Final Cut Express

The first lesson i had on Final cut express, wasn't the most optimistic, nor encouraging lesson i have ever experienced. Although it gave me a fair insight into using the software, i feel i did not learn that much. Despite this, i am thankful to the teacher for helping us.

The second lesson, out of the three i used Final cut, was a highly successful lesson! I found large relations to Adobe Premier, which i had previously used in B-Tec Media. I thought that Final cut was actually a lot smoother, and better organised than premier.

Although some parts of using Final cut was tricky, we aren't alone in the world! The internet is a great tool when it comes to using such software, and when we came to problems we weren't sure about, the restore button was always there to help (although this was only used once).

Problems that occurred for us were:

1. Losing our tool bar - solved by looking through relevant information in the top toolbar, an easy problem to solve.

2. Our timeline window disappearing - solved by opening and closing program.

3. Figuring out how to edit the sound e.g. fade outs, turning down for other sound parts. - solved by Mrs Pursers excellent Knowledge!

And that was all of our problems! Only minor as you can see :)

Overall, i found Final cut an excellent piece of software, and i look forward to using it in the future.