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All but three of the filters run in real-time, subject to video format, frame rate and the speed of your system.” This means that if you have a G-4, you will see a definite performance improvement, but you won’t be able to play the same number of effects in real-time that a G-5 can. “It’s the fastest and most stable version of Final Cut we’ve ever created. “We have significantly beefed up RT Extreme,” Paul replied. Talking with Paul after the event, I said that the HD features were amazing, but what were the benefits of upgrading for users that weren’t shooting HD?
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He then switched from RT Safe Mode to RT Unlimited and played 10 streams of 720p HD footage.
It handled four streams of high-quality 720p HD video as easily as if it were DV footage. Paul Saccone presented a demo of Final Cut Pro HD. (The crowd got very excited.) Best of all, it supports HD video over FireWire 400. Price: an amazing $25,000 and shipping today. Weighing less than 20 pounds, it’s fully portable with both AC and battery support. Stuart English, vice president North American Operations, introduced this new deck from Panasonic ( that supports MiniDV, DVCAM, DVCPRO, DVCPRO-50, and DVCPRO HD. He then re-introduced Apple’s relationship with Panasonic, and introduced the new, Panasonic AJ-HD1200A. Thomson/Grass Valley ( announced the integration of FCP into the Grass Valley Digital News Production family, a “no-compromise editing system.”īBC Technology ( announced they were integrating FCP into Colledia, it’s production workflow system to “help broadcasters meet their goal of the tapeless production environment.”Schoenben said that while his goal is to take FCP “deeper into the broadcast environment,” there is an even greater need: to improve support for HD within Final Cut.
Pinnacle Systems announced a new version of CineWave, and AJA announced a new version of the Kona card - though neither spoke at the presentation. Vendors continue to support the platform. Ron Schoenben, vice president of Applications Marketing for Apple, rolled out the specs: there are over 250,000 users of Final Cut around the world, the shows “Scrubs” and “nip/tuck” use it, as did the films “Cold Mountain” and “Lady Killers.” Vendor Support Final Cut Pro HD’s frame-accurate, native DVCPRO HD editing environment gives broadcasters, producers and post-production professionals the ability to capture, edit and output broadcast-quality HD video, and the freedom to cut HD video anywhere, even on a PowerBook.”
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Final Cut Pro HD’s support of native DVCPRO HD makes media conversion unnecessary, preserving the full quality of the camera original.
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This is a FREE upgrade for all Final Cut Pro 4 users ($399 for all FCP 1, 2, or 3 users) and focuses on delivering high-quality, real-time HD editing.Īpple’s press release states: “Final Cut Pro HD provides playback of up to four streams of native DVCPRO HD video or, when adding an Xserve RAID, up to 10 stream in preview quality. Let’s see whether what Apple announced lives up to Paul’s enthusiasm.Īpple announced Final Cut Pro HD (version 4.5). “All but three filters are now real-time, FCP fully supports multiple-stream HD video and it’s fully integrated with LiveType and Motion.”
“This is the fastest and most stable version of Final Cut that we’ve ever created,” Paul Saccone said when we spoke after the event.
Then, I spoke with Paul Saccone, Final Cut Pro Product Manager, and several Apple engineers to get the inside scoop about the new version of Final Cut.Ĭlick a product name below to read Apple’s press release on each of these packages: ]Īpple this morning (April 18) announced at NAB five new software products for professional editors: Final Cut HD, DVD Studio Pro 3, Shake 3.5, Motion, and Xsan.
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The update is added at the end of this report. [ Updated July, 2004, with information from a presentationĪpple made at the L.A.