| Final Cut Pro 3 - Part Numbers |
| Retail |
M8562Z/A |
| Upgrade |
M8564Z/A |
Final Cut Pro 3 System Requirements
- Macintosh computer with a 300-MHz or faster PowerPC G3 or G4 processor and built-in FireWire.
- 500-MHz or faster single or 450-MHz dual processor Power Mac G4 or PowerBook G4 required for G4 realtime effects.
- 667-MHz PowerBook G4 required for mobile G4 realtime effects in DV format.
- Mac OS 9.2.2 or Mac OS X v10.1.1.
- QuickTime (included).
- 256MB of RAM (384MB recommended for G4 realtime effects).
- 40MB of available disk space required for installation.
- Video Capture.
- Simultaneous video output to a computer monitor, an NTSC or PAL TV monitor, a VCR, or a camera..
- Multiple resolutions and transcoding options.
- Batch digitizing into bins.
- Support for making subclips during logging.
- Ability to add scene, shot, take, and comment notations to footage as it is being logged.
- Hardware-accurate waveform monitor and vectorscope.
- Autosync compensator.
- Long-frame indicators.
Video Capture
- Simultaneous video output to a computer monitor, an NTSC or PAL TV monitor, a VCR, or a camera.
- Multiple resolutions and transcoding options.
- Batch digitizing into bins.
- Support for making subclips during logging.
- Ability to add scene, shot, take, and comment notations to footage as it is being logged.
- Hardware-accurate waveform monitor and vectorscope.
- Autosync compensator.
- Long-frame indicators.
Editing
- Source/record three-point editing model.
- Unique mode-free user interface for seamless movement between editing, trimming, and effects functions.
- Realtime effects support through out-of-the-box G4 realtime effects architecture or select realtime PCI cards for realtime editing with render-free playback of dissolves, wipes, motion effects, titles, and color correction.
- Match frame.
- Extend and split edit functions.
- Support for multiple timelines in projects.
- Multiple actions, including insert, overlay, and replace.
- Ability to back-time edits in a single step.
- Active track targeting.
- Numerical trimming from timeline.
- Slip-and-slide, ripple, and roll tools.
- Through-edit indicators in timeline.
- Support for editing and trimming using black (null) space.
- Sync detection and automatic correction.
- Markers with or without comments and durations.
- Choice of editing with offline or online files.
- One-step transition and superimpose edit mode.
- Editing palette containing the most-used functions.
- Timecode Overlays and Quick-Sync indicators.
- Ability to paste and remove attribute commands.
Advanced media management
- Use the Media Management tool for clip— and sequence-based moving, transcoding, consolidation, trimming, and archiving.
- Convert sequences and projects between formats using the graphical before and after indicator.
- Take advantage of EDL import/export for efficient workflow between third-party offline and online systems.
- Frame accurate “digital cuts” to tape.
- View the Edit Decision List in a text window.
- Protect your work with 99 levels of undo and the time-stamped Autosave Vault.
- See the source timecode of every frame using Timecode Overlays.
- View synced clips across timeline tracks using Quick-Sync indicators.
- Take advantage of the external editor preference to define additional applications to launch and edit project elements.
- Capture video directly from most DV devices.
- Return easily to previous stages of a project with the Autosave Vault.
- Store clips and effects in multiple bins and folders.
- View icons and list views by name and other parameters.
- Open multiple sequences and programs.
- Use multi-item sorts, sifts, and Boolean searches, and display long clip names.
- Store clip information in 41 bin categories, such as file size, frame rate, and comments.
- Use optional subclips.
- Scroll through thumbnails in the Browser window.
Printing to tape and exporting
- Insert and assemble to tape using device control.
- Up to 4000-by-4000-pixel resolution in any combination, including ITU-R 601 720-by-486-pixel and 720-by-576-nonsquare-pixel options.
- Compressed or uncompressed output.
- 60-field processing.
Compositing and effects
- Create virtually unlimited layers of sophisticated effects using integrated, proxy-free compositing and effects architecture.
- Use Bezier curves with movable motion paths, graphs, and numerical controls to apply and control effects and animations with precise keyframe control.
- Supported PCI realtime cards (including \Matrox RTMac and Pinnacle Systems’ CinéWave) use QuickTime-based realtime architecture for seamless integration with the Final Cut Pro motion tab and effects.
- Create stunning 2D and 3D animated titles, multisided video cubes, and page curls with effects tools from BorisFX and CGM.
- Manipulate video and images directly on-screen.
- Use unlimited compositing layers.
- Import Adobe Photoshop files complete with layers to assemble effects and motion.
- Apply effects with qualified third-party After Effects plug-ins.
- Enjoy the accuracy of subpixel interpolation rendering.
- Insert fully editable nested sequences.
- Use standard and advanced 3D and Scrolling Text generators.
- Use keyframe-based filters to adjust effects over time.
- Smooth compositing animations with Ease In/Ease Out motion paths.
- Build complex effects with realtime wireframe playback.
- Create custom FXScript plug-in filters and transitions using the FXBuilder scripting language.
- Apply effects to time ranges, not just clips.
- Use Photoshop-like transfer modes, such as multiply and lighten.
- Work with multiple compositing methods such as alpha, blue and green screen, and luminance, including automatic alpha compositing.
- Use time effects including slow motion with frame blending.
- Use motion blur and sophisticated image deinterlacing.
- Reduce unsteady still frames from interlaced video with the flicker filter.
- Move an entire motion path using the Canvas.
- Use low-quality render options for fast review; each of four quality settings has a separate render cache.
- Take advantage of more than 60 predefined transitions and 75 built-in filters and keying effects.
Audio
- Eight tracks or more of audio playback in real time.
- OMF audio export for easy workflow with industry-standard mixing and finishing systems.
- Built-in audio filters, including reverb, EQ, echo, and noise gate.
- Subframe audio editing to 1/100th of a frame.
- Sampling at 8 to 48 kHz and 8 to 16 bits.
- Audio level meters.
- Audio pan controls.
- Logarithmic audio fades.
- Scrubbing with or without pitch shifting.
- Automatic, single-step audio transitions.
- More than 12 audio filters, including three-band and parameter equalizer, compressor/limiter, 60/120-Hz hum remover, and noise gate.
- Audio peak detection for clips and sequences.
- PeakDV audio-editing tool for time compression/expansion, VST plug-in support, and batch file processing (included).
Architecture
- Mode-free user interface for fast, seamless transitions between editing, trimming, effects, and compositing.
- Video Native YUV-based rendering engine.
- QuickView preview for viewing complex effects without waiting to render.
- Selective device control and Easy Setups for multiformat acquisition.
- QuickTime-based for outstanding support for cross-platform delivery.
- Support for Adobe After Effects plug-ins and Final Cut Pro 3 FXScript plug-ins.
- Designed for seamless performance with all current Macintosh computers.
- Optimized for PowerPC G4 with Velocity Engine, including dual processor Power Mac computers.
Input and Output formats
- NTSC and PAL DV video using FireWire.
- Composite and component NTSC and PAL analog and uncompressed standard definition support using third-party capture cards from Pinnacle Systems and others.
- HD support for formats including 1080i, 23.976, 24p, 25, 29.97, and 30 fps (requires third-party PCI hardware).
- QuickTime video and file format export, including M-JPEG, Sorenson, Cinepak, and web streaming.
- Standard image format import (BMP, JPEG, MacPaint, Photoshop, PICT, PNG, QuickTime Image, SGI, TARGA, TIFF) with alpha channels maintained.
- Standard audio formats supported, including AIFF, and WAV.
- Import and export of common EDLs with pre-read options.