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Apple Computer brought past weekend five new or renewed software title from for videobewerking. Next to renewed visual effects is Final Cut Per now also in state High Definition video to process.

Final Cut Per HD supports the DVCPRO HD in a standard way about FireWire and the HD-SDI in a standard way about PCI. Therefore is the possible with the full 1080i (1080 image line) to work or 720p HD-standard that uses becomes also by HDTV. That professional Tv-standard is already very popular in the U.S. and Japan. Thanks to the support for compressietechnologie of Panasonic in Apple's own firewire-protocol is the possible high quality video immediately on existing desktops and notebooks to assemble.

Until on at present was hard and software HD video to work very precious. According to Apple is the considerably HD video not only available for high-end productions to make. The new version makes HD videoediting available for everybody. The upgrade is free for version 4 users, loose expense the new version 999 dollars.

Does Apples professional dvd-authoring package DVD Studio Per 3 go 499 dollars expenses. This version is foresee now ondermeer of Apple encoding and decoding technology for the converting of HD video to MPEG2.

Further Apple introduces is to be joined the special effects-package Motion, with which the possible round animatie and movement in videoproductions. The program complementeert a new version of Shake available is. Version 3.5 breidt the existing possibilities for the making of special effects out.

Apple competes with with the new releases especially Adobe. The new program Motion must it for instance take up against Adobe After Effects, a comparable package that 999 dollars expense. Motion goes 299 dollars expenses. Dutch prices have been made not yet known.