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Apple Announces New Pro Software
yroJJory writes "Apparently, Apple has just announced new pro software today. First off is the new app Motion, which is a new motion graphics program with real-time previews, procedural behavior animation and Final Cut Pro HD integration. Second, is Final Cut Pro HD, boasting the beauty of HD with the simplicity of DV. Capture DVCPRO HD over FireWire, edit using camera-native footage and output over FireWire with no generational quality loss. RT Extreme, now for HD, can deliver multiple HD streams, effects, filters and transitions in real-time to an attached Apple Cinema Display. Last, but most important to me, is DVD Studio Pro 3, which has slick new transitions, superb HD to MPEG-2 encoding, Graphical View, support for all professional audio formats -- including DTS -- (FINALLY!!), and integration with Final Cut Pro HD and Motion. Motion will be available this summer for $299. The Final Cut Pro HD update is available now for FCP 4 users. DVD Studio Pro 3 is expected to ship in mid-May." Reader green pizza writes "Apple today introduced Xsan, a clustered filesystem for Mac OS X systems."
And Watson?
I'm not normally an irrational zealous dickhead, but I figure "When in Rome..."
Premiere was no more neglected on the mac than on the PC.
The mac also hosted Media 100 and Avid, two very highly regarded packages in their time (not that Avid isn't today). Competitors are abandoning the mac platform because (1) Apple is competing with them and (2) the platform is not performance-competitive (Adobe says this explicitly). The performance claims were pre-G5 but we still don't have a G5 notebook.
Or you could just put 12TB on one server with several gigabit connections trunked to the network. Seems a waste of money to use three overpriced XServe boxes for this.
"Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
" I suggest you take a look at the latest machines, they are far from "glitzy plasicky [sic] crap"."
More than balanced out by the iPod battery fiasco which necessitates Apple Care or over two thirds of the purchase price for a replacement and the mini's crappy headphone connector. Add to that logic and faulty components problems surfacing months ago and the parent is right about Apple hardware quality going down. Also there are rumours now surfacing about possible problems with capacitors on the G5's so don't count them as safe just yet. On the other hand the leading edge features and polish are great, and most of us hope that the quality will match up real soon now.