Panasonic AG-HMC40PJ Editing AVCHD with Final Cut Express 4 - Page 3

The AVCHD Workflow on apple computers Apple Intel-based Mac computers (MacBookPro laptops, iMac or Mac Pro Towers) work really well with Panasonic AVCCAM cameras shooting AVCHD footage. Working on a Mac platform presents four editing solutions, based on your budget and the complexity of your final edit. The four editing applications are: iMovie '(08 or '09), Final Cut Express 4, Final Cut Pro (v.6.05 or higher) and Adobe Premier Pro as part of CS4 or CS5. This paper will discuss a typical AVCHD workflow for editing with and outputting from Final Cut Express 4. We will explain how to get your AVCHD footage into Final Cut Express and then once you have edited your footage, how to deliver on DVD, Blu-ray, and an AVCHD disc. We will also look at alternative delivery such as iPod, and You Tube. Finally, we will look at various archiving options including copying your content onto a hard drive, a Blu-ray or DVD disc. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS • A Mac computer with a 1.25GHz or faster PowerPC G4, PowerPC G5, Intel Core Duo, Intel Core 2 Duo, or Intel Xeon processor • 1GB of RAM or more • An AGP or PCI Express graphics card compatible with Quartz Extreme; or an Intel GMA integrated graphics processor in a MacBook or Mac mini computer • A display with 1024-by-768 resolution or higher • A DVD drive for installation • Mac OS X v10.4.10 or later, QuickTime 7.2 or later • 500MB of disk space to install Final Cut Express and LiveType • Additional 500MB to install LiveType content • (As stated on Apple Final Cut Express website) 3