Apple Final Cut Studio 2

Final Cut Studio 2 is Apple's second generation of a one-package suite of production applications. It includes Final Cut Pro 6, DVD Studio Pro 4, Motion 3, Soundtrack Pro 2, Compressor 3, and Color.

System Requirements

Final Cut Pro 6:

• Edit anything from SD to HDV, DVCPRO HD, and uncompressed HD - as well as Panasonic P2 and Sony XDCAM HD tapeless formats.
• Now with 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.
• The redesigned interface in Cinema Tools 4 is faster than ever, with customizable lists that let you combine timecode and keycode in a single document.
• 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.
• 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.
• Interacts with all other components of Final Cut Studio 2: send your project to Color for professional color grading, complete with sequence metadata; Use the new Conform feature in Soundtrack Pro to automatically update your audio project to match your video edit; save a change in Motion and the update appears in Final Cut Pro; send files to Compressor for batch processing and output to multiple formats; send your Final Cut Pro project to DVD Studio Pro along with chapter markers from your edit.

DVD Studio Pro 4:

• Integrated, scalable H.264 encoding that allows you to fit HD content on DVDs using existing drives and existing media. Create HD on DVD versions from existing SD projects. Go from native HDV to HD on DVD with no recompression from Final Cut Pro and save time by encoding HD and SD in one Compressor batch.
• Increase your HD and SD encoding speed by sharing the encoding workload over multiple computers. Offload encoding tasks to another machine and add encoding notes at no extra cost.
• Encode Dolby Digital Professional (AC-3) surround sound audio, reduce uncompressed PCM audio file size without compromising quality.
• Increase playback performance with VTS editing by allocating menus throughout VTS folders to overcome 1GB menu limitations.
• Preview color and surround sound on a second Digital Cinema Desktop while you work. Audition surround sound using S/PDIF (digital audio) out to an external DTS or Dolby Digital (AC-3) decoder.

Motion 3:

• Real-Time design environment lets you 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 even adjust animation settings on the fly during playback.
• 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.
• Comes with more than 150 GPU-accelerated filters and effects - including Aura, Light Rays, Dazzle, and Glass Distortion filters.
• Use SmoothCam to smooth the movement of a shaky shot without affecting standard camera moves like pans, zooms, and dollies.
• Achieve slow motion with new retiming behaviors and modify the settings with drag-and-drop ease.

Soundtrack Pro 2:

• 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.
• A full range of professional tools for precision editing, audio restoration, processing, and mixing - all with unparalleled video integration.
• Intuitive Surround Sound process that lets you create cinematic sound.
• The industry’s first integrated audio conform process lets you work in Final Cut Pro, change the picture edit, and then automatically compare and conform the audio project in Soundtrack Pro 2.

Color:

• Quickly and easily experiment with primary and secondary color grade adjustments for SD, HD, and even 2K projects. Color lets you preview the results - at any resolution - in real time.
• Uses GPU-accelerated processing to produce RGB output in resolutions up to 4:4:4 with 32-bit float processing.
• The tools in Color extend from a familiar Timeline, color wheels, and standard scopes to an intuitive new 3D Color Space scope.
• To apply advanced effects, just drag and drop to choose from more than 35 professional effects and over 20 looks built into Color.

Compressor 3:

• Lets you quickly configure batch processes for encoding to a wide range of industry-standard formats.
• Use Compressor 3 to create files for delivery on iPod, Apple TV, the web, DVD, mobile phones, and next-generation Blu-ray and HD 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.
• Produces pristine format and standards conversions - including standards conversions for international distribution and gorgeous SD to HD up-conversions. Change frame rates, convert between progressive and interlaced video, or perform reverse telecine processing — all while maintaining the quality of the original source.

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