Camera/FXE Compatability

Just purchased a Canon ZR-500 Mini DV Camcorder for a Christmas gift for my high school student son. Now want to buy Final Cut Express HD as an additional gift. My concern is in the name: Final Cut Express HD. The camera makes no mention of HD in any adverts or description. Will these two products be compatible with each other or do I need to buy a high def camera in order to use Final Cut Express HD? Does Apple make a product called Final Cut Express (withouth the HD)? Thanks in advance.

Try these free tutorial sites:
http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/fcp_homepageindex.html
Many of the tutorials cover FCE as well, and LiveType;
http://www.rippletraining.com/engine/index.php?
http://www.lafcpug.org/tutorials.html
http://dvcreators.net/livetype-powerstart
http://www.livetypecentral.com/cgi-bin/livetypecentral.cgi/tutorials.html
These last two cover LiveType. All are very helpful.
If you wanted another books as well as Tom's, you could consider "Final Cut Express HD for Mac OS" by Lisa Brenneis in the Visual Quickstart Guide series (Peachpit Press). It consists of one- to three-page sections headed "How to ..." and helps when you have got past the very beginner stage.

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