Apple announces new versions of Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Shake and new products Motion and Xsan

Las Vegas, NV — April 18, 2004 — Apple Computer today announced major new versions Final Cut Pro HD, DVD Studio Pro 3, and Shake 3.5 — as well as completely new products Motion and Xsan.

Final Cut Pro HD

The new version of Final Cut Pro lets you capture DVCPRO HD over FireWire (from Panasonic's new AJ-HD1200A VTR), edit using camera-native footage and output over FireWire with no generational quality loss. RT Extreme, now for HD, can deliver multiple HD streams, effects, filters and transitions in real-time to an attached Apple Cinema Display. Final Cut Pro HD is available now for $999. Upgrades from Final Cut Pro 3 or earlier are $399, while all owners of Final Cut Pro 4 can upgrade for free.

DVD Studio Pro 3

DVD Studio Pro 3, now has transitions between images in a still sequence as well as menus, HD to MPEG-2 encoding, Graphical View, support for DTS audio, and workflow integration with Final Cut Pro HD and Motion. DVD Studio Pro 3 will be available in May for $499, upgrade from previous versions for $199.

Introducing Motion

Motion is an innovative motion graphics design package that lets you work interactively while playing back in real-time. Intuitive "behaviors" let you quickly create sophisticated animated effects. Round-trip workflow with Final Cut Pro HD and DVD Studio Pro 3 is also included. Motion will be available Summer 2004 for $299.

Shake 3.5

The choice of Oscar-winning effects artists seven years in a row, Shake 3.5 is now optimized for the Power Mac G5 and Mac OS X at all resolutions. New features include warping/morphing, 10-bit and 16-bit support, and improved DPX format support. Shake 3.5 is available now for Mac OS X at $2,999 (including free network rendering), or on Linux for $4,999 and $500 per network render licenses.

Xsan: SAN File System for Mac OS X

Xsan lets multiple computers concurrently access terabytes of storage on high-speed Fibre Channel storage systems such as Apple's Xserve RAID. Xsan supports advanced enterprise-level features such as file-level locking, multipathing, meta-data controller failover, 64GB files and partitions, and bandwith reservation. Now under development by Apple, Xsan will ship later this fall for $999 per client. Windows and Linux clients are also supported using client software available from ADIC.

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