And with the release of the second line of Macs now equipped with the SuperDrive, other manufacturers were bringing consumer priced DVD-R drives to the market. In an effort to bring DVD authoring to the end user, Apple released iDVD 1.0. iDVD did for DVD authoring what iMovie did for video editing. It brought a simplified version of the sophisticated tools found in DVD Studio Pro to an interface users of iMovie could easily understand.
Just as iMovie was added free of charge to the FireWire equipped Mac systems, iDVD came free to users who purchased a system equipped with a SuperDrive. Since their release, Apple has written OSX native versions of iMovie and iDVD.
The Road Ahead:
Apple has also just released OSX native versions of Final Cut Pro and DVD Studio Pro. These new versions will take advantage of the new speed improvements of the UNIX based operating system as well as offer a host of new features.
The release of FireWire has brought us a multitude of powerful new technologies and tools. Through all of this, Apple has remained focused on its agenda to bring power and performance to the Macintosh line.
In our next article in the series on FireWire, we will take a more in-depth look at what FireWire means to the digital video market. We will take a look at how FireWire performance effects frame rates and examine what options are available to digital video editors by examining a series of drives in real world tests. And if you have been considering adding a PCI FireWire card to your legacy system, we will take a close look at the pros and cons involveed.
12-12-01
Steve Manke
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