FINAL CUT SERVER UNLIMITED CLIENT UPGRADE

Final Cut Server 1.5 frees up even more time for creative work, with new features that make it exceptionally flexible and easy to use. Final Cut Server can manage thousands of assets, execute dozens of routine production tasks, and keep every member of your team in sync-all while you continue working. It now features deeper integration with Final Cut Pro, including support for the efficient new ProRes 422 (Proxy). Check out the project, edit with proxies on a MacBook Pro, and check the project back in for instant relinking to the original source. Final Cut Server 1.5 also features image sequence support, new production hierarchies, and faster searches.

Features:

• Easy asset cataloging. Final Cut Server creates your asset catalog automatically. It scans your network to identify assets, captures a wide range of metadata, and even makes thumbnails, proxies, and poster frames.
• Blazing-fast searches. Instantly access just the assets you need using Smart Searches and new Global Saved Searches. Organize the same assets in as many different ways as you want using new hierarchical Production "folders."
• New Final Cut Pro workflow. Check out your Final Cut Pro project and edit on a MacBook Pro using the efficient new ProRes 422 (Proxy). The catalog updates instantly when you check the project back in, automatically relinking your project to the original source files.
• Point-and-click automation. Automate a single task or an entire workflow with easy-to-use menus. You can even extend your workflow to include systems such as web servers, broadcast servers, and archive systems.
• Seamless collaboration. Share assets and divide tasks with confidence, using check-in/check-out protections, version management, and review and approval tools that are tightly integrated with Final Cut Studio.
• Multiformat delivery. Final Cut Server 1.5 includes Compressor 3.5, Apple's professional encoding software. Use Final Cut Server to automate Compressor for encoding a wide range of formats-from H.264 to five versions of ProRes to 4K-all at pristine quality.
• Quick setup. Final Cut Server helps you get started fast, with facility-specific workflow templates, easy-to-use menus, and a complete range of customization options that don't require programming.
• Flexible configuration. The server software for Final Cut Server can be installed on systems ranging from a MacBook Pro to a full Xserve configuration. The client software works on both Windows-based computers and the Mac.

Typical Applications:

• Edit in Final Cut Pro and use Final Cut Server to manage your assets and automate your workflow. Install Final Cut Server on a MacBook Pro for use on location, a Mac Pro for small workgroups, or a full Xserve configuration with a network powered by Xsan for larger workgroups. Enjoy the clarity and resolution of an Apple Cinema Display when you work in the studio.

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