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Final Cut Express to be killed off or will it become the new star of the show?

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With all the excitement about the new Final Cut Pro, nobody has mentioned the possible fate of its little brother, Final Cut Express. I think there will be two possible outcomes and you just might be surprised at one of them...

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Randy Ubillos, the father of FCP, demos iMovie for the iPad2. What can we learn?

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So no news from Apple about Final Cut Pro at the iPad2 event. However Randy Ubillos who headed up the team that gave birth to Final Cut over 10 years ago, was on stage to talk about iMovie. Is there anything we can learn?

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iMovie on the iPad. Worth a watch as some of the features might be coming to an NLE near you soon!

If you haven't got your hands on one yet, then take a look at this iPad demo video from Apple. Could some of the features shown here in iMovie find their way into the new Final Cut Pro?

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Now YouTube can stabilise your video for you using distributed processing

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At the moment this is designed to process the very bad amateur handycam footage online. The before and after processing videos are worth a watch though.

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The longest ever timelapse shot on a Canon 5D - San Francisco to Paris!

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It has to be a travel nightmare, we all love timelapses but not when the passenger next to you on a flight is shooting one! Nate Bolt did exactly that though on a flight from San Francisco to Paris. The video is after the break.

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Scott Simmons compares FCPX to iMovie and lists the similarities

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Take a look at the video above. The new FCPX in action? Wrong, it's an iMovie timeline worked up by Scott Simmonds. Looks slightly familiar doesn't it?

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Are the first FCPX tips buried in this tutorial?

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It's not an FCPX tutorial, but it's not far off. Nice to see somebody who knows iMovie talk well about its relationship to FCPX.

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MacVideo Expo Part 2, the last three editors talk about preparing for FCPX

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Yesterday we showed you the video of the first three of six editors talking about how they think FCPX will affect editing, training and the whole FCP ecosystem. Today it is the turn of the last three and a group discussion to round things off.

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Apple granted a patent for 3D layout of clips - will we ever see this in FCPX?

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Sick of skimming in Final Cut Pro X? Could Apple be planning on including a three dimensional CoverFlow in iMovie first and therefore FCPX? Who knows, but they got awarded the patent.

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How one young filmmaker has embraced Final Cut Pro X

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With the big debate about Final Cut Pro X still alight, it was refreshing to get a new and unbiased view. Chris Gatewood, a young filmmaker has been using FCPX to post produce his latest film.

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Apple's new patent hints at Collaborative Media Production with Final Cut Pro

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This week Apple won a patent that specifically details various collaborative media production processes. There's a lot of detail in the document too - could this be a hint of what is to come for Final Cut Pro X?

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