Final Cut Pro

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Final Cut Pro is Apple's current high end video editing solution. The current version is 5. It competes primarily with Avid editing solutions and Adobe's Premier.

1 Use
2 System Requirements
3 Versions
4 Current US Pricing
5 Final Cut Studio US Pricing
6 External Links

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Use

Final Cut Pro has been used for many feature films such as Cold Mountian and Napolean Dynamite.

Final Cut Pro 5 delivers powerful and precise editing tools that work with virtually any format, from DV and native HDV to fully uncompressed HD. Provides Mutlichannel audio input for 24 sources.

Final Cut Pro is available exclusively for Mac OS X, and is widely considered the leading application of its kind.

It is one of the four main components of Final Cut Studio, along with DVD Studio Pro, Motion, and Soundtrack Pro.

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System Requirements

Macintosh computer with a PowerPC G4 (500MHz or faster) or G5 processor; HD features require 1GHz or faster single or dual processors
512MB of physical RAM; HD features require 1GB of RAM or more (2GB recommended)
AGP or PCI Express graphics card
Mac OS X 10.3.9 or Mac OS X 10.4 (or later)
QuickTime 7.0 or later
1GB of disk space required to install application; additional 10GB required to install all optional templates, loops, content and tutorials (may be installed on separate disks)
DVD drive for installation

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Versions

Final Cut Pro 1
Final Cut Pro 2
Final Cut Pro 3
Final Cut Pro 4
Final Cut Pro 4.5 - The first version to include HD support, also known as Final Cut Pro HD
Final Cut Pro 5 - The current version - Upgrade via Apple to 5.04 available 12/29/05

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