Final Cut Pro 6. Open, Extensible Architecture.
You’re an independent filmmaker. Or you edit in a commercial post house. Or you’re a video journalist cutting stories on the hour for a global news network. No matter who you are or how you work, Apple’s open-standards approach lets you use a favourite third-party tool or even create best-in-class custom systems for large-scale workflows — all through the open architecture and natural extensibility of the Final Cut Studio platform.
XML interchange
Final Cut Pro 6 uses XML under the hood to track and manage all of the thousands of actions and assets that go into an edit. But it’s no secret.
Apple has documented this powerful XML format and made it public. Developers use the format to create applications that seamlessly share project data with Final Cut Pro. These range from cool tools to specialised high-end systems for broadcast. Thanks to XML interchange, the sky’s the limit with Final Cut Pro.
Final Cut Pro XML documentationCinema Tools XML documentation
FxPlug
FxPlug is a new format for filters and transitions that offers astonishing quality through GPU-accelerated 32-bit float processing. Originally introduced in Motion, FxPlug is now the default plug-in format for Final Cut Pro 6, and Apple has made it an open standard. Dozens of leading developers are using the FxPlug standard to create hundreds of extraordinary effects that can be used in Motion, Final Cut Pro or both.
QuickTime
QuickTime is an industry standard for professional video. Final Cut Pro supports the full range of QuickTime formats, including the new Apple ProRes 422 post-production format. QuickTime is flexible enough to contain virtually any type of media — all the way from DV up to fully uncompressed, high-bit-depth video at HD resolutions. This means that developers can easily create products that are interoperable with Final Cut Studio. The QuickTime format includes custom metadata that can be used to support specialised workflows.
