Still, you're going to have to get used to the fact that you can't import old FCP files without data loss-- and don't expect updates for tape-based editing, either.

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In the editing room, Mr Leacock at last unearths a tape of his war footage.

ECONOMIST: Richard Leacock

After experience with early hand- held calculators at Rockwell International, with the first consumer video tape recorder at Cartridge Television, and with the original computer controlled video editing systems at CMX Systems, a CBS-Memorex joint venture, he began his own management consulting business in 1974.

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