For video editors on the mac, there are a few options. Those doing home videos usually stick with iMovie, Apple’s editing program included with iLife. But those that want to do more advance things, or even want to become professional usually turn to Apple’s Final Cut Studio. Apple released the second version of Final Cut Studio in mid April this year. It includes 6 main applications, Final Cut Pro 6, Motion 3, SoundTrack Pro 2, Color, Compressor 3 and DVD Studio Pro 4. This is the first major release to support the Intel Processors, a .1 release was made available as a crossgrade, but it was not a full release. There have been tons of upgrades to all of the applications.
In this review I am going to cover all 6 of the applications included in Final Cut Studio 2.
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When buying a new mac many people are faced with the hard truth. Macs aren’t cheap, nor are repairs. As you tell the sales person what you would like, or you click the add to cart button on the website, you are promptly presented with a choice, AppleCare. AppleCare is Apple’s extended warranty program. All new and refurbished macs come with 90 days of complimentary telephone support and 1 year of repairs. If you run in to an issue after that 1 year, and you are not a member of AppleCare, you will get some pretty big bills to fix your mac. Or, you could buy AppleCare, for a few hundred bucks (based one what type of mac you bought, and where you live), Apple will take care of all the faulty parts, problems and such to your mac. Of coarse if you drop it or have water damage or that kind of problem, they aren’t going to fix it.
So the question remains, “Should you buy AppleCare?”. In this post I am going to tell you my opinion, get some other users opinions, and tell you what they have done for me.
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