...................... Apple eNews April 18, 2002 Volume 5, Issue 8 ......................
In This Issue
1. Introducing Cinema Tools 2. Built for Mac OS X: DVD Studio Pro 1.5 3. Out in Front with Cinema Tools 4. EMA Multimedia Creates DVDs 5. Making Book on iPhoto 6. Need to Change Your Email Address? 7. Technically Speaking 8. Quick Takes
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1. Introducing Cinema Tools
You may like to shoot on film (16mm or 35mm). Or maybe you capture all of your footage in High Definition video.
Wish you could take advantage of the many benefits of true 24-fps nonlinear editing in Final Cut Pro 3?
Thanks to the introduction of Cinema Tools for Final Cut Pro, now you can.
Introduced at the National Association of Broadcasters convention earlier this month, Cinema Tools for Final Cut Pro--Apple's newest Mac OS X application--lets you work in the film media you choose (16mm or 35mm film or HD video) and seamlessly convert your project to 24-fps video, automatically compensating for frame rate differences.
And those are only some of the benefits that Cinema Tools for Final Cut Pro offers.
http://www.apple.com/cinematools/
2. Built for Mac OS X: DVD Studio Pro 1.5
What has allowed Apple to lead the industry in DVD burning?
Announced early this month at the National Association of Broadcasters convention, DVD Studio Pro 1.5 runs on Mac OS X and works even more seamlessly with Final Cut Pro 3, allowing video editors to import chapter markers along with their video content.
So video professionals can now not only shoot and edit digitally but send their work to clients and colleagues on a DVD-Video disc (rather than low-quality analog tape), preserving the digital quality of the projects they've created.
Read more about DVD Studio Pro 1.5:
http://www.apple.com/dvdstudiopro/
3. Out in Front with Cinema Tools
Steven Soderbergh's fans expect "out-of-the-box" filmmaking from the director who has already brought us "Out of Sight," "The Limey," "Erin Brockovich" (Academy Award nominee, Best Director), "Traffic" (Academy Award winner, Best Director), and "Ocean's 11," and to help him complete his vision for his new film, "Full Frontal," Soderbergh pulled one of Apple's newest products out of the box.
Cinema Tools for Final Cut Pro.
Though Soderbergh shot his "'unauthorized sequel' to 'sex, lies, and videotape'" mostly in DV, he also shot footage on 35mm film at 25 fps. Cinema Tools for Final Cut Pro allowed the director to take advantage of the benefits of both media--and still edit all of the footage digitally. In Final Cut Pro.
Lots of them. HBO Home Video, Warner Bros., New Line Home Video, Columbia Tristar Home Video, Sony, MGM, Twentieth Century Fox, Universal, Disney, and other Hollywood staples come to EMA Multimedia because of the quality of the product they create.
Of course, it's an all-digital product, created entirely on a Mac.
"With Final Cut Pro and DVD Studio Pro, we're able to create a final high-end product all in-house," says EMA founder Michael Pace. "What's exciting now is that I don't have to go out and spend a quarter of a million dollars on a DVD authoring environment. I have it with Final Cut Pro and DVD Studio Pro and I can produce titles for the independent studio or filmmaker at a substantial savings."
http://www.apple.com/enews/2002/features/ema/
5. Making Book on iPhoto
Adam Engst--editor and publisher of TidBits--has just published a new book on one of your favorite applications. "iPhoto for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide" offers tips and step-by-step instructions, helping you to get the most out of the wildly popular iPhoto application.
In an exclusive offer to Apple eNews subscribers, Peachpit is making a chapter from Engst's new book available as a PDF, providing you with detailed instructions about creating, editing, and ordering a beautiful, linen-bound iPhoto book.
You know you've wanted to create one. Find out how easy it can be.
http://peachpit.com/forms/iphotopdf.asp
6. Need to Change Your Email Address?
Have you noticed? It's getting harder and harder to hold on to your email address. As businesses fail, ISPs consolidate, service vendors change, or fees increase, many of us find ourselves with either no email address at all or with a need to change it.
If that happens to you, you may want to change email addresses you've registered with us by visiting our product registration site, "My Info":
http://myinfo.apple.com
The Apple eNews settings change page:
http://www.apple.com/enews/change/
And if you're a member, the iTools site:
http://www.apple.com/itools/
7. Technically Speaking
You're hard at work. Major project. Deadline looming. Just you, your Mac, and Final Cut Pro. And you're in the zone, pumping out really good stuff.
Then the lights go out.
Time to reach for the belladonna?
Not if you turned on the autosave feature. With autosave enabled, Final Cut Pro automatically saves a copy of your project, storing it in the same folder as the original file where it's easy to find. You can even tell Final Cut Pro how often to execute an autosave.
Don't wait another minute. Read "Final Cut Pro 3: Automatically Saving Projects" to learn how you can enable autosave.
http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n36765
8. Quick Takes
How can Mac OS X and a large and growing collection of design and business applications built for Mac OS X let you work more creatively and operate your business more effectively?
What other free seminars does Apple currently offer? While Video's Third Revolution <http://seminars.apple.com/business/video3/> will give you the skinny on Final Cut Pro 3, Spark Business Growth with DVD <http://seminars.apple.com/business/spark/> will explain how you can take advantage of this exciting new medium to promote your business.
If you develop products for the Mac, you'll want to join us for Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose from May 6 to May 10. What's the future of Mac OS X? Come and find out:
http://developer.apple.com/wwdc2002/
We hope you enjoyed this issue of Apple eNews. You can expect your next issue on Thursday, May 2.
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