Final Cut Studio 2
Brand: Apple
Manufacturer Number: MA886Z/A
**Final Cut Studio 2**
Final Cut Studio 2 is the must-have upgrade to Apple's award-winning video and audio production suite. With six powerful applications, each designed specifically for editors, Final Cut Studio 2 puts everything you need in a single box:
**Final Cut Pro 6 for video and film editing**
Motion 3 for graphics and animation in 3D
Soundtrack Pro 2 for professional audio post-production
Color, a new application for professional color grading and finishing
Compressor 3 and DVD Studio Pro 4 for digital delivery virtually anywhere — a disc, the web, Apple TV, iPod, or cell phone
**Final Cut Pro 6**
One timeline. Infinite possibilities.
Final Cut Pro 6 is the hub of your production workflow, offering a complete set of precision video editing tools and incredible real-time effects.
**Top new features**
• Mix and match different video formats and frame rates in the same timeline — all without rendering.
• Take advantage of ProRes 422, a new post-production format from Apple that delivers uncompressed HD quality at SD file sizes.
• Work with Motion templates without ever leaving Final Cut Pro — edit text, replace video, and swap out still images.
• Smooth out shaky shots while preserving standard camera moves using integrated SmoothCam technology.
**Motion 3**
Now playing in 3D.
The only motion graphics application designed specifically for video editors, Motion 3 extends its award-winning toolset seamlessly into 3D. Create stunning animations in 3D — all in real time.
**Top new features**
• Animate in 3D using drag-and-drop behaviors, 3D particles, and replicators, then adjust settings on the fly — while your video continues to play.
• Match movement and track objects with simple tools that take the guesswork out of compositing tasks.
• Design painterly elements using customizable brushes and strokes.
**Soundtrack Pro 2**
The next wave in audio post.
Completing the bridge between picture and sound, Soundtrack Pro 2 offers a complete audio post-production workflow.
**Top new features**
• Work faster than ever with a streamlined interface and new professional tools designed for audio post.
• Create cinematic soundtracks using 5.1 surround tools and effects.
• Enjoy the industry’s first sound-and-picture change management tools.
**Color**
Color grading is in the house.
Now Final Cut Pro editors can get exactly the look they want with Color, a new application that delivers professional color grading and finishing tools.
**Top features**
• Work with comprehensive tools for primary and secondary adjustments, color effects, and geometry changes.
• Combine settings to create signature looks that you can save and reuse later.
• Start with the built-in library or create your own looks from scratch.
• Choose from more than 35 built-in color effects to add visual interest and special color transformations.
**Compressor 3**
Create once. Debut everywhere.
With a new, streamlined interface and simplified workflow, Compressor 3 makes encoding and delivering in multiple formats easier and more efficient than ever.
**Top new features**
• Work with H.264 encoding presets optimized for iPod and Apple TV.
• Output high-bit-rate video for HD DVD and Blu-ray media preparation.
• Enjoy greater creative control over your audio with filters and support for AC-3 and MP3 files.
**DVD Studio Pro 4**
Professional DVD authoring.
Whether you produce demo reels, complex commercial titles, or anything in between, DVD Studio Pro 4 offers simple, powerful tools for authoring DVDs.
**Top features**
• Create SD and HD projects easily using the flexible, intuitive interface.
• Author discs with interactive elements and useful navigation controls.
• Create animated menus with Motion.