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Final Cut Pro 4 Available June 14 50

Posted by pudge from the maybe-it-will-crash-less-than-imovie-does dept.
chrisbw writes "According to this Apple press release, Final Cut Pro 4 will be available a 4 p.m. on June 14. It has a pretty impressive suite of new features; I for one can't wait to get my hands on it!"
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Final Cut Pro 4 Available June 14

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  • Why do I have the feeling... (Score:4, Funny)

    by NanoGator ( 522640 ) on Thursday June 05, 2003 @04:37PM (#6127356) Homepage Journal
    ... that Apple's servers will survive this Slashdotting?

  • ALready released (Score:4, Interesting)

    by dcstimm ( 556797 ) on Thursday June 05, 2003 @05:12PM (#6127562) Homepage
    They have already distrobuted the box sets to local compusa stores. Talk to any manager and they will sell it to you early. Just mention you want to buy the service contract for it.

  • Best Update Ever. (Score:5, Informative)

    by lnoble ( 471291 ) on Thursday June 05, 2003 @07:28PM (#6128442)
    First of all they're now throwing in Cinema Tools for free, until now it costed a grand, then on top of that they are adding two new apps one for awseom titling the other for pro audio scoring, and on top of that they have added a slew of new and enhanced features with which the update could arguably have stood on its own.

    The added value is just amazing. They effectively cut the total cost in half, while almost doubling the original value at the same time. Use this with their newly acquired shake for compositing and logic for audio, and you have a system which will make Avid tremble over thoughts of mass migration away from their quarter million dollar platforms, in favor of cheap and nearly as effective software based systems.

    Apple has strengthened themselves against destruction. If the consumer thing ends up not working out. They can always go back to their pro market.
    • At first glance the upgrade price seemed high but when you see that FCP 4 is really 4 programs (3 of them new and very impressive in and of themselves) you'll see it's a bargain... Watch the demo of Live Type and Soundtrack...and I think you'll be very impressed...

  • Comment removed (Score:3, Funny)

    by account_deleted ( 4530225 ) on Thursday June 05, 2003 @08:28PM (#6128703)
    Comment removed based on user account deletion
    • Actually you can already do the Ken Burns effect. Import a still frame at a large resolution, and then keyframe it to slide across the viewport so it looks like the "camera" is panning across the image. Not as point-and-clicky as in iMovie, but gets the job done!

      As far as a star wipe goes... I think I could live without ;)
  • From the "maybe-it-will-crash-less-than-imovie-does" dept? What the hell, I'll bite. In a year, I haven't had iMovie tank at all. I guess cleaning up my home videos before they hit the CD just ain't working the package over hard enough.
    • In a year, I haven't had iMovie tank at all.

      I'm a new OS X user, having received my Powerbook on Wednesday night with the primary purpose of using it for multimedia.

      I'm importing video as we speak, and iMovie has already crashed on me. True, the circumstances were both unusual and my fault - I tripped on cable, knocking it out of the camera. However, that should bring up a "Cannot commincate with camera" error, not suddendly bomb out.

      Cheers,
      Ian
      (enjoying OS X despite above comment)

  • Am I the only one that's bitter from the experience with FCP3 not actually rendering things in real time, going against what it was originally touted to do? This is on a 450 dually mind you, but at the time of FCP3's release, it wasn't too antiquated.

    • Re:Feh (Score:3, Interesting)

      by jo_ham ( 604554 )
      We use a Dual 450 in a pro video production environment - be thankful you have such a powerful machine!

      I'm amazed every time I see it just how well it copes with DV streams. I think FCP3 decides just what it can do in real time based on the processors available to it, so a dual 1 gig could probably handle more real time stuff.

      Renders don't take all that long, depending on what you're doing. It puts our £50,000 Media 100 system to shame in several areas (but is lacking in others - FCP4 seems to
      • I am very thankful! I just wish Apple would have gone into a little more detail regarding the feature.

        On a side note, even though my computer is quickly approaching its third birthday, and newer computers may be faster, I still love my 450x2! Anyone that says computers aren't good investments obviously doesn't own Macs... ;)

        • Re:Feh (Score:3, Interesting)

          by jo_ham ( 604554 )
          Indeed! Our dual 450 is a little workhorse. We only just retired our 9600/300 from pro video work (it used to house the Media 100 hardware card). We've had to replace her with a G4, but we still use her as a file server.

          Macs have a working life that exceeds most PCs, although saying that I'm still using an old Pentium 200 with FreeBSD as an ftp server.

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