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When used on computers with either DVD Studio Pro or Final Cut Studio installed,
Compressor also includes AC-3 and distributed encoding capabilities.
 The AC-3 encoder is used for encoding a variety of audio channel configurations,
such as stereo or 5.1 surround sound, into Dolby Digital audio streams suitable for
use with DVD Studio Pro.
 Distributed encoding, which divides your encoding tasks between multiple systems,
reduces the amount of time required for your encoding tasks.
LiveType
LiveType makes it easy to create sophisticated, professional-quality titles that you can
use in your Final Cut Pro and DVD Studio Pro projects. It includes project templates and
royalty-free, broadcast-quality animated content you can customize to create dynamic
text effects quickly and easily.
You can import a LiveType project directly into both Final Cut Pro and DVD Studio Pro.
Once a LiveType project has been imported into Final Cut Pro and DVD Studio Pro, you
can reopen the project in LiveType to make changes, and Final Cut Pro and
DVD Studio Pro automatically update to include the changes you made.
Cinema Tools
Cinema Tools provides tools for editing film and 24p projects in Final Cut Pro.
Cinema Tools extends the functionality of Final Cut Pro, providing features previously
found only on high-end or very specialized editing systems. See the Cinema Tools
documentation for details on working with telecine logs, removing 3:2 pulldown while
capturing clips, and exporting film lists.
Shake
Shake is a high-quality, node-based compositing and visual effects application for film
and video. Shake supports most industry-standard graphics formats, and easily
accommodates high-resolution and high-bit-depth image sequences and QuickTime files.
Among the many built-in tools in Shake are industry-standard keyers for pulling blue
and green screens; a complete suite of color-correction tools; features for high-quality
motion retiming and format remastering; motion tracking, smoothing, and stabilization
capabilities; integrated procedural paint tools; and a rotoscoping and masking
environment that provides complete control over animated and still mattes.
Final Cut Pro includes the ability to send one or more clips to Shake, where they can be
processed and, once rendered, updated in Final Cut Pro.
Note: Shake is sold separately and is not included in Final Cut Studio.