Final Cut Studio 1.0 - Technical Specifications

Minimum Hardware Requirements

• A Macintosh computer with a PowerPC G4 (867 megahertz [MHz] or faster) or PowerPC G5 processor

  • HD features require 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster single processor or dual processors (authoring HD DVDs requires a PowerPC G5 processor)

• 512 megabytes (MB) of random-access memory (RAM)

  • HD features require 1 gigabyte (GB) of RAM or more (2 GB recommended)

• Display with at least 1024 x 768 resolution

• AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) Quartz Extreme graphics card

  • Motion requires the standard graphics card found in any Power Mac G5, any iMac G5, a 1.25 GHz or faster PowerBook G4, or a 1.25 GHz or faster flat-panel iMac. Any one of the following graphics cards is highly recommended:

    • NVIDIA GeForce FX 6800 Ultra DDL or 6800 GT DDL (NV40)

    • ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 (RV M11), ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (R350), or 9800 XT (R360)

• DVD drive

• Replication of DVD Studio Pro 4-authored DVDs requires a DLT drive

Minimum Software Requirements

• Mac OS X v10.3.9 or Mac OS X v10.4 (or later)

  • Mac OS X v10.4 (or later) required to use Core Image Units and 16- and 32-bit float rendering in Motion

• QuickTime 7 (or later)

• Playback of DVD Studio Pro 4-authored HD DVDs requires a PowerPC G5 processor, Mac OS X v10.4 (or later), and Apple DVD Player 4.6 (or later)

Available Disk Space

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

• Additional 41 GB required to install all optional templates, loops, content, and tutorials (may be installed on separate disk[s]):

  • 8 GB for DVD Studio Pro content

  • 8 GB for Motion templates, Motion Series LiveFonts, and tutorial media

  • 8 GB for Soundtrack Pro content

  • 12 GB for LiveType content

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