Final Cut
Final Cut Studio
The leading post-production suite is even better. The new Final Cut Studio.
Edit, animate, mix, grade and deliver on a Mac with Final Cut Studio. It includes more than 100 powerful new features. Use new versions of the ProRes codec to edit at high quality with reduced file sizes in a wide variety of workflows. Work with clients or colleagues in real time from anywhere in the world using iChat Theater. Add dramatic 3D graphics, repair common audio problems and automate delivery in just a few clicks. The leading post-production suite now includes significant upgrades to Final Cut Pro, Motion and Soundtrack Pro and updated versions of Color and Compressor. It also includes DVD Studio Pro, the industry standard for DVD authoring.
- Expanded ProRes family.
- Edit even faster at higher quality across workflows ranging from offline editing to broadcast events to high-fidelity compositing.
- Easy export.
- Use the new Share window in Final Cut Pro 7 or Motion 4 for single-click delivery to your Apple devices, the web, a Blu-ray disc, or a DVD.
- iChat Theater support.
- Work with clients or colleagues in real time from anywhere in the world. Just send your Final Cut Pro video to iChat Theater.
- New speed change tools.
- Change clip speeds with ease from the redesigned Change Speed window in Final Cut Pro 7. You can also create constant or variable speed changes in the Timeline.
- 3D shadows and reflections.
- Motion 4 lets you add dramatic shadows and dazzling reflections that respond naturally as objects and lights move through 3D space.
- Voice-level match.
- The new Voice Level option in the Soundtrack Pro 3 Lift and Stamp tools lets you instantly match dialogue levels across your project.
- Support for 4K files.
- Color 1.5 lets you grade and render at maximum quality, with a workflow that supports native 4K files from cameras such as the RED ONE.
- Batch templates.
- New batch templates in Compressor 3.5 let you automate end-to-end encoding workflows including settings, destinations and post-encoding delivery.
- DVD authoring.
- Produce studio-quality DVD titles with drag-and-drop ease using DVD Studio Pro 4.
Final Cut Server
Blazing-fast searches. Point-and-click automation. Final Cut Server 1.5.
Final Cut Server 1.5 frees up even more time for creative work, with new features that make it exceptionally flexible and easy to use. Final Cut Server can manage thousands of assets, execute dozens of routine production tasks, and keep every member of your team in sync-all while you continue working. It now features deeper integration with Final Cut Pro, including support for the efficient new ProRes 422 (Proxy). Check out the project, edit with proxies on a MacBook Pro, and check the project back in for instant relinking to the original source. Final Cut Server 1.5 also features image sequence support, new production hierarchies, and faster searches.
- Easy asset cataloging.
- Final Cut Server creates your asset catalog automatically. It scans your network to identify assets, captures a wide range of metadata, and even makes thumbnails, proxies, and poster frames.
- Blazing-fast searches.
- Instantly access just the assets you need using Smart Searches and new Global Saved Searches. Organize the same assets in as many different ways as you want using new hierarchical Production “folders”.
- New Final Cut Pro workflow.
- Check out your Final Cut Pro project and edit on a MacBook Pro using the efficient new ProRes 422 (Proxy). The catalog updates instantly when you check the project back in, automatically relinking your project to the original source files.
- Point-and-click automation.
- Automate a single task or an entire workflow with easy-to-use menus. You can even extend your workflow to include systems such as web servers, broadcast servers, and archive systems.
- Seamless collaboration.
- Share assets and divide tasks with confidence, using checkin/ check-out protections, version management, and review and approval tools that are tightly integrated with Final Cut Studio.
- Multiformat delivery.
- Final Cut Server 1.5 includes Compressor 3.5, Apple's professional encoding software. Use Final Cut Server to automate Compressor for encoding a wide range of formats-from H.264 to five versions of ProRes to 4K-all at pristine quality.
- Quick setup.
- Final Cut Server helps you get started fast, with facility-specific workflow templates, easy-to-use menus, and a complete range of customization options that don't require programming.
- Flexible configuration.
- The server software for Final Cut Server can be installed on systems ranging from a MacBook Pro to a full Xserve configuration. The client software works on both Windows-based computers and the Mac.
