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Final Cut Express vs Hd

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could someone who has experiance with both programs tell me the biggest differances because i would like to get hd but even at the education discount of 499 its still to expensive

also how well does idvd work compared to dvd studio
 
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Not sure about the iDVD and DVDStudio but I do know that DVD studio is much more powerful with tons more capabilities
 
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I'd advise just going to apple's site to read up on it.

I guess the shorter answer is going to be, Express isn't something you'd really use, if you want to get into professional editing.

I'm sure imovie is more than enough if you just need to make basic edits.
 
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The best way to put it is this:

iMovie -> Final Cut Express - > Final Cut HD
iDVD -> DVD Studio Pro

Final Cut Expresss is similar to Final Cut HD, but with there are some option in Final Cut HD that are not in Final Cut Express. Whereas iMovie is the intro to video editting.

iDVD is not as powerful as DVD Studio Pro. You will need an superdrive to run iDVD, whereas DVD Studio Pro will work with any external DVD burner.

Yes, there is a hack to get iDVD to work with an external DVD burner.
 

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