| Final Cut Studio 1.0 - Part Numbers |
| Retail |
M9911Z/A |
| Upgrade from Final Cut Pro |
M9912Z/A |
| Upgrade from Production Suite |
M9911Z/A |
| Academic |
M9916Z/A |
Minimum Hardware Requirements
- A Macintosh computer with a PowerPC G4 (867 megahertz [MHz] or faster) or PowerPC G5 processor
- HD features require 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster single processor or dual processors (authoring HD DVDs requires a PowerPC G5 processor)
- 512 megabytes (MB) of random-access memory (RAM)
- HD features require 1 gigabyte (GB) of RAM or more (2 GB recommended)
- Display with at least 1024 x 768 resolution
- AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) Quartz Extreme graphics card
- Motion requires the standard graphics card found in any Power Mac G5, any iMac G5, a 1.25 GHz or faster PowerBook G4, or a 1.25 GHz or faster flat-panel iMac. Any one of the following graphics cards is highly recommended:
- NVIDIA GeForce FX 6800 Ultra DDL or 6800 GT DDL (NV40)
- ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 (RV M11), ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (R350), or 9800 XT (R360)
- DVD drive
- Replication of DVD Studio Pro 4-authored DVDs requires a DLT drive
Minimum Software Requirements
- Mac OS X v10.3.9 or Mac OS X v10.4 (or later)
- Mac OS X v10.4 (or later) required to use Core Image Units and 16- and 32-bit float rendering in Motion
- QuickTime 7 (or later)
- Playback of DVD Studio Pro 4-authored HD DVDs requires a PowerPC G5 processor, Mac OS X v10.4 (or later), and Apple DVD Player 4.6 (or later)
Available Disk Space
- 4 GB of disk space required to install all applications (Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Soundtrack Pro, Motion, Cinema Tools, LiveType, Compressor, and Apple Qmaster)
- Additional 41 GB required to install all optional templates, loops, content, and tutorials (may be installed on separate disk[s]):
- 8 GB for DVD Studio Pro content
- 8 GB for Motion templates, Motion Series LiveFonts, and tutorial media
- 8 GB for Soundtrack Pro content
- 12 GB for LiveType content
- 5 GB for Apple Pro Training Final Cut Studio Tutorials media