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10 Hot Tips: Getting the most out of Final Cut Express

Advantageous article by Tom Wolsky for people working with FCE, exclusively if they are making the move from iMovie to FCE. From the article (i institute this to be very helpful, would like to use the iMovie sound effects in an FCE edited obscure):

"Tip 1
Users of iMovie who make the recoil up to Final Cut Express often gal iMovie 3’s great sound effects and request they were available in End Cut Express. Well, you can import those sound effects into Conclusive Cut Express without much labour. The trick is to know where they reside on your computer.

1. Start off by Control-clicking on the iMovie attentiveness stick-to-it-iveness icon in your Applications folder.
2. From the shortcut menu single out Show Package Contents (Imagine 1).
3. Go inside the Contents folder to the Resources folder and pronounce the Sound Effects folder.
4. Hold down the Alternative key to copy the folder as you drag it onto your dedicated media effort (if you have one). Most of the iMovie sound effects reside in the Sound Effects folder as AIFF files. The Skywalker sounds are MP3 files and should be converted to AIFF files using iTunes or the QuickTime Pro Especially bettor."

Read the rest of the article here.

- Sujewa

Source: DIY Filmmaker Sujewa