As the next major release of the leading video
post-production suite, the new Final Cut Studio offers powerful new features,
dramatically improved performance, and tighter integration. Its six applications
give video editors all the tools they need to edit, animate, mix, grade, and
deliver — at a price that’s more affordable than ever.
Applications included in Final Cut Studio
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Final Cut Pro 7
Final Cut Pro 7 lets you do more — and do it faster —
with new ProRes codec options, time-saving interface
improvements, and easy collaboration tools.
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Edit faster and at higher quality across
a wide range of workflows with new additions to the Apple ProRes family.
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Share your projects in one click to your
Apple devices, the web, Blu-ray Disc, and DVD.
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Collaborate in real time from anywhere in
the world with support for iChat Theater.
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Change clip speeds with ease using
redesigned speed tools.
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Enjoy dozens of additional enhancements,
including native support for AVC-Intra, streamlined alpha transition
creation, improved markers, large timecode window, and more.
Expanded ProRes family
New versions of the Apple
ProRes codec let you edit faster and at higher
quality across a wide variety of workflows. The
family now includes ProRes 422 (Proxy), ProRes 422
(LT) and ProRes 4444, in addition to the original
ProRes 422 and ProRes 422 (HQ).
Choose ProRes 422 (Proxy) for offline editing or use
ProRes 422 (LT) for projects that require reduced
file sizes at broadcast quality, such as news,
sports, and events. At the other end of the scale,
ProRes 4444 is ideal for compositing and digital
workflows that require the highest-possible image
fidelity.
Easy export
Delivery to your Apple
devices, the web, and disc is just a click away.
Choose your output format in the Share window, then
keep working while your projects are rendered,
compressed, and even published to the web in the
background.
Use this convenient feature to export your file to
iTunes for syncing with iPod, iPhone, and Apple TV;
publish to YouTube or MobileMe;1 or burn a Blu-ray
disc2 or a DVD, with a choice of Apple-designed menu
templates. You can also create custom presets in
Compressor for use in the Share window.
iChat Theater support
Now you can work with
clients or collaborators as if they were in the room
with you — in real time, from anywhere in the world.
Just send your Final Cut Pro video to iChat Theater
to let everyone see the same footage while you view
dailies, select shots, and make edits.3 You can
instantly switch the iChat view between clips and
sequences as you talk, and turn on a timecode
overlay to help identify specific frames.
New speed change tools
Change clip speeds with
ease in the redesigned Change Speed window, which
includes presets that ease in and ease out retimed
clips. A new option lets you make speed changes
without rippling the sequence, which means you can
experiment freely without affecting the surrounding
clips.
You can also now create constant or variable speed
changes right in the Timeline. For constant speeds,
use the new Speed tool, which adjusts the speed as
you drag to shorten or extend a clip. For variable
speeds, add keyframes directly in the Timeline and
creatively fine-tune playback with click-and-drag
controls.
Alpha transitions
It’s now easier than ever
to create dramatic transitions with moving mattes.
Apply a matte instantly by choosing one of the
beautiful Apple-designed transitions, available
through a free download. You can also bring in a
third-party transition (sold separately), or create
a custom transition using a motion graphics or
animation program, such as Motion 4. Quickly see how
various options look with your video by dragging
animated elements into an effects drop zone.
Improved markers
Color-code clip and
sequence markers and use them to search or jump
directly to important locations. You can add marker
notes and metadata while the clip is playing, create
a custom name for each marker color, and control
whether markers of a specific color are visible in
the Timeline. A new option allows marker positions
to automatically ripple as you edit. You can even
export a tab-delimited Markers list to track marker
information in a spreadsheet or database.
Automatic transfer
When you’re working under deadline, every second
counts. Final Cut Pro now saves you setup time when
you transfer clips from a wide range of file-based
cameras including Panasonic P2 and Sony XDCAM. The
files are automatically copied to your media storage
volumes the moment your media is mounted. A new Log
and Transfer option allows you to set up custom
metadata and add it to all your assets in a single
step.
New timecode window
Now you can see the timecode up close or from across
the room. The floating, resizable window is easily
visible when you’re working with clients and can be
quickly adjusted for your own logging and
note-taking.
Native AVC-Intra support
Final Cut Pro 7 makes it easy to work with the
latest high-quality cameras from Panasonic. Native
support for the AVC-Intra format means you can
ingest footage directly into Final Cut Pro at high
speeds — without transcoding. Work with real-time
effects and edit with multiple streams, thanks to
ultrafast decoding of both 50-Mbps and 100-Mbps
formats.
Closed captioning support
Final Cut Pro 7 offers expanded support for closed
captioning — including both Line 21 for SD and VANC
for HD video. You can preserve captioning data when
you capture tape sources, and use popular
third-party captioning software to create new
captions as needed. New options let you output video
with captioning to tape as well as to formats for
web playback.
Improved tabs
Final Cut Pro editors use tabs to quickly and easily
organize material as they work. In Final Cut Pro 7,
tabs are even more flexible and convenient to use —
which is particularly helpful for editors working on
larger projects.
You can now color-code tabs to make them easier to
identify, and drag to reorder them. It’s also easy
to distinguish Projects from Bins with the new
Project icon in the tab header. Work fast by using
the Close Other Tabs shortcut to close all nonactive
sequences or Bins with a click, and save even more
time by using a host of new keyboard shortcuts for
efficient tab navigation.
Background exporting
Now you can keep editing in Final Cut Pro while
using Compressor to render, export, and publish in
the background — whether you choose a template in
the new Share window or use the Send to Compressor
option in the File menu. To render in the background
at maximum speed, use the Apple Qmaster QuickCluster
feature.
Cinema Tools 4.5
Streamline your digital cinema workflows with the
improved film management features in Cinema Tools
4.5, an application included in Final Cut Studio.
Now you can create new databases simply by dragging
files into Cinema Tools, and produce change lists
with ease using XML files that describe the original
version and the new version. Use Cinema Tools as
part of a digital cinema workflow to track DPX files
created during high-resolution film transfers or
files from 4K cameras such as the RED ONE.
Global transitions
Save time by applying a single transition to
multiple cut points in one step. Just select a range
— either a set of clips or the entire sequence —
then add a transition. Final Cut Pro automatically
inserts the effect at every cut point and resizes
the transitions to use available media. Easily
substitute different transitions until you get just
the look you want.
Improved render management
Render management
enhancements reduce the need to re-render as you
trim clips, move media, and perform a wide range of
other functions. This means you can work more
efficiently as you experiment with creative options.
Faster media reconnecting for
workgroups
Final Cut Pro now has significantly faster media
reconnecting as well as better media management for
an entire workgroup using a high-speed network such
as Xsan.
Multi-Touch gesture support
Work quickly when you’re on the set or on the road
by using the Multi-Touch trackpad on your MacBook
Pro. Navigate faster with gestures: Pinch to zoom
horizontally within the Timeline; rotate to scrub
the Timeline, Viewer, or Canvas; and use a
three-finger swipe to advance the playhead across
edit points.
Improved media management
Use the Media Manager to archive media and projects
with confidence. It’s been optimized to improve
media trimming, especially for clips with speed
changes, multicam clips, and anamorphic media.
Optimized codec performance
Final Cut Pro 7 renders
four popular formats faster than ever: XDCAM HD,
XDCAM EX, interlaced HDV, and interlaced XDCAM HD
422. This lets you work faster and experiment with
greater freedom when you’re creating complex,
multilayered sequences.
Markers in multicam
You can now prepare multicam projects faster thanks
to new support for markers. Retain markers on
multiclips when you switch angles and add marker
notes to make multicam projects more efficient when
you’re working with multiple editors.
Display SD safe title area
inside HD
If you’re working in HD
but need to deliver in SD, it can be challenging to
position titles and graphics. Now you can display
tick marks that show where graphics will be cut off
on standard-definition displays based on the
broadcast safe title area.
Log and Transfer improvements
Improvements to the Log and Transfer interface make
handling of file-based media even more robust in
Final Cut Pro 7. You can easily find and mount
missing volumes during batch ingest, and sort clips
to show only the ones that require re-ingest.
Improved automatic naming makes it easier to
identify clips that span multiple cards.
Comprehensive matchframe and
reveal options
New matchframe options make it easy to find original
frames or source files that are used in a sequence.
If you’re working with subclips, you can choose to
matchframe to the subclip or to the original clip.
Matchframing now works with freeze frames as well as
nested sequences, which are treated like a true
master clip.
Use the new Reveal Affiliate Clips feature to
automatically select every instance of a clip in a
sequence, so you can apply a color correction or
efficiently move or delete all instances in a single
step. You can also find the project file without
digging through your drives. Just right-click an
empty space in the Final Cut Browser and choose
Reveal Project in Finder.
Improved XML interchange
Final Cut Pro XML Version 5 supports greater
interoperability with third-party software by
preserving additional settings and metadata during
round-trip file interchange. XML Version 5 also
supports AUX timecode, which is used for sound sync
and audio editing.
Timeline improvements
Numerous improvements to the Timeline make it more
intuitive to edit and navigate:
The Close Gap command now operates on the gap at the
cursor location.
Editors often use the Razor Blade tool to split
clips for more flexibility in multitrack editing and
trimming. The Join All Through Edits command lets
you clean up the sequence in a single step.
You can now use Audio Gain (Adjust) buttons on a
selected audio keyframe or the two keyframes
surrounding the playhead.
If you’re working with multiple sequences, you can
get started faster by holding down the Option and
Shift keys when you open Final Cut Pro.
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Motion 4
Motion 4 makes it easy to add excitement to your motion
graphics with dynamic 3D shadows, reflections, and
depth-of-field effects, as well as new text animations.
- Add realism to 3D
compositions with dramatic shadows and realistic
reflections.
- Create selective focus
effects in 3D space with new depth-of-field controls.
- Create and edit credit
rolls with ease.
- Camera Framing enables
one-click object framing in 3D.
- The new Adjust Glyph
tool provides total control for manipulating characters
in text objects.
3D shadows
Quickly add dramatic shadows that animate dynamically with
the movement of objects and lights. When you set up a point
or spot light in Motion 4, a single click lets you designate
it as a shadow-casting light. Then Motion adjusts the shadow
as you position objects, lights, and the camera.
By default, all objects both receive and cast shadows. For
greater control, you can restrict an object to be just a
shadow-caster, a shadow-receiver, or a shadow-only object.
Further refine the look of any shadow by adjusting edge
softness and shadow color.
3D
reflections
Create reflections that change naturally as objects move
through 3D space. You can now turn any shape, video plane,
or paint stroke into a reflective surface. Use sliders to
adjust the amount of reflectivity, soften reflections by
adding blur, and fade them by using the Falloff feature.
Depth of
field
Draw attention to one or more moving objects in 3D space by
selectively setting the focal point. Motion 4 makes it easy
to highlight or de-emphasize objects by defining a range of
focus, with an interface that illustrates the near and far
focus planes as well as the point of focus. Add a Focus
camera behavior to lock focus to a single object, or create
a rack focus effect by using multiple Focus camera
behaviors.
Credit rolls
Now you can create and edit even a long list of production
credits with ease. Just import a text file or type in your
credits using the new Scroll layout in the Text tool. An
innovative graphical interface lets you jump to any location
in the credits with a click.
After you’ve set up your list, apply the new Scroll Text
behavior to animate the credit roll in a single step. If you
want to make refinements, you can adjust the speed with a
slider and set an option to reduce flicker for progressive
or interlaced outputs.
Adjust Glyph
tool
The new Adjust Glyph tool allows you to manipulate a
character in a text object the same way you manipulate any
shape in 3D. Just select the character to make adjustments
directly in the Canvas. Options include Move, Scale, Rotate,
and Adjust Four Corner, which lets you skew or corner-pin
the face, outline, glow, or shadow style of the character.
Parameter
linking
In Motion 4, when you make changes to one object, other
objects can automatically respond. For example, if you
animate a moving bicycle, Motion can dynamically change the
rotation of the wheels as you adjust the position of the
bicycle.
The new Link parameter behavior lets you associate a
parameter value in one object with parameter values in other
objects. There is no need to calculate values or manage
keyframes. All you have to do is set the scale and offset
for each linked parameter. Motion instantly adjusts the
linked animations as you make changes.
Camera
framing
It’s now easier than ever to make a camera fly from one
object to another, precisely framing each object as the
camera slows or stops. To frame a single object, drop the
Framing camera behavior on the camera and identify the
target object. To animate the camera passing from one object
to another, set up additional Framing camera behaviors and
arrange them in the Timeline.
Redesigned
Sequence Text behavior
The Sequence Text behavior lets you ripple characters onto
or off the screen one character, word, or line at a time —
and even modify all of the glyph attributes. Just manipulate
a single letter and Motion animates the change through the
entire sequence.
Text
generators
Four new Text generators make it easy to create and animate
text sequences. Apply the Numbers generator to create an
animation that counts up or down in sequence or at random.
The Time Date generator lets you animate time and date
sequences either forward or backward.
Use the Timecode generator to create running timecode
sequences in any standard frame rate. The File generator
allows you to rapidly sequence lines from the text contained
in a file.
Bad Film
filter
Instantly give your footage a historical look by making it
look like bad or damaged film. Just apply the new Bad Film
filter, then easily adjust parameters for focus, brightness,
grain, jitter, scratches, dust, and more to get the look you
want.
Multi-Touch
gesture support
Navigate faster with gestures using the Multi-Touch trackpad
on your MacBook Pro. Quickly browse tabs and navigate the
Timeline with two-finger scrolling. You can pinch to resize
icons or to adjust zoom levels in the Timeline and Canvas,
and use the Rotate gesture to scrub the Timeline. A
three-finger swipe toggles the Timing and Project panes and
lets you move forward and backward in the Library and File
Browser.
Numerous
shape improvements
More than ten new or improved features in Motion 4 let you
create and manipulate shapes faster than ever. Use the new
Roundness shape parameter to round the corners of any
geometric shape or mask. Create a mask instantly by dragging
a shape onto an object. You can also save time in
mask-intensive projects by customizing the color of mask
outlines to eliminate confusion.
Several of the new shape features allow you to work with
greater precision. You can now modify the control points of
multiple shapes, either separately or simultaneously. The
new Transform Control Points feature lets you use a bounding
box overlay in the Canvas to intuitively scale, move, or
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Perfect images with brushes.
New non-destructive, edge-aware brushes let you selectively apply powerful
adjustments to photos.
- A set of 15 Quick Brushes handles the
most common touch-up tasks, such as dodging and burning.
- Nondestructive adjustments can be
modified anytime.
- Built-in edge detection lets you easily
paint adjustments into specific parts of an image.
- Powerful effects can be added with a
series of brush strokes: for example, add spot color to black-and-white
photos, blur backgrounds, smooth skin, and selectively darken or lighten any
part of a photo.
Precise Brush Control
Brushes let you paint in a wide range of effects
to selectively fine-tune your photos. With precise control of the size,
softness, and strength of each brush, you can adjust only the parts of the
image you want, leaving the rest untouched. For example, you can burn the
green of a palm leaf lying on a beach to decrease the exposure and make it
darker, without touching the rest of your photo. Or you can dodge just its
shadow to increase the exposure and bring out the detail of the sand. No
matter how much you change an image, you can always go back to the original.
Brush in special effects
Never before have so many special effect options
been so easy to use. Smooth skin, change the color of the sky, blur the
background, sharpen lines, intensify colors, and more.
Quick Brushes for quick fixes
Fifteen Quick Brushes handle the most common
touch-up jobs with just a few strokes. Dodge and burn, for example, or add a
polarizing effect. Smooth imperfections in skin, reduce saturation, or
sharpen detail. All Quick Brushes are easily accessible from the tool strip.
Brush inside the lines.
The Detect Edges option helps you make adjustments
exactly where you want them. Say your image is of a dark mountain skyline
against a red sunset. The brush actually sees the edge of the mountain, so
you can brush color into the silhouetted mountain without splashing color
into the sky. Or darken the red of the sunset without affecting the
mountain. Detect Edges makes retouching easier and saves you time.
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Add professional imaging effects with adjustment presets.
Dozens of new adjustment presets give your photos a wide range of looks. In just
one click.
- Apply any combination of adjustment
settings, including Auto Exposure and Auto Levels, with a single click.
- Choose from dozens of ready-to-use
presets, easily create your own presets, or import presets from friends and
colleagues.
- Adjust images using presets that emulate
processing styles (such as cross-processing) and camera looks (such as
instant, toy, or antique).
- See the results of any preset in a live
preview window before applying it to an image.
One-click quick fixes
Ready-to-use Quick Fix adjustment
presets sharpen images, pump up vibrancy, perform quick exposure shifts,
make easy white balance changes, and recover blown highlights. You can also
experiment with a variety of effects, from sepia to cross process color
shifts to black-and-white in different contrast grades. Apply any
combination of adjustments with a single click. And because adjustments are
non-destructive in Aperture 3, another click can remove effects and return
your photo to its original state.
 Experiment
with different processing techniques and styles.
How would your photo look in sepia? Or in high-contrast black and white?
What if the shot had been taken with a toy camera? Adjustment presets let
you apply these effects and others instantly to a single photo or across an
entire project.
Instantly see adjustments in a preview
screen.
It’s easy to see how different adjustment presets will change your image.
Move your cursor over the different preset options, and a pop-up window
previews the image in each effect as quickly as you can scroll.
Create your own adjustment presets.
If you’ve created just the right look
for a photo and want to apply it across a project, Aperture 3 saves you
hours of work. Just save your refinements as an adjustment preset and apply
it wherever and whenever you like. You can also import adjustment presets
created by other Aperture users or export your own to share.
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Navigate your entire
library with a Full-screen Browser.
Take advantage of your Apple display to get a big, uncluttered, full-screen view
of your library.
- Take full advantage of your widescreen
display to browse projects and image thumbnails in a clean, uncluttered,
full-screen interface.
- Use the Library Path Navigator to move
among folders, projects, and albums, easily navigating even massive photo
libraries.
- Navigate all your projects, albums, and
folders without leaving the full-screen Browser.
- Double-click any thumbnail to instantly
see the photo full screen.
Full-Screen Everything
Browse through your entire library in
the full-screen Browser, quickly moving from project to project without
leaving full-screen view. Make selects and compare them side by side. Zoom
from 25 percent to 1000 percent to study details. Even browse your video.
All on your brilliant Apple display.
No obstructions, no distractions.
You want to see your photos, not
control panels. The Aperture 3 Vanishing HUD feature lets you temporarily
hide the Adjustments inspector so you can work on your photos full screen,
with nothing in the way. Just select the control you want and hold down the
Shift key. Everything but that control melts away, leaving you an
unobstructed view of your work.
Instantly browse through your
projects.
With Aperture 3, browsing through your library becomes a visual feast. Use
the Library Path Navigator to instantly move between projects, then view
resizable thumbnails using every inch of your screen. Not only is it easier
to find what you’re looking for, you get a beautiful view of all the great
shots you’ve taken.
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