Apple Final Cut Studio 2 - Upgrade from Final Cut Pro

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 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


Top features in Final Cut Studio 2 :

    * Open format Timeline for flexible video editing
    * Apple ProRes 422 for uncompressed HD quality at SD file sizes
    * Color, the breakthrough color grading application
    * 3D graphics and animation with Motion
    * Image stabilization and SmoothCam
    * Intuitive 5.1 surround tools
    * Multiformat delivery made easy

Heres what you get!

    * 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 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.


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.


Soundtrack Pro 2
The next wave in audio post.

Bridging the worlds of picture and sound, Soundtrack Pro 2 offers a complete set of tools for audio post-production.


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.


Compressor 3
Create once. Deliver everywhere.

With a new, streamlined interface and simplified workflow, Compressor 3 makes encoding and delivering in multiple formats easier and more efficient than ever.


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.


What's in the Box :

    * DVDs with Final Cut Pro 6, Motion 3, Soundtrack Pro 2, Color, Compressor 3, DVD Studio Pro 4, Cinema Tools 3, LiveType 2, and Apple Qmaster 2
    * Printed and electronic documentation and tutorials


*About the Upgrades
There are two Final Cut Studio 2 upgrades available: Upgrade from Final Cut Studio 1 and Upgrade from Production Suite or Final Cut Pro 1, 2, 3, 4, HD, or 5. Academic versions are not eligible for upgrade.

Minimum System Requirements to Install All Applications

    * A Mac computer with a 1.25GHz or faster PowerPC G4 or G5, Intel Core Duo, Intel Core 2 Duo, or Intel Xeon processor
    * 1GB of RAM
    * An AGP or PCI Express Quartz Extreme graphics card (Final Cut Studio is not compatible with integrated Intel graphics processors)
    * A display with 1024-by-768 resolution or higher
    * Mac OS X v10.4.9 or later
    * QuickTime 7.1.6 or later
    * A DVD drive for installation

Recommended Configurations

    * The following are recommended for all applications:
    * 2GB of RAM when working with compressed HD and uncompressed SD sources
    * 4GB of RAM when working with uncompressed HD sources

Available Disk Space

    * 4GB of disk space required to install all applications
    * Additional 55GB required to install all optional templates, content, and tutorials (may be installed on separate disks):
          o 9GB for DVD Studio Pro content
          o 8GB for Motion templates and tutorial media
          o 24GB for Soundtrack Pro audio content
          o 12GB for LiveFonts and LiveType animated elements and templates
          o 2GB for Apple Pro Training Final Cut Studio Tutorials media