



The new variations are designed to broaden the codec family’s capabilities into higher-end post production, news markets, and offline editing. ProRes, a high-definition lossy video compression format developed by Apple for use in post production, was introduced in 2007 with Final Cut Pro 6 (FCP). While there are a few extremely sexy new features in Final Cut Pro 7- among them new ProRes flavors, iChat Theater, and Easy Export that will attract lots of attention-the main focus of this new version seems to be enhancing stability, speed, and productivity. It has been more than two long years since Apple released Final Cut Pro 6 ( ), its flagship pro-level nonlinear video editing app.
