DVD Studio Pro
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DVD Studio Pro is a high-end software tool published by Apple Computer to allow users to create DVD masters to be sent out for replication at production houses. Its tight integration with other Apple applications allows users to take Final Cut Pro and Motion projects and render them into the DVD format without encoding to intermediary formats. This streamlines the production workflow and reduces overhead.
History
Apple bought Astarte's DVDirector in 2000, re-releasing it as DVD Studio Pro in 2001. Since then, the program has grown to be the primary software DVD creation package, its major high-end competition being dedicated hardware boxes that cost significantly more.In January 2006 Apple stopped offering DVD Studio Pro as a stand-alone product, only selling it as part of the Final Cut Studio suite. The 4.0.3 update, released in the same month, upgrades the program to the finalized HD DVD 1.0 specification.
See also a release history in context with the rest of Final Cut Studio.
High Definition
In April 2005, Apple updated DVD Studio Pro to support authoring HD content. DVD Studio Pro 4 allows for the burning of HD DVD content to both standard DVD's and HD DVD media (even though no burners are available). For playing back HD DVD content burnt to a standard DVD, Apple requires a PowerPC G5, Apple DVD Player v4.6, and Mac OS X v10.4 or later.
| Final Cut Studio | |
|---|---|
| Major applications:
| Final Cut Pro 5 | DVD Studio Pro 4 | Motion 2 | Soundtrack Pro |
| Minor applications:
| Compressor 2 | LiveType 2 | Cinema Tools 3 | Qmaster 2 | QuickTime Pro 7 |
| Utilities:
| Apple Loops Utility > Batch Monitor 2 | Qadministrator |
| Apple Computer software | |
|---|---|
| Consumer
| .Mac > Front Row | iLife | iWork | Mac OS X | Photo Booth | QuickTime |
| Prosumer:
| Final Cut Express > Logic Express |
| Pro:
| Aperture | Final Cut Studio | Logic Pro | Shake |
| Server:
| Apple Remote Desktop > Mac OS X Server | WebObjects | Xsan |
| Discontinued:
| AppleWorks > HyperCard | MacDraw | Mac OS | MacPaint | MacProject | MacTerminal | MacWrite |
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