Final Cut Pro 6

• Broad Format Support
  With native support for virtually any format, Final Cut Pro lets you edit everything from uncompressed SD to HDV, DVCPRO HD, and uncompressed HD — as well as Panasonic P2, Sony XDCAM HD, AVCHD and AVC-Intra tapeless formats. Or use ProRes 422, a new post-production format from Apple that offers uncompressed HD quality at SD file sizes. Mix and match a wide range of formats and even frame rates in the open format Timeline. If you edit film, use the redesigned interface in Cinema Tools 4 to work faster than ever, with customizable lists that let you combine timecode and keycode in a single document.
  
  
• Incredible Real-Time Effects
  Final Cut Pro is built for speed. RT Extreme delivers real-time performance for more than 150 filters and effects as well as for multistream video. Dynamic RT adjusts image quality and frame rate on the fly for optimal playback on any system. Use the SmoothCam feature to automatically stabilize shaky shots while preserving standard camera moves. Easily swap out video clips and edit text in motion graphics without leaving Final Cut Pro, using editable Motion 3 master templates.
  
  
• Comprehensive Editing Tools
  A complete set of professional editing and trimming tools lets you work quickly, while a full range of customization options gives you flexibility and control. Use powerful multicamera editing tools to view and cut video from multiple sources in real time. Mix up to 24 channels of audio with the onscreen mixer or use a Mackie Control Protocol device with faders. When you’re finished, output frame-accurate video at stunning quality.
  
  
• The Hub of Final Cut Studio
  Final Cut Pro 6 extends its capabilities through the other applications in Final Cut Studio 2. Send your project to Color for professional color grading, complete with sequence metadata from Final Cut Pro. Use the new Conform feature in Soundtrack Pro to automatically update your audio project to match your video edit after you make changes in Final Cut Pro.
  You can also send files round-trip between Motion and Final Cut Pro. When you save a change in Motion, the update appears in Final Cut Pro. Send files to Compressor for batch processing and output to multiple formats, all at pristine quality. Or send your Final Cut Pro project to DVD Studio Pro along with chapter markers from your edit.
  In larger workgroups, multiple Final Cut Pro editors can share media using a consolidated storage pool powered by Xsan. For deeper workgroup support, Final Cut Server — with or without Xsan — offers powerful media asset management and workflow automation that is closely integrated with Final Cut Studio.
  
  
• Open, Extensible Architecture
  Open standards such as QuickTime and FxPlug encourage interoperability with a host of third-party tools. Build a custom facilitywide solution around Final Cut Pro using its open, standards-based XML interchange format.

Motion 3

• Intuitive Real-Time Design Environment
  Start animating right away with the easy-to-use tools and intuitive interface in Motion 3. You can see the results in real time as you work, and adjust animation settings on the fly during playback. Explore. Experiment. Play. Drag a behavior to the Canvas to set an object in motion, without writing expressions or manipulating keyframes. A single click opens a full Timeline, Inspector, or Keyframe Editor for making precise adjustments.
  
  
• 3D Motion Graphics Done Right
  Create motion graphics in 3D space without learning a brand-new interface. The integrated 3D multiplane environment in Motion 3 is a natural extension of the 2D tools you already use. All of the Motion features, such as particles, Replicator, text behaviors, and motion paths, work in the 3D environment.
  
  
• Breathtaking Filters and Effects
  Motion 3 comes with more than 150 GPU-accelerated filters and effects. And filters are just the beginning. Match the move of an object to a moving point in a video clip. Use SmoothCam to smooth a shaky shot. Achieve crystal-clear slow motion with new retiming behaviors and modify the settings with revolutionary drag-and-drop ease.
  
  
• Time-Saving Features
  Motion 3 helps speed you to creative work with an extensive library of Apple-designed graphic elements. Deep integration with the Final Cut Studio family saves time by letting you drag and drop Motion projects into other applications without rendering. Editable master templates make it easy for editors to swap out video and update text right in Final Cut Pro. Motion 3 even supports interchange with common Adobe tools.

Soundtrack Pro 2

• Streamlined Multitrack Interface
  Soundtrack Pro 2 features a streamlined interface that allows video editors to work efficiently with familiar tools, while simultaneously providing the depth and control that audio professionals need to complete even the most complex projects.
  
  
• Professional Editing and Dialogue Tools
  Whether you’re performing a simple crossfade or comprehensive audio post-production, Soundtrack Pro 2 gives you a full range of professional tools for precision editing, audio restoration, processing, and mixing — all with unparalleled video integration.
• Intuitive Surround Sound
  Cinematic sound. Revolutionary control. Soundtrack Pro 2 gives you everything you need to create immersive surround mixes for your video. Whether you’re mixing a multimillion-dollar blockbuster or an independent film, creating an enveloping cinematic soundtrack has never been easier.
• Automatic Audio Conform Process
  Easily synchronize changes from your video edit by using the industry’s first integrated audio conform process. Work in Final Cut Pro, change the picture edit, and then automatically compare and conform the audio project in Soundtrack Pro 2. There’s no need to comb through EDLs or build elaborate change lists. Soundtrack Pro takes the tedium out of the conform process, while offering you complete control over which changes to accept, modify, or reject.
• Intelligent Workflows
  Powerful integration with Final Cut Studio. Seamless interchange with other applications. Soundtrack Pro 2 lets you tackle the most complex audio post-production tasks, with the flexibility to work the way you want.

Colour

• Intuitive Task-Based Workflow
  Color uses a task-based workflow that is organized logically into eight “rooms,” or workspaces, designed to offer streamlined access to just the tools you need. Start with Primary In for foundational grading, then use any other room in any order until you’re ready to render through the Render Queue room.
  
  
• Accessible Toolset
  The tools in Color extend from a familiar Timeline, color wheels, and standard scopes to an intuitive new 3D Color Space scope. Editors will find it easy to use Color because of their experience with Final Cut Pro.
  
  
• Dramatic Color Effects
  Create custom mattes to quickly isolate an object or area in the frame for additional enhancements or effects. Automatically track and adjust your changes over subsequent frames with complete control. To apply advanced effects, just drag and drop to choose from more than 35 professional effects and over 20 looks built into Color. Use them alone or combine them in a variety of ways to create completely custom effects. You can expand your library even further by bringing in third-party plug-ins.
  
  
• Cinema-Quality Signature Looks
  Create a signature look for a single production or apply a unified look to a series of productions. Get started fast by choosing one of more than 20 looks provided as custom effects in the Color FX Bin, then modify the look and save it for later use. You can also save a color grade, complete with primary and secondary adjustments, and reuse it on other projects. Experiment freely with up to four “live” grades at a time and save the ones you like best. You can even import and use grades created by professional colorists or other editors.
  
  
• Final Cut Studio Workflows
  Easily send a project round-trip between Final Cut Pro and Color. Video layers, effects, titles, and all of the other XML metadata from Final Cut Pro are preserved when you return to Final Cut Pro for finishing and final output. You can even use Final Cut Pro and Color together for Digital Intermediate workflows, complete with the ability to render out DPX files at full 4:4:4 2K quality.

Compressor 3

• Streamlined Encoding Workflow
  Compressor 3 makes encoding easy and efficient, whether you are outputting a single file or delivering multiple files in multiple formats. Drag and drop intelligent presets to set up batch templates that you can save for later use. With a customizable interface, powerful audio and video filters, and a dynamic Preview window, Compressor is designed to give you total creative control over your encoded media.
• Industry-Standard Encoding Support
  Use Compressor 3 to create files for delivery on iPod, Apple TV, the web, DVD, mobile phones, and DVD discs. Compressor 3 makes it easy with support for leading industry-standard formats, such as MPEG-2 and H.264. Expand your encoding choices with the new Episode Pro plug-in from Telestream that supports VC-1, WMV, GXF, and FLV output as well as proprietary formats for broadcast servers.

DVD Studio Pro 4

• Intuitive Design Environment
  You don’t have to be a programmer to author a DVD using DVD Studio Pro 4. Editors will find that it’s easy to get started on a first project, then add sophistication over time with powerful, intuitive tools. Choose one of three interface configurations or customize and save your own views. Drag and drop to design menus and set up connections to your content, quickly choose transitions, and build engaging slideshows with ease. Best of all, you can preview and test your work in real time, with no need to create a DVD image or burn a disc.
  
  
• Professional Authoring Tools
  DVD Studio Pro 4 offers support for authoring a wide range of projects, from quick DVD dailies to complex commercial titles. Build the tracks for your project by using a familiar timeline, with up to nine video angles, eight audio streams, and 32 subtitle streams for each track. Explore the Story feature to create multiple playlists, or use point-and-click scripting tools to create interactive elements like games and quizzes. You can even take advantage of advanced features for memory management and disc layout.
  
  
• Versatile DVD Mastering
  Whether you burn a one-off disc on your Mac Pro or send a title out for commercial replication, you can have confidence that your DVDs will play back on a wide range of set-top players and computers. Burn your own discs in a wide variety of formats, including double-layer DVDs. For commercial replication, add commercial features to SD titles, including copy protection flags used by replicators, region coding,and jacket picture art.

Minimum Requirements to install Final Cut Studio

• A Macintosh computer with a 1.25GHz or faster PowerPC G4, PowerPC G5, Intel Core Duo, or Intel Xeon processor
• 1GB of RAM
• An AGP or PCI Express Quartz Extreme graphics card (Final Cut Studio is not compatible with integrated Intel graphics processors)
• A display with 1024-by-768 resolution or higher
• Mac OS X v10.4.11 or Mac OS X v10.5.5 or later
• QuickTime 7.5.5 or later
• A DVD drive for installation

Available Disk Space

• 4GB of disk space required to install all applications (Final Cut Pro, Color, DVD Studio Pro, Soundtrack Pro, Motion, Cinema Tools, LiveType, Compressor, and Apple Qmaster)
• Additional 55GB required to install all optional templates, content, and tutorials (may be installed on separate disks):
• 9GB for DVD Studio Pro content
• 8GB for Motion templates and tutorial media
• 24GB for Soundtrack Pro audio content
• 12GB for LiveFonts and LiveType animated elements and templates
• 2GB for Apple Pro Training Final Cut Studio Tutorials media