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Xsan®, the Company’s enterprise-class Storage Area Network (“SAN”) file system, is a 64-bit cluster file system for Mac OS X that enables
organizations to consolidate storage resources and provide multiple computers with concurrent file-level read/write access to shared volumes
over Fibre Channel. Advanced features such as metadata controller failover and Fibre Channel multipathing ensure high availability; file-level
locking allows multiple systems to read and write concurrently to the same volume which is ideal for complex workflows; bandwidth
reservation provides for effective ingestion of bandwidth-intensive data streams, such as high resolution video; and flexible volume
management results in more efficient use of storage resources. Xsan can be used in heterogeneous environments that include Windows, UNIX,
and Linux server operating system platforms.
Professional Application Software
In March 2006, the Company introduced Final Cut Studio ® 5.1, the Company’s High Definition (“HD”) video production suite. Final Cut
Studio features Final Cut Pro® 5, Soundtrack® Pro, Motion 2, and DVD Studio Pro® 4. All of these applications are Universal.
Final Cut Pro® 5.1, the latest version of the Company’s video editing software, includes editing tools that work natively with most
formats, from Digital Video (“DV”) and High Definition Video (“HDV”) to fully uncompressed HD. With a real-time multi-stream
effects architecture, multicam editing tools, and advanced color correction, Final Cut Pro 5.1 enables users to view and cut from multiple
sources in real time, group up to 128 sources together into multi-clips, then add or subtract cameras at any time.
DVD Studio Pro® 4 is the latest version of the Company’s professional DVD authoring application. With DVD Studio Pro 4 users can
author Standard Definition (“SD”) or HD DVDs in a graphic interactive environment. DVD Studio Pro 4 includes Compressor 2, a full-
featured video and audio compression application. Compressor gives users control over encoding, including the ability to encode several
clips in one batch operation to a wide variety of formats including H.264.
Motion 2 is a real-time motion graphics software application that enables Final Cut Pro editors to add motion graphics to their projects.
Motion 2 features interactive animation of text and graphics for DVD motion menus, video or film in real time, and quick output
rendering by built-in GPU acceleration at 8-bit, 16-bit, or 32-bit float film quality. With Motion 2’s design tool, Replicator, users can
automatically generate and animate multiple copies of a graphic, shape, or movie.
Soundtrack® Pro is an audio editing and sound design application that gives audio and video professionals a way to edit, mix, and repair
audio. Soundtrack Pro features a waveform editor with flexible Action Layers that allow users to re-order, bypass, or change any edit,
effect, or process. Find-and-Fix features identify and repair common audio problems such as background noise, pops, clicks, and hum. An
integrated multitrack mixer allows editors to apply common effects to multiple tracks and group common tracks. Soundtrack Pro also
features over 50 professional plug-ins for enhancing sounds, and over 5,000 music and sound effect loops.
In February 2006, the Company introduced Logic® Pro 7.2, a Universal version of the Company’s music creation and audio production
software. Logic Pro 7.2 is used by musicians around the world and by professionals in music production and film scoring. It combines digital
music composition, notation, and audio production facilities in one comprehensive product and includes software instruments such as
Sculpture®, a component-modeling based synthesizer; UltraBeat®, a drum synthesizer with built-in step sequencer; and digital signal
processing (DSP) plug-ins including Guitar Amp Pro, a full-
featured guitar amplifier simulator. Along with workflow enhancements, mastering
plug-ins, and support for Apple Loops, Logic Pro 7 adds distributed audio processing, a technology that allows professionals to utilize multiple
Macintosh systems to expand available DSP power via an Ethernet network.
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