforms.
Avid Media Composer 5 gives you more control over effects, audio effects, and the audio mixer. More effects are included with Avid as well. The others have effects that look like effects from 1970.
Professionals use Avid, amatures use the others. The movie industry uses Avid. If you've seen Avatar or Iron Man 2, you've seen what Avid can do.
Edius only works with the Windows operating system so will not run on Mac OS X. If you have a Mac with an Intel processor (any recent one) then you can install Windows on the Mac and then run Edius. Alternatives that will work with Mac OS X are Apple's Final Cut Pro or Adobe's Premiere.
Final Cut Express was created in 2003.
Pirate Final Cut Express HD, and buy the upgrade to Final Cut Express 4 from Apple. Its about 100 dollars (US)
I do video editing in both Final Cut Pro and Express on a Mac. Multiclip is not in Express. It is in Pro of course.
Final Cut Express: $199 See related links section for URL.
It is illegal to download Final Cut Express 4 without paying for it.
Motion is not included with Final cut Express it is currently only available with the full Final Cut Studio suite.
Final Cut Express just supports such popular video formats as DV, HDV, MPEG-4, MPEG-2, MOV, and AVCHD.1. So , you can't import Youtube videos to Final Cut Express. You need use Video Converter for Mac to convert your youtube videos to .mp4 format that Final Cut Express supports. Then import it to Final Cut Express for edit.
Final Cut Express 4 has a Chroma Keyer Identical to the one in Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express also has other Keyers like Color Key, Luma Key, Difference matte and a host of others.
Well you can find this on the internet. Final Cut Express is a video editing tool. Are you trying to find a program to edit videos during this trip? If so, then you can find Final Cut Express on the internet.
NO, Final Cut Express just supports such popular video formats as DV, HDV, MPEG-4, MPEG-2, MOV, and AVCHD.1. So, if you want to import .flv files to Final Cut Express for edit, you need use Video Converter for Mac to convert .flv to .mp4 format that Final Cut Express supports.
Some plug-ins for Final Cut Pro will work with Final Cut Express (or there are separate versions available) such as the Boris FX range (See links below).