Final Cut Express new edition solves many issues

FCE now supports AVCHD and imports all iMovie projects. This is it: Apple wants us to move to Final Cut.
I do not mind this move. I regret though that the browser in Final Cut is less intuitive than iMovie 7. For the rest you get all the features you ever wanted.
http://www.apple.com/finalcutexpress/

Will exporting from iMovie 08 to FCE4, then making a DVD from there, solve the problem of poor DVD quality coming from iMovie 08 by itself?
On my Mac Pro, exporting DV video from iMovie '08 ALWAYS reduces the quality of the video, unlike earlier versions of iMovie. This is true whether I export to DV or to some other format. (Some say this doesn't occur exporting with a high-end video card. If that's true, that is really brain-dead of iMovie '08, for every other QuickTime-based application has exported DV just fine for years!)
The video IMPORTED by iMovie '08 is just fine, however. It looks no different than video imported by iMovie 6 or QuickTime Pro.
My FCE order hasn't arrived yet, but my guess is it will import (or directly access) the DV video imported by iMovie '08 without involving iMovie '08 itself. In other words, no EXPORT from iMovie '08 will be required.
If that's true, then the DV video arriving in FCE should be just fine.
It remains to be seen whether FCE will have the same EXPORT flaw as iMovie '08.
Karl

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