Apple Ships Final Cut Pro 1.2, Now Optimized for Power Mac G4
Video Rendering up to Three Times Faster with Award-Winning Video Creation Program
CUPERTINO, California-December 20, 1999-Apple® today announced the immediate availability of Final Cut Pro(tm) 1.2, the latest version of Apple's award-winning professional video editing, effects and compositing software for broadcasters, educators, web producers and professional videographers. Optimized for the new Power Mac(tm)G4, Final Cut Pro 1.2 takes advantage of the incredible speed of the G4's Velocity Engine(tm) to deliver video rendering performance up to three times faster than before.
"Combining Final Cut Pro 1.2 with the supercomputing power of the Power Mac G4 offers video professionals substantial improvements in speed, power and versatility," said Phil Schiller, Apple's vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "With Final Cut Pro 1.2, a digital video camera, and Apple's incredibly fast Power Mac G4, video professionals can have a state-of-the art, plug-and-play editing system for less than $5,000."
Final Cut Pro 1.2 includes support for the European PAL format and is available in three new languages - French, German and Japanese. It also includes support for the input and rendering of Japanese characters, such as Japanese double-byte glyphs.
Other features of Final Cut Pro 1.2 include: support for Mac® OS 9, a major new release of the Macintosh® operating system; full frame-rate with improved quality on computer screens while simultaneously playing on NTSC/PAL monitors; the ability to import Macromedia Flash files; convenient three-key shuttling, and support for additional third-party After Effects plug-ins. Additional enhancements include improved batch capture including the ability to capture multiple clips and sequences at once, new audio reverb filters and faster digital video encoding and decoding. In addition to the enhanced video rendering performance on a Power Mac G4, Final Cut Pro 1.2 delivers two times the rendering performance on a Power Mac G3.
Final Cut Pro 1.2 includes complimentary software, valued at $1,000, that enhances Final Cut Pro's post-production suite of features. Puffin Design's Commotion DV, MAXON Computer's Cinema 4D GO and Terran Interactive's Media Cleaner EZ 4 for QuickTime(tm) provide users with 3D, paint, added effects, web compression and distribution capabilities.
Pricing and Availability A Final Cut Pro 1.2 upgrade is available as a free download to current Final Cut Pro customers from www.apple.com/finalcutpro/. Final Cut Pro 1.2 is available online through The Apple Store(tm) (www.apple.com) and through certified Apple resellers for US$999. More information on Final Cut Pro, including a list of qualified compatible hardware and software, can be found at www.apple.com/finalcutpro/.
*Puffin Design's Commotion DV bundled version does not include the FX Feature Set.
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