Final Cut Studio 2 was released a few days ago, and I am excited by the many new features available. I am especially impresdsev with the new Motion 3 and built in Color correction possibilities in Final Cut Pro 6. Among the most important update to Motion, it has now expanded from just 2D to support a 3D environment.
In addition Motion has supported moving cameras in your environment somewhat like in Adobe’s After Effects. Mentioning After Effects, since the university has it, I still intend to learn more of it before attempting Apple’s Motion.
I am still anticipating some of the lighting and motiongraphic features from Shake. However I am looking forward to read reviews of the new Final Cut package soon. Until then check out Apple’s movies over apple.com/finalcutstudio.
[...] the release of Final Cut Studio 2, Apple also mentioned more about their new ProRes 422 format. The format features a 10bit 4:2:2 [...]