For system requirements, please see:
Article 60225 "
Final Cut Pro 1.0: System Requirements."
Input and output formats- DV video using FireWire
- Composite analog (NTSC) and component analog (NTSC) using Pinnacle Systems TARGA products or other certified QuickTime-compatible cards. (Final Cut Pro works with the Pinnacle Systems TARGA series of video capture cards. See www.apple.com/finalcutpro for information on other certified cards).
- All QuickTime video and file formats, including Motion and Photo JPEG, Sorenson, Cinepak, and more
- Standard image formats (BMP, JPEG, MacPaint, Photoshop, PICT, PNG, QuickTime Image, SGI, TARGA, TIFF) with alpha channels maintained (import only)
- Standard sound formats, including AIFF, WAV, and various compressions
- Export in QuickTime web-streaming format
- Import and export of common EDLs with preread options
Video capture- Multiple resolutions and re-digitizing options
- Batch digitizing into bins
- Support for marking subclips during digitizing
- Ability to add scene, shot, take, and comment notations to footage as it is being digitized
- Waveform monitor
Printing to tape and exporting- Instant playback of cuts
- Insert and assemble to tape using device control
- Up to 4,000x4,000-pixel resolution in any combination, including ITU-R 601 720x486-pixel and 720x576-nonsquare pixel options
- Compressed or uncompressed output
- 60-field processing
- Certified performance on Pinnacle Systems TARGA cards and other cards that have qualified QuickTime drivers. (Final Cut Pro works with the Pinnacle Systems TARGA series of video capture cards. See www.apple.com/finalcutpro for information on other certified cards).
Editing- Three-point editing
- Match frame for replacing edits
- L cuts
- Multitrack trimming
- Multiple actions, including insert, overlay, and replace
- Ability to back-time edits in a single step
- Active track targeting
- Numerical trimming from timeline
- Slip trimming and slide trimming
- Support for editing and trimming using black (null) space, and for replacing black
- Sync multiple video edits to a single audio track
- 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
- Inline transitions instead of A/B model
Compositing and effects- Direct manipulation of video and images
- Graphical and numeric control of acceleration and velocity
- Unlimited compositing layers
- Import of Adobe Photoshop files with layers maintained
- Subpixel motion accuracy
- Insertion of fully editable submasters
- Text generator
- Keyframe-based filters
- Real-time wire frame views
- Bezier motion path controls with acceleration control
- More than 75 built-in filters and keying effects
- Support for third-party Adobe After Effects plug-ins, including Ultimatte
- FXBuilder scripting language for creating custom filters and compositing effects
- Ability to apply effects to time ranges, not just clips
- Photoshop-like transfer modes, such as multiply and lighten
- Multiple compositing methods, including alpha, blue and green screen, luminance, and more
- Automatic alpha compositing
- Time effects such as slow motion with frame blending
- Motion blur and sophisticated image deinterlacing
- Multiprocessor rendering
- Four user-defined rendering qualities for fast previews
- Separate render cache for each quality setting
- More than 60 predefined transitions
Audio capabilities- Sampling at 8 to 48 kHz and 8 to 16 bits
- Mixing of audio during video playback
- 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 parametric equalizer, compressor/limiter, 60/120-Hz hum remover, and noise gate
Media management- Multiple bins and folders for clip and effects storage
- Icon and detail list views by name and other parameters
- Ability to open multiple projects and programs
- Support for multi-item sorts, sifts, and searches
- Storage of clip information in 34 bin categories such as file size, frame rate, and comments
- Optional subclips