Apple released a bunch of updates for Final Cut Pro, Motion, Sountrack Pro, Color, DVD Studio Pro, Compressor, Cinema Tools, iPhoto and Tiger.

I will be posting a new The Digital Media Dude Daily Tips Podcast very soon showing you the new features in Final Cut Pro 6.0.2 (which are very cool!)

Final Cut Pro 6.0.2

Full release notes can be found here.

1. Compatibility with Mac OS X 10.4.11 (Tiger) and 10.5 (Leopard)
2. Motion Templates Updates (Requires Motion 3.0.2)
3. Setting Render Preferences for Motion Master Templates and Motion Projects
4. Skipping Directories in the Reconnect Files Dialog
5. Moving Media Files to the Trash Now Makes Clips Offline
6. Changes to Snapping Behavior When Performing Shuffle Edits
7. Hiding Clip Names in the Timeline
8. New Playhead-Centered Zooming Commands in the Timeline
9. Opening a Nested Sequence Displays the Playhead in the Expected Position
10. You can force FCP to open up with a new empty project by holding down the SHIFT key and clicking on the FCP icon.

An important note is that FCP 6.0.2 projects are not backward compatible (not even with 6.0.1). You will be asked to update your current project to version 6.0.2.

Motion 3.0.2

Full release notes can be found here.

1. Compatibility with Mac OS X 10.4.11 (Tiger) and 10.5 (Leopard)
2. 50 fps Support
3. 60 fps Drop Frame Support
4. Final Cut Pro Motion Master Templates improved / bugs fixed

Soundtrack Pro 2.0.2

Full release notes can be found here.

1. Compatibility with Mac OS X 10.4.11 (Tiger) and 10.5 (Leopard)
2. Audio Effects Issues Resolved
3. Support for 50 fps and 720p60 Final Cut Pro Projects.

Color 1.0.2

Full release notes can be found here.

1. Compatibility with Mac OS X 10.4.11 (Tiger) and 10.5 (Leopard)
2. Improved format support including 50p frame rates, 60p drop frame timecode, AVCHD and AVC-Intra video formats.
3. Improved round trip support for unconverted media rendered by Color.
4. Improved handling of aspect ration and field dominance.
5. Improved image processing.
6. Improved project reconfirming.
7. Improved rendering of clips with speed effects.
8. Any volume can be used to save color projects.
9. Improved media handling during Final Cut Pro to Color round trips.
10. Improved Handling of Motino and LiveType clips, and offline media.
11. Fixes to undo.

DVD Studio Pro 4.2.1

Full release notes can be found here.

1. Compatibility with Mac OS X 10.4.11 (Tiger) and 10.5 (Leopard)
2. Native support for more HDV formats (720p24, 720p30, 720p60, 1080p24, 1080p30, 1080i60)
3. Native support for H.264 formats.
4. Still image colors processed correctly.

Compressor 3.0.2

Full release notes can be found here.

1. Compatibility with Mac OS X 10.4.11 (Tiger) and 10.5 (Leopard)
2. The filters pane of the inspector now includes a color tab for selecting and adjusting color space settings.
3. Square pixes pop-up menu is now called “Correct for Pixel Aspect Ratio”

Ciname Tools 4.0.1

Full release notes can be found here.

1. Compatibility with Mac OS X 10.4.11 (Tiger) and 10.5 (Leopard)
2. Pull lists now show the correct length for speed changes.
3. Messages now included in exported lists.
4. Change lists now support PDF formatting.
5. ALE imported sound rate now matches in the database rate.
6. Reel and roll names now sort more predictably in the list view window.

Well that’s it. Apple also released today updates to Tiger (10.4.11) and iPhoto (7.1.1.).

You can check out the release notes for 10.4.11 here and for iPhoto 7.1.1., check here.

Until the next blog!

Cheers!

- Marcelo