Apple slashes prices on software applications.Apple unveiled Final Cut Studio, a HD video production suite that features Final Cut Pro 5, a major upgrade to the editing software for DV, SD, HD and film. Final Cut Studio also includes tools that complement Final Cut Pro 5 such as Soundtrack Pro Soundtrack Pro is a music composing and audio editing application made by Apple Inc., which includes a collection of just over 5000 royalty free professional instrument loops and sound effects. , a new audio editing Audio editing is the process of taking recorded sound and changing it directly on the recording medium (analog) or in RAM (digital). Audio editing was a new technology that developed in the middle part of the 20th century with the advent of magnetic tape recording. and sound design application, Motion 2, the world's first real-time motion graphics application with GPU GPU: see secret police. (Graphics Processing Unit) A specialized logic chip devoted to rendering 2D or 3D images. Display adapters contain one or more GPUs for fast graphics rendering. accelerated 32-bit float rendering; and DVD Studio Pro DVD Studio Pro is a high-end software tool published by Apple to allow users to create DVD masters to be sent out for replication at production houses. Its tight integration with other Apple applications allows users to take Final Cut Pro and Motion projects and render them into 4, the first commercially available DVD authoring software that burns high definition DVDs to the latest HD DVD specification. Final Cut Studio, originally selling for $1,200, is only $499 with the education discount. Soundtrack Pro is now $99 (retail: $299). Final Cut Pro 5 is $299 (retail: $999). Motion 2 is $99 (retail: $299). DVD Studio Pro 4 is $149 (retail: $499). For more information, visit www.apple.com. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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