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Overview of the Apple Post-Production Applications
Each of the Apple post-production applications provides industry-leading post-
production tools that give you all the power you need to complete even the most
challenging projects.
Final Cut Pro
The scalability and performance of Final Cut Pro make it the ultimate movie editing
application. You can work with virtually any format, from DV and HDV to DVCPRO HD
to uncompressed 10-bit HD video. Final Cut Pro includes many professional features,
including multicamera editing tools, advanced real-time color-correction and image-
manipulation filters, and audio control surface support.
Final Cut Pro is the central application that ties all the elements of your movie together.
You can use Final Cut Pro to:
 Capture video and audio from tape
 Import QuickTime media files
 Natively edit HDV video
 Edit both single and multicamera projects
 Edit film using Cinema Tools
 Natively incorporate motion graphics projects from Motion and titles from LiveType
 Mix, edit, and fix audio using Soundtrack Pro integration
When you have finished your movie, the entire project can be:
 Output to a wide variety of standard definition (SD) and high definition (HD)
tape formats
 Exported to a QuickTime movie file
 Converted to an H.264, MPEG-2, or MPEG-1 file using Compressor, for DVD distribution
using DVD Studio Pro
 Converted to MPEG-1 or MPEG-4 formats using Compressor, for online web distribution