Production Suite Real-time production workflow in a box.

Final Cut Pro HD Do it all in real time. The era of costly, time-intensive post-production solutions is • Professional nonmodal editing interface coming to an end. Apple’s Production Suite gives editors, designers, and graphics pro- • RT Extreme scalable real-time, multistream fessionals the tools they need to meet demanding post-production deadlines without effects for DV, SD, and HD video sacrificing their creativity. This unique package combines the power and versatility of • Digital Cinema Desktop for real-time preview Final Cut Pro HD, Motion, and DVD Studio Pro in one integrated suite. Production as playback on an Apple Cinema Display you know it will never be the same. • Customizable keyboard, interface buttons, windows, Browser, and Timeline Individually, each application fits smoothly into your existing workflow; together, they • Audio Mixer with real-time fader automation create an intuitive, comprehensive workflow of their own. Consistent elements like the • Real-time color correction and finishing tools timeline, keyboard commands, and file formats make it easy to learn the applications • Format support for 1080i, 1080p, and and move quickly from one to the other to create high-impact video, motion graphics, 720p HD; NTSC and PAL SD video titles, original audio, and DVDs. Motion Edit video in virtually any format and resolution. Create stunning graphics for • Real-Time Design Engine that delivers inter- on-air promos and title sequences. Tie everything together with a replication-ready active, high-performance motion graphics DVD. Production Suite offers more than 150 real-time effects for DV, SD, and HD video • Behavior-based animation, enabling you to editors; a real-time interactive design engine for motion graphics artists; and powerful animate without keyframes for quick results compositing and real-time previewing for DVD authors. It provides the essential • Seamless workflow with Final Cut Pro HD, DVD Studio Pro, Adobe Photoshop, and foundation for your own film and video facility. Adobe Illustrator Editing • Apple-designed templates that put profes- Use the Emmy Award–winning Final Cut Pro HD for DV, SD, HD, and film editing. With sionally designed content at your fingertips over 150 real-time-capable filters and transitions, new support for real-time HD effects, and up to eight streams of fully uncompressed SD video, Final Cut Pro HD has the power to rip through complex multilayered projects with ease. Its fast, nonmodal professional editing interface, uncompromising image quality, broad format support, and open standards-based architecture make it perfect for virtually any video project.

Motion graphics Design as quickly as your imagination. Motion redefines motion graphics with its unrivaled performance and revolutionary animation techniques. The Real-Time Design Engine brings fast, intuitive animation of text, graphics, and video to the desktop. Motion lets video editors create animated titles quickly using preset animations, a royalty-free content library, and LiveFonts, the world’s first animated type standard.

Specification Sheet Production Suite Specification Sheet 2 Production Suite

DVD Studio Pro 3 Audio • Menu design entirely in the application Compose royalty-free, hassle-free music. Soundtrack is the simplest way for film and • Encoding of HD content to SD MPEG-2 video professionals to create high-quality music for their projects, using loop-based • Blending between menus and slides with music composition tools. Audio editing capabilities built into Final Cut Pro HD, one-click, adjustable transitions including a 99-track onscreen Audio Mixer, fader automation, and multichannel • Integrated workflow with Final Cut Pro, output, raise the bar for audio in a nonlinear editor. Motion, and Photoshop • Ability to view your DVD project graphically Delivery or as an outline Exercise complete control over your creative output. DVD Studio Pro 3 makes it • Creation of advanced slideshows of up to possible to design quickly with custom templates and transitions. It’s easy to produce 99 images plus transitions and audio finished DVD projects using the timeline, slideshow editor, and scripting and premas- • Stories, scripting, DTS and Dolby audio, and tering options. Compressor provides batch processing and automated, high-quality copy protection for advanced DVDs MPEG-2 encoding for DVD authoring and MPEG-4 encoding for streaming to wireless • Support for industry-standard formats: devices and the web. DVD-R, DLT, DDP, CMF, disk image

Apple professional audio and video applications work together seamlessly in even the most demanding post-production workflows. Specification Sheet 3 Production Suite

System Requirements • One of the following graphics cards: Ordering Information – NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra Final Cut Pro HD – NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 Production Suite Retail Version • Macintosh computer with 350MHz or faster – ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 Order number M9480Z/A PowerPC G4 or G5 processor and AGP – ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 Production Suite Upgrade Version graphics card – ATI Radeon 9600 Pro Order number M9481Z/A • 384MB of RAM – ATI Radeon 9700 Pro • Mac OS X v10.3.2 or later – ATI Radeon 9800 Pro Production Suite Education Version • QuickTime 6.5 or later – ATI Radeon 9600 XT Order number M9483Z/A • For Soundtrack, 500MHz or faster single processor – ATI Radeon 9800 XT Package contents or 450MHz or faster dual processors; 512MB of RAM • 10GB of disk space for application, templates, • DVDs containing the following applications: recommended and tutorial – Final Cut Pro HD • For RT Extreme, single 500MHz or faster PowerPC • DVD drive for installation – Motion G4 (550MHz for PowerBook G4) or any dual – DVD Studio Pro 3 PowerPC G4 and 512MB of RAM DVD Studio Pro 3 – Soundtrack • For DVCPRO HD, 1GHz or faster single or dual • Macintosh computer with 733MHz or faster – LiveType processors and 1GB of RAM PowerPC G4 or G5 processor and AGP – Compressor • 1GB of disk space for application installation graphics card – Cinema Tools • 5GB of disk space for Soundtrack content • 256MB of RAM (512MB recommended) – QuickTime Pro • 9GB of disk space for LiveType content • 8MB of video memory (32MB recommended) • DVDs containing Soundtrack and LiveType content • DVD drive for installation • Mac OS X v10.3.2 or later • User and tutorial guides • QuickTime 6.5 or later • Electronic documentation Motion • 4.4GB of disk space for installation Production Suite Maintenance Motion takes advantage of the Power Mac G5 to • DVD drive for installation The Apple Maintenance Program is a three-year deliver highly interactive, real-time performance. subscription for major Production Suite releases. Some systems provide greater interactivity than Not only does this program provide a lower total others, and it is important to choose the right Support cost of ownership, but you receive all the benefits system for your needs. Performance depends on of using the most innovative technology available, the processor speed, the amount of RAM, and the Production Suite comes with 90 days of telephone and all of your computers are standardized with graphics subsystem. support for installation, launch, and basic trouble- shooting. In addition, Apple offers a range of the latest software. Recommended system professional support options, including AppleCare Production Suite Volume Licensing • Dual 2GHz or faster Power Mac G5 Professional Video Support. With a Volume License Agreement, you license • 2GB of RAM or more the right to use Production Suite software on • Mac OS X v10.3.5 or later AppleCare Professional Video Support five or more computers at your business or • ATI Radeon 9800 Pro graphics card or better AppleCare Professional Video Support can help you keep your project running smoothly, whether you education institution—you determine how many. Minimum system requirements are editing HD video, designing motion graphics, Production Suite Volume Licensing—DVD or • Macintosh computer with 867MHz or faster or authoring custom DVDs.1 With this product, one Document Sets PowerPC G4 or G5 processor authorized contact can call2 or email3 the Apple If you order a Volume License for your business • 512MB of RAM (2GB or more recommended) Professional Video Technical Support team for one or education institution, you may also purchase • Mac OS X v10.3.5 or later full year. Apple’s support team is on call 12 hours a extra DVD sets or full manual sets for Production • QuickTime 6.5.1 or later day, 7 days a week. These experts provide one-stop Suite applications. • Display with 1024-by-768 resolution or higher support for Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Pro HD, Motion, (1280-by-1024 resolution recommended) For more information or to purchase, visit DVD Studio Pro, and Soundtrack. Also included www.apple.com/support/products/provideo. is troubleshooting for Apple hardware and for interconnectivity between your Mac or Xserve and an Xserve RAID,4 as well as assistance with DV, SD, and HD video input/output over FireWire. For more information or to purchase, visit www.apple.com/support/products/provideo.

For More Information For more information about this product or to purchase Apple products, visit the Apple 1Details of support coverage and eligible Apple technologies are described under the terms and conditions at www.apple.com/ Store online (www.apple.com or 800-MY- support/products/provideo. 2Telephone numbers and hours of operation may vary and are subject to change; local telephone fees may apply. 3Access to web-based resources requires the use of a compatible Internet service provider; fees may apply. 4Hardware APPLE), an Apple Store near you, or an Apple repairs that are not covered under warranty require an extended service contract, such as the AppleCare Protection Plan. Authorized Reseller. © 2004 Apple Computer, Inc. All rights reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, Apple Cinema Display, DVD Studio Pro, Final Cut Pro, FireWire, Mac, Macintosh, Mac OS, PowerBook, Power Mac, QuickTime, and Xserve are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., regis- Visit the Macintosh Products Guide at tered in the U.S. and other countries. Cinema Tools and LiveType are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. AppleCare and Apple www.apple.com/guide for the latest Store are service marks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Adobe is a trademark or registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the U.S. and/or other countries. PowerPC is a trademark of International Business information on thousands of hardware Machines Corporation, used under license therefrom. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks and software products for your Mac. of their respective companies. Product specifications are subject to change without notice. August 2004 L304917A