Final Cut Pro 5

The Final Cut Pro 5 advantage is clear: high-performance digital nonlinear editing, support for virtually any video format, and facility-class extensibility and interoperability. Whether you’re working solo or collaborating with a team on the next blockbuster, Final Cut Pro 5 delivers the power and flexibility to tackle any project with features including:

Broad format support With support for virtually any video format included in a single application, Final Cut Pro 5 can be used to edit everything from DV and SD to DVCPRO HD and fully uncompressed 10-bit high defi nition video. Work with new formats like native HDV (long GOP MPEG-2) and 50-Mbps IMX. Capture and output video with frame accuracy using professional decks, or go tapeless with new Panasonic P2 media support. Seamless integration with Cinema Tools 3, included with Final Cut Pro 5, lets editors manage and cut fi lm projects with ease.

Incredible real-time effects. From real-time multicam editing tools to RT Extreme, the software-based multistream effects architecture, Final Cut Pro 5 is built for speed. Powerful new multicam editing lets you simultaneously play back multiple sources in real time while you cut on the fly, just as if you were switching live. RT Extreme provides more than 150 real-time transitions, fi lters, and effects-including real-time color correction-to help you bring creativity as well as speed to your projects. For maximum real-time performance, RT Extreme with Dynamic RT can automatically adjust image quality and frame rate during playback.

Comprehensive editing tools. Professional editing and trimming tools are designed to let editors work quickly without sacrificing precision. Work efficiently as well as accurately by customizing the keyboard and user interface to fi t your workflow. Final Cut Pro 5 includes advanced image processing and intuitive media management features to help bring your story to the screen, from editing to output.

Open, integrated, and extensible architecture. Independent editors will appreciate the deep cross-application integration between Final Cut Pro 5 and Apple’s entire family of professional production applications, allowing editors to move seamlessly from one creative task to the next. Editorial workgroups can pair Final Cut Pro 5 with Xsan, the SAN file system for Mac OS X. Use Xsan to save time by capturing once, then sharing media with multiple editors. Facilities around the world are using the open, standardsbased XML interchange format to build complete production workfl ow solutions around Final Cut Pro 5.

One of the hallmarks of Final Cut Pro 5 is that you can use it to edit virtually anything, from DV all the way up to full uncompressed 8- and 10-bit high defi nition video. Final Cut Pro has added even more support for leading digital formats in this new release.

Native HDV editing. Take advantage of the latest high defi nition camera technology with support for native HDV editing. Edit camera-original long GOP MPEG-2 video from HDV cameras; Final Cut Pro 5 makes HDV as easy to work with as regular DV while preserving maximum image quality. Input and output over FireWire and edit in real time with more than 150 effects, filters, and transitions. Use Digital Cinema Desktop for full-screen HD preview monitoring.

Native IMX editing. IMX, an 8-bit, 4:2:2 SD format, is one of Sony’s professional broadcast formats used worldwide. Bring in IMX video at 30, 40, or 50 Mbps using third-party software such as Flip4Mac from Telestream, which “flips” MXF files to QuickTime without transcoding. Final Cut Pro 5 edits at 50 Mbps to ensure the best possible quality, no matter which version of IMX video you bring in.

Panasonic P2 support. Tapeless formats make it possible to transfer media directly from the storage device into the Final Cut Pro Browser, allowing you to bypass a lengthy log-and-capture process. Final Cut Pro 5 supports the high-speed tapeless ingest of video from Panasonic P2 card’based media storage devices. Use P2 cards to transfer DVCPRO, DVCPRO 50, and DVCPRO HD video.

Cinema Tools 3. Final Cut Pro 5 includes Cinema Tools 3, a database-driven application that tracks the relationship between a fi lm source and its digitized video counterpart. Cinema Tools 3 makes fi lm production easier and more accurate than ever through direct integration with Final Cut Pro 5. View feet and frames in the Final Cut Pro 5 Timeline; see keycode and ink numbers in the Viewer, Canvas, and Browser. Synchronize Final Cut Pro 5 projects with Cinema Tools 3 databases for up-to-the-minute accuracy.

The power of RT Extreme allows you to work fl uidly and expressively to get the best creative result. Final Cut Pro 5 has added even more real-time power to make it easy for you to keep up with your most demanding and creative jobs.

RT Extreme with Dynamic RT. The new Dynamic RT feature in RT Extreme can adjust video playback quality and frame rate on the fl y for maximum performance. User-defi nable preferences let the editor have total control, with settings for both manual and dynamic playback.

Multicam. Edit video from multiple sources in real time. Group up to 128 sources together into multiclips-adding or subtracting shots at any time. Use the new multiclip playback viewer to see up to 16 shots playing simultaneously; cut on the fly by simply clicking on the desired camera angle during playback.

Real-time effects for uncompressed HD. RT Extreme delivers industry-leading real-time performance for DV, SD, HDV, DVCPRO HD, and now fully uncompressed HD video for systems with high defi nition I/O cards and high-speed storage.

Final Cut Pro has long been known for its comprehensive set of editing and trimming tools. Final Cut Pro 5 has further extended the reach of these tools with features o∂ ering improved convenience, expanded audio control, and enhanced output quality.

Multichannel audio input/output. Final Cut Pro 5 allows you to capture and output up to 24 simultaneous channels from professional audio and video devices in a single pass. You can also now capture, edit, and output audio at resolutions up to 24-bit/96kHz.

Audio control surfaces. Use external audio control surfaces (Mackie Control Protocol) to edit and manipulate audio playing back through the onscreen mixer. Adjust and record multiple faders simultaneously with tactile control.

Finishing-quality effects and output. Output with confidence using new high-quality scale and rotate algorithms, improved 32-bit fl oat image processing, and more accurate HD gamma conversions (701/609). Output to tape with frame-accurate precision.

Whether you’re working solo or as part of a team, Final Cut Pro 5 easily scales to accommodate your requirements with enhanced features for workflow support.

Integration through Final Cut Studio. Extend your capabilities through effortless integration with the other Apple professional applications in Final Cut Studio: Motion 2, Soundtrack Pro, and DVD Studio Pro 4. Send files to these applications directly from the Final Cut Pro 5 Timeline for roundtrip production with uncompromised quality.

Integration with Shake 4. Shake 4 is Apple’s advanced digital compositing software, used by many major motion picture studios and digital effects houses to create effects for some of the world’s most celebrated films. Final Cut Pro 5 can now send video out to Shake 4; Shake 4 will automatically convert Final Cut Pro 5 cuts and layers to a node tree for final compositing.

Workgroup editing with Xsan. Save time by capturing once and sharing media with multiple editors simultaneously using a consolidated storage pool powered by Xsan. Improved media management tools make reconnecting and working with media in a shared environment more intuitive. New preferences let workgroup editors adjust real-time effects playback based on available SAN bandwidth.

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