Final Cut Pro 6. The Hub of Final Cut Studio.
Final Cut Pro 6 extends its power through the other applications in Final Cut Studio 2. Finish your edit with professional color grading, add sophisticated 2D and 3D motion graphics, and mix surround sound or stereo soundtracks. Output to multiple delivery formats, all at pristine quality. Or create a professional DVD in SD or HD resolution. Deep integration with the full range of Apple professional products further extends the Final Cut Pro platform.
Professional color grading with Color
When you want to give your finished project a specific cinematic look — or if you need to do significant color correction across the entire project — send your project to Color for advanced color grading with round-trip ease. Sequence metadata from Final Cut Pro is preserved when you send your project back and forth between Final Cut Pro and Color.
Digital Intermediate workflows with Color
More and more feature films are produced with Digital Intermediate (DI) workflows. DI workflows are used for productions that are shot on film, scanned to a high-resolution 4:4:4 2K data format, edited digitally, and then released on film, as digital cinema, or as high-definition video. Some studios skip the film original and go direct to tapeless DPX video by shooting with a high-resolution camera such as the Thomson Viper.
Edit a Digital Intermediate in Final Cut Pro 6 using ProRes 422 proxies, then send your project to Color for color grading and final output using the original 2K DPX media. Render out DPX files for the final film out or digital cinema master while retaining 4:4:4 2K quality. For broadcast or video release, you can output high-quality 10-bit ProRes 422 or uncompressed HD.
Motion graphics and image processing with Motion 3
Send a Final Cut Pro project to Motion complete with cut points, layering, motion paths, retiming, and SmoothCam information. Add dynamic 2D and 3D graphics, with or without video. When you save your project in Motion, the updated content appears in Final Cut Pro.
Send shots to Motion whenever you want to make additional SmoothCam and retiming refinements. You can also use Motion 3 to create editable templates — with video drop zones and text fields — for repeated use in Final Cut Pro.
Surround sound and stereo mixes with Soundtrack Pro 2
Complete your basic audio editing and mixing in Final Cut Pro, then send your project to Soundtrack Pro to enhance your audio tracks with additional plug-ins, dialogue, music, Foley, and sound effects. Mix for surround sound, stereo, or both at the same time. You can also use Soundtrack Pro to quickly repair audio problems such as clicks, pops, or hums. Use the new Conform feature in Soundtrack Pro to automatically update your audio project to match your video edit after you make changes in Final Cut Pro. Bring your surround sound mix back into Final Cut Pro and monitor your audio in full 5.1.
Pristine-quality output with Compressor 3
It’s no longer enough to output just to film or tape. Most productions today are distributed in multiple formats, which may include formats for the web, iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, and digital cinema. Send your Final Cut Pro projects to Compressor 3 for easy batch processing output of multiple files to multiple formats, all at pristine quality.
Professional authoring with DVD Studio Pro 4
To author a DVD in SD or HD resolution, begin by sending your Final Cut Pro project to DVD Studio Pro 4. Chapter information from Final Cut Pro will automatically be read into DVD Studio Pro for authoring.
Integration with Shake 4
Top major motion picture studios and digital effects houses use Shake 4 to create effects for some of the world’s most celebrated films. Send clips from Final Cut Pro 6 to Shake; Shake converts Final Cut Pro 6 cuts and layers to a node tree for final compositing.
Xsan support
Capture once, save time, and share media with multiple editors simultaneously using a consolidated storage pool powered by Xsan. Media management tools in Final Cut Pro make reconnecting and working with media in shared environments easy. Workgroup editors can adjust real-time effects playback based on available SAN bandwidth.
Integration with Final Cut Server
Final Cut Pro 6 works seamlessly with Final Cut Server, Apple’s new software for asset management and post-production workflow automation. Drag assets from Final Cut Server into Final Cut Pro for immediate use. Or bring assets from other sources into Final Cut Pro; the assets will be added to the catalog when you check your project back into Final Cut Server. Use Final Cut Server on a LAN or WAN, or use the power of Xsan to share media across a large number of workstations.
