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Production Suite boxProduction Suite. Real-time production workflow in a box.

Introducing Production Suite, the essential software suite for film and video production that delivers real-time production tools in one comprehensive and integrated package.

Combining Apple’s industry-leading Final Cut Pro HD, DVD Studio Pro 3 and Motion, Production Suite is the only collection of professional graphics, video, audio and DVD authoring applications to deliver real-time interactivity on a desktop or notebook computer. With common user interface elements shared across all the applications, Production Suite provides a seamless, intuitive and integrated workflow for film and video production.

Final Cut Pro HD

Final Cut Pro HD

Now you can capture and edit in DV, SD and high definition (HD) formats in real-time on your Power Mac G5 and Cinema Display.

Motion

Motion

Groundbreaking real-time previews, behaviour animations and a streamlined interface will change how you do motion graphics.

DVD Studio Pro

DVD Studio Pro

Open your Final Cut Pro HD files and your Motion projects natively in DVD Studio Pro, add menus, transitions and more and burn your DVD title.

Comprehensive

Production Suite has everything you need to create commercials, on-air promos, corporate videos and long-form productions right in the box. Whether you’re a specialist in a large post house or a one-person band with a PowerBook, Production Suite has everything it takes to go from raw DV, SD and now HD footage to a finished title with unparalleled aplomb. Edit, design and score your project using Final Cut Pro HD, Motion and Soundtrack — then send it to DVD Studio Pro to author your finished DVD for replication.

Timeline Integration

Final Cut Pro HD and Motion share timeline data so there’s no need to render interim files when switching between editing and motion graphics. Cuts, blend modes, layers and motion paths applied in Final Cut Pro HD are directly editable within Motion’s timeline. Titles graphics and animations made in Motion automatically update the Final Cut Pro HD timeline. Since both applications leave source files untouched, you get the highest image quality when you output the completed production. You can even launch Motion directly from Final Cut Pro HD’s timeline just by clicking.

Pipeline Integration

When you’re ready to author your title on DVD, simply save your Final Cut Pro HD project as a QuickTime reference movie or drag and drop a Motion project directly into DVD Studio Pro. The underlying media files are automatically encoded to MPEG-2 using DVD Studio Pro 3’s high-quality compression engine. Encoding occurs in the background so you can keep working. Add menus, transitions, camera angles, subtitles or even slide shows without stopping to render, then burn your title to DVD or DLT for replication.

Power Mac G5 and Motion

Real-time

Final Cut Pro HD and Motion’s real-time capabilities help you realise your vision almost as quickly as you can imagine it. By tapping into the power of the Power Mac G5 and Mac OS X, you can literally watch your ideas unfold before your eyes. Real-time previews in Final Cut Pro HD and Motion show you how effects and edits look without rendering. You can even preview HD in real-time.

Astounding Value

For $1,999 inc GST, Production Suite delivers the industry’s best applications for creating high-impact video, motion graphics, titles, original audio and DVDs, all in one powerhouse package. Production Suite also offers a short learning curve for Final Cut Pro editors aspiring to design motion graphics, compose music or author DVDs.

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Technical Specifications

Final Cut Pro HD

  • Macintosh computer with 350MHz PowerPC G4 processor and AGP graphics card
    • RT Extreme requires a single 500MHz or faster PowerPC G4 (550MHz for PowerBook G4) or any dual PowerPC G4.
    • Soundtrack requires a single 500MHz or dual 450MHz or faster PowerPC G4.
  • Mac OS X 10.2.5 or later
  • QuickTime 6.4
  • 384 MB of RAM (512MB required for RT Extreme and recommended for Soundtrack)
  • 1GB of disk space required for application installation
  • 5GB of disk space required for Soundtrack content
  • 9GB of disk space required for LiveType content
  • DVD drive required for installation
  • Complete specs for Final Cut Pro HD

Motion

  • Macintosh computer with 867MHz or faster PowerPC G4 or G5 processor
  • 512MB of RAM (2GB or more recommended)
  • Mac OS X v10.3.5 or later
  • QuickTime 6.5.1 or later
  • Display with 1024-by-768 resolution or higher (1280-by-1024 resolution recommended)
  • One of the following graphics cards:
    — ATI Radeon 9800 XT
    — ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
    — ATI Radeon 9700 Pro
    — ATI Radeon 9600 XT
    — ATI Radeon 9600 Pro
    — ATI Mobility Radeon 9700
    — ATI Mobility Radeon 9600
    — nVidia GeForce Go5200
    — nVidia GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
  • 10GB of disk space for application, templates, and tutorial
  • DVD drive for installation
  • Complete specs for Motion

DVD Studio Pro

  • Macintosh computer with a 733 MHz or faster PowerPC processor (G4 minimum) and AGP graphics card
  • 8MB of video memory (32MB recommended)
  • Mac OS X v10.3.2
  • QuickTime 6.5
  • 256MB of RAM (512MB recommended)
  • 20GB of available disk space
  • DVD drive required for installation
  • Complete specs for DVD Studio Pro

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