Apple’s mid-level editing software gets a new wind with the latest Final Cut Express 4. It brings more features and likeness of Final Cut Pro than ever before including AVCHD support, multi-resolution timelines, advanced keyframing and color correction, just to name a few. It has an efficient user interface, familiar drop-down menus and small buttons for maximum work area. The reviewer noted that Final Cut Express 4 doesn’t waste any screen real estate, even on a widescreen LCD display. Importing AVCHD footage is a simple and straightforward process, though you’d need an Intel-based Mac to do it. However, Final Cut Express 4 doesn't allow native editing of HDV or AVCHD. Instead, it changes the video into Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC) video files. Also missing is a mature HDV Capture window. Thanks to the new feature that allows different types of video to be cut side-by-side, there is no more need to resize the videos. The tools found on the Final Cut Express 4 are the same cutting-edge tools that came with Final Cut Pro 6, including Ripple Edit, Blade, and Pen tools. Although Apple's mid-level audio editing tool, Soundtrack, isn’t part of the package, you still get LiveType 2. All in all, Final Cut Express 4 is a good editing tool for those who want to make the transition from iMovie to Final Cut Pro.