Final Cut Studio 2 - Technical Specifications

Final Cut Studio 2 - Part Numbers

Retail

MA886Z/A

Upgrade from Final Cut Studio

MA888Z/A

Upgrade from Final Cut Pro

MA887Z/A

Academic

MA886Z/A

Additional Information

Minimum Requirements to Install All Final Cut Studio Applications

  • A Macintosh computer with a 1.25GHz or faster PowerPC G4, PowerPC G5, Intel Core Duo, or Intel Xeon processor

  • 1GB of RAM

  • An AGP or PCI Express Quartz Extreme graphics card (Final Cut Studio is not compatible with integrated Intel graphics processors)

  • A display with 1024-by-768 resolution or higher

  • Mac OS X v10.4.9 or Mac OS X v10.5.5 or later

  • QuickTime 7.1.6 or later

  • A DVD drive for installation

Available Disk Space

  • 4GB of disk space required to install all applications (Final Cut Pro, Color, DVD Studio Pro, Soundtrack Pro, Motion, Cinema Tools, LiveType, Compressor, and Apple Qmaster)

  • Additional 55GB required to install all optional templates, content, and tutorials (may be installed on separate disks):

  • 9GB for DVD Studio Pro content

  • 8GB for Motion templates and tutorial media

  • 24GB for Soundtrack Pro audio content

  • 12GB for LiveFonts and LiveType animated elements and templates

  • 2GB for Apple Pro Training Final Cut Studio Tutorials media

Recommended Configurations

The following are recommended for all applications:

  • 2GB of RAM when working with compressed HD and uncompressed SD sources

  • 4GB of RAM when working with uncompressed HD sources

  • A display with 1280 x 1024 resolution or higher

  • 4 GB of hard disc space is required to install all of the Final Cut Studio 2 applications

  • An additional 55 GB of hard disc space is required to install all optional templates, content, and tutorials (may be installed on separate discs):

    • 9 GB for DVD Studio Pro content

    • 8 GB for Motion templates and tutorial media

    • 24 GB for Soundtrack Pro audio content

    • 12 GB for LiveFonts and LiveType animated elements and templates

    • 2 GB for Apple Pro Training Final Cut Studio Tutorials media

Soundtrack 2 - Specific Requirements

  • For 51. surround monitoring of multichannel audio content: an audio interface with a minimum of six outputs

  • for multitrack recording: an audio interface with multiple inputs

Motion - Specific Requirements

  • A standard or built-to-order system configuration with a NVIDIA GeForce 5200, FX Go5200, FX 5200 Ultra, 6600, 6600 LE, 6800, 7300, 7300 GT, 7800, 7600 GT, 8600, 8800 or Quadro class graphics card.

  • A standard or built-to-order system configuration with a ATI Radeon 9800, 9700, 9600Pro, 9600XT, 9700Pro, X800, X1600, X1900, or X2600 class graphics card; or a ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 or 9600 graphics card.

  • For 16- and 32-bit rendering: a graphics card with at least 128MB of VRAM.

Motion-Configuration Recommendations

  • One of the following graphics cards is highly recommended:

    • ATI Radeon C1900 XT, X800 XT, or X1600

    • NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT, 6800 Ultra DDL, 6800 GT DDL, or Quadro FX 4500

  • For 32-bit rendering: a graphics card with 256 MB of VRAM or more

Color - Specific Requirements

  • The standard graphics card in any Mac Pro, 17-inch MacBook Pro, 24-inch iMac, or 2.5GHZ or faster Power Mac G5 Quad:

    • ATI Mobility Radeon X1600

    • ATI Radeon X1600

    • NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT, 7600 GT, 7300 GT, 6800 Ultra DDL, 6800 GT DDL, 660, or Quadro FX 4500.

  • For 32-bit rendering: a graphics card with at least 256MB of VRAM.

  • A display with 1680-by-1050 resolution or higher (excluding 20" iMac); dual displays are highly recommended.

  • A three-button mouse for full functionality

Color-Configuration Recommendations

  • ATI Radeon C1900 XT graphics card

  • Dual Displays with 1920 x 1200 or higher resolution

DVD Studio Pro - Specific Requirements

  • For playback of DVD Studio Pro 4-authored HD DVDs: a Macintosh computer with a PowerPC G5 or Intel Core Duo processor

  • For writing finished projects to disc: an Apple SuperDrive or other DVD recorder

  • For writing finished projects to a double-layer disc: a double-layer-compatible recorder and double-layer media

  • For transporting HD projects to a replicator: an external drive or Internet transfer of the project’s disk image

  • For transporting SD projects that contain copy-protection or dual-layer features to a replicator: a DLT drive, external drive, or Internet transfer of the project’s disk image