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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."
Until you realize that Shake for Linux costs TWICE AS MUCH as Shake for OS X. You could buy a good turnkey G5-Shake system for that price.
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What those who are ignorant of the subject matter think; usually wrong.
As an FCP fan, today was exhausting. FCP HD is nice. But Motion for only $300 got me purring, then Xsan played with my geeky side too. When I imagined the possibilities of Xgrid as well, touching all together soft and gentle with Xsan and FCP and Motion, loads WERE in fact blown. All over my unregretable 20" Cinema Display.
Clean up, relax, watch The Simpsons, then more cinetech pr0n...
I have been married for multiple years so what are you talking about?