Apple intros new Final Cut Pro Studio suite

By Laurie A. Duncan
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Today at NAB, Apple introduced its new HD video production suite, called Final Cut Studio which includes new versions of Apple's Pro video and audio apps: Final Cut Pro 5, Soundtrack Pro, Motion 2, and DVD Studio Pro 4.

Final Cut Pro 5 features include:

  • Real-time, native HDV editing
  • Multicamera editing
  • Dynamic RT

Soundtrack Pro features include:

  • Waveform editor with Action layers
  • Intelligent Find-and-Fix
  • Over 50 effect plug-ins and Audio Unit support

Motion 2 features include:

  • GPU-Accelerated 32-bit float rendering
  • Replicator for animating waves of repeating graphics or movies along user-defined grids.
  • FxPlug, which ushers in a new breed of third-party filter effects using full 32-bit processing.

DVD Studio Pro 4 features include:

  • HD DVD
  • Distributed encoding
  • Dolby Digital Professional encoder

Final Cut Studio will be available in May for $1,299. Registered users from any previous version of Final Cut Pro can upgrade for $699, while Production Suite customers can upgrade for $499. Final Cut Pro 5 ($999), Soundtrack Pro ($299), Motion 2 ($299) and DVD Studio Pro 4 ($499) will also be sold separately.
 

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