Final Cut Studio 2 For Mac
Apple's Final Cut Studio 2 (FCS 2) is a suite of high-end professional audio- and video-editing tools. Of particular interest to musicians will be the new version of the multitrack audio editor Soundtrack Pro (SP 2), which is the focus of this review.
Apple unveiled on Sunday Final Cut Studio 2, its production suite for film editors. As part of the update Apple will release Final Cut Pro 6, Soundtrack 2, Compressor 3, Motion 3 and a new application called Color. The Open Format Timeline will allow users to mix formats, mix resolutions and even mix frame-rates. The application will also include SmoothCam, which will remove unwanted camera motion. Editable Motion Templates within Final Cut Pro will also be included in this version. Final Cut Pro 6 introduces Apple's ProRes 422 format for uncompressed HD quality at SD file sizes. ProRes 422 is a new full raster, 10-bit 4:2:2 post production format that produces HD quality at SD file sizes, making it ideal for working efficiently across a SAN or on a MacBook Pro in the field, according to Apple.
Color New to Final Cut Studio is an application called Color. According to Apple, Color puts a logical task-based color grading and finishing workflow in the hands of every Final Cut Pro editor. The primaries in Color include advanced color correction tools such as gamma, lift and gain adjustments, as well as custom R, G, B and luma curves, and the secondaries provide the ability to isolate specific areas of an image with soft-edged mattes and custom-shaped vignettes. Professional scopes provide precise monitoring of chrominance and luminance values via waveforms, histograms and new 3D scopes. Color includes over 20 looks which can be customized to create a unique mood for any given project, and offers a roundtrip workflow where projects can be sent from Final Cut Pro 6 directly to Color for grading, finishing and final rendering with 32-bit float 4:4:4 image processing. Color also has more than 40 effects including, Exposure, Film Grain, Alpha Blend and Noise Reduction. Motion 3 Motion 3 includes many new features including the ability for all real-time tools to be extended to 3D.
Motion also has multi cam and light sources, and vector-based paint with pen pressure and speed sensitivity. Motion 3 will also have Match Moving, a new simple workflow that automatically follows the path of any animated object (even if it was not created in Motion).
Match Moving will suggests points and create motion paths for video. Retiming Behaviors like, Hold Frame, Set Speeds, and other creative timing effects like Slip and Slide are also part of the application. Audio Behaviors allows animations to respond to the soundtrack and control animations based on volume and frequency.
Audio behaviors can be assigned to any parameter on any object. Soundtrack Pro 2 Soundtrack Pro 2, Apple’s audio editing and sound design application, “focuses on marriage between picture and sound,” according to Rob Schoeben, Apple’s vice president of Applications Product Marketing.
The new version features 3-up video HUD for placing clips and advanced Take Management for dialog replacement. Soundtrack Pro will also have Surround Mixing, which allows for 5.1 and stereo in a single project. Soundtrack Pro has panners with automation, surround plug-ins and more than 1000 music tracks and sound effects in 5.1 surround. A new Conform feature allows users to sync changes between video and sound — differences are highlighted in the graphical view. Users can audition and then accept or override the changes. Soundtrack Pro features a new waveform editor with a frequency spectrum view to see audio in a different way.
A new Multitake Editor gives users the ability to compare replacement dialog tracks and then pick the portions you like and build a good clip. Soundtrack Pro 2 comes with more than 2000 royalty-free sound effects. Compressor 3 Compressor 3 gives editors a complete set of tools for generating video for use on the iPod, the web, wireless devices and DVD. According to Schoeben, Compressor is the “tool we use to encode every bit of video on the iTunes store.” In addition to simplifying the cluster setup, Apple has added MPEG-2 broadcast program streams and presets for the iPod and Apple TV. Compressor 3 can take advantage of as many cores as you have access to — the user just needs to pick the number of instances. You can keep track of performance using the included core gauge.
According to Apple, Compressor 3 has “the ability to publish to any device on the planet.” Apple will not release an update for DVD Studio Pro. Pricing and availability Final Cut Studio 2 will cost $1,299 or $499 for an upgrade. Upgrading from any version of Final Cut Pro to the Studio will cost $699. Final Cut Studio 2 will be available next month.
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This article needs additional citations for. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (January 2016) Final Cut Studio Website Final Cut Studio is a discontinued professional video and audio production for from, and a direct competitor to in the high-end movie production industry. It was developed from 2005 to 2011. Three of its primary applications - (not compatible with previous versions of Final Cut), and - continue to be developed and are published as separate applications on the. The legacy boxed version of Final Cut Studio was last made available only through Apple's phone sales, and therefore not online or in Apple Stores.
As of 2017, Final Cut Pro 7 is no longer supported and will not run on macOS High Sierra. Final Cut Studio Final Cut Studio version 3, the final release upon discontinuation of the suite, contains six main applications and several smaller applications used in content creation. 7 – 'real-time editing for, and '. 4 – 'real-time motion graphics design'. 3 – 'advanced editing and sound design'. 4 –, and burning.
1.5 – a new application adapted from Silicon Color's FinalTouch. 3.5 – a video encoding tool for outputting projects in different formats. 4.5 – tools specific to film processing. 3 – a distributed processing tool. The applications are designed to integrate as a suite, to form a workflow. In particular:. Final Cut Pro sequences can be exported to Soundtrack Pro for audio tweaking or music scoring.
Final Cut Pro sequences can be sent to Compressor, for encoding in an external format. Final Cut Pro sequences can be exported to Motion, for motion graphics overlays, or LiveType, specifically for title overlays.
LiveType projects can be opened in Final Cut Pro without needing to be exported first. Motion projects can be incorporated into DVD Studio Pro menus without needing to be exported first. LiveFonts from LiveType can be used in Motion. Final Cut Pro and Motion also integrate directly with Apple's discontinued, a digital package.
History Production Suite is a compilation by Apple used for editing. Production Suite contains HD, 3,. The compilation's component applications were announced at the in April 2004, and the compilation was released in August 2004. Final Cut Studio was introduced at the in April 2005, as the successor to Production Suite. It added new versions of all the Production Suite applications:, and Motion. It also introduces a new application, which is a new version of Soundtrack, formerly included with Final Cut Pro. In January 2006, Final Cut Studio became the only way to purchase any of the individual major applications.
In March 2006, Apple released the version as Final Cut Studio 1.1. Release history Date Releases NAB 1999 Final Cut Pro 2001 DVD Studio Pro March 2001 Final Cut Pro 2 December 2001 Final Cut Pro 3 April 2002 Cinema Tools NAB 2002 DVD Studio Pro 1.5 NAB 2003 Final Cut Pro 4, DVD Studio Pro 2, LiveType, Soundtrack, Compressor NAB 2004 Final Cut Pro HD, DVD Studio Pro 3, Motion, LiveType 1.2, Soundtrack 1.2, Compressor 1.2 August 2004 Production Suite NAB 2005 Final Cut Studio: Final Cut Pro 5, DVD Studio Pro 4, Motion 2, LiveType 2, Soundtrack Pro, Compressor 2 March 2006 Final Cut Studio released as a application. NAB 2007 Final Cut Studio 2: Final Cut Pro 6, DVD Studio Pro 4, Motion 3, LiveType 2, Soundtrack Pro 2, Color, Compressor 3 July 2009 Final Cut Studio (2009): Final Cut Pro 7, DVD Studio Pro 4, Motion 4, Soundtrack Pro 3, Color 1.5, Compressor 3.5 July 2011, Marketing Final Cut Studio has been positioned as an all-in-one production workflow system because of its integration of film, motion graphics and audio post-production tools in one suite.
It is analogous to the suite, which is aimed at consumers, insomuch as is the consumer counterpart of Final Cut Pro; 3 is a consumer version of Logic Pro; and is the cut-down version of DVD Studio Pro. Like Motion, iMovie includes effects that can be applied in real time.
High Definition In the 2005, former of Apple, declared 2005 to be the 'Year of '. To this end, the HD features of Final Cut Studio were emphasized, such that a little HD logo was placed on the box for each individual Studio application, as well as the Final Cut Studio box. Final Cut Pro supports nearly all High Definition formats (, and uncompressed HD) and Soundtrack Pro and Motion can import these formats too, where they can be played back on an external monitor. DVD Studio Pro supports the HD DVD 1.0 specification. Packaging The design for the packaging and websites for each application are consistent to a demonstration video shown at the product's introduction at NAB 2005. This video also includes reference to 4 – a high-end digital compositing application that integrates with Final Cut Pro but is not included in Final Cut Studio.
Case studies To market the Studio components, Apple compiled a set of of real-world users of the applications. For Final Cut Pro, they used ' uses of the program in their show. For Soundtrack Pro, became their advocate – a film editor and sound designer who worked on. For Motion, Apple used the example of and their creation of a TV spot designed to persuade to.
And for DVD Studio Pro, the example of Relevant was used, who used the application in a unique, interactive movie called Backwoods to Brooklyn. See also. References. Archived from on July 15, 2010. Archived from on July 15, 2010. Archived from on June 9, 2011.
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