Installing Your Software The following information is intended to get you up and running as quickly as possible and covers these topics: Â About the Contents of Your Final Cut Pro Box (p. 2) Â About Onscreen Help (p. 4) Â Upgrading Mac OS X and QuickTime (p. 5) Â Installing Final Cut Pro on a Mac OS X v10.3 (Panther) System (p. 6) Â Installing Final Cut Pro on a Mac OS X v10.4 (Tiger) System (p. 8) Â Registering Final Cut Pro (p. 10) Â Contacting AppleCare Support (p. 11) Be sure to also review the Before You Install Final Cut Pro 5 document on the Final Cut Pro 5 installation disc. For the latest information on Final Cut Pro, go to the Final Cut Pro website at http://www.apple.com/finalcutpro. 1 About the Contents of Your Final Cut Pro Box Your Final Cut Pro box contains software and documentation to enhance your video and audio production experience. Installation and Content Discs Final Cut Pro 5 includes all of the installation and content discs required to install Final Cut Pro 5, LiveType 2, Cinema Tools 3, and Compressor 2. Following is a description of each disc's contents. Final Cut Pro 5 Installation Disc This disc contains the files necessary to install Final Cut Pro 5, LiveType 2, Cinema Tools 3, and Compressor 2. It is the first disc you will use to install Final Cut Pro 5. It also contains the following files and folders: Â Before You Install Final Cut Pro 5: This document provides system requirements and things to do before you install the applications and their accompanying utilities. Be sure to read this before installing Final Cut Pro. Â Final Cut Pro 5 Installer icon: Double-click this icon to begin the installation process. Â Documentation folder: This folder contains PDF documentation for all of the Final Cut Pro applications. Many of the PDF documents contain an access page with links to additional documents and related Apple websites. Â Extras folder: This folder contains the following additional applications and documentation: Â LiveType Extras: A folder that contains documentation and samples of LiveFonts. Â EDL Access: A folder that contains documentation and the EDL Access application. Â Head Leaders for Cinema Tools: A folder that contains documentation, movies, and a project using leaders. Â DVX-100 Audio Sync Tool: A folder that contains documentation and the DVX-100 Audio Sync Tool. LiveType Media Discs These discs provide media content for LiveType, including LiveFonts, templates, objects, and textures. Each disc includes an Installer for its contents. 2 Printed Documentation You can find the following printed instructional material in your box: Â Final Cut Pro 5 User Manual: Provides comprehensive information about the application and is organized into several volumes: Â Volume 1--Interface, Setup, and Input: Explains the basics of the Final Cut Pro interface and the elements of a project, and provides instructions for setting up your editing system, capturing footage to your computer, and importing files. Â Volume 2--Editing: Discusses each part of the video editing process, including organizing your footage, creating a rough edit, and fine-tuning your edit using advanced trimming techniques. Also includes instructions for multicamera editing using powerful new multicamera editing tools. Â Volume 3--Audio Mixing and Effects: Provides instructions for mixing audio and enhancing your video using the elaborate effects capabilities of Final Cut Pro. Topics include adding transitions and filters, creating motion effects, compositing and layering, creating titles, and color correcting your footage. Also covers real-time playback and rendering. Â Volume 4--Media Management and Output: Provides information about managing projects and media files, exchanging projects between editing systems, and outputting completed projects. Also contains detailed explanations of settings and preferences and information on video formats, frame rate, and timecode. Â Final Cut Pro 5 Getting Started: Provides an introduction to Final Cut Pro and helps you get started using it. Â Final Cut Pro 5 Quick Reference: Provides information on keyboard shortcuts, tools, and modifier keys. Â Final Cut Studio Workflows: Provides information on using the Apple postproduction applications together and summarizes postproduction workflows. 3 About Onscreen Help Onscreen help (available in the Help menu) allows you to access information onscreen while you're working in any of the Final Cut Pro applications. Onscreen user manuals are available here, as well as links to other documentation and related Apple websites. Onscreen User Manuals Onscreen user manuals for each of the Final Cut Pro applications can be accessed from each application's Help menu. To access the onscreen user manual for an application: m In the application, choose the application's user manual from the Help menu. Late-Breaking News Most of the Final Cut Pro applications have a Late-Breaking News document that contains information about issues with third-party hardware and software and other known issues. This information can be accessed from the Help menu. Note: You must be connected to the Internet in order to download the Late-Breaking News document. To access Late-Breaking News for an application: m In the application, choose Help > Late-Breaking News. A PDF file of the current version of that application's Late-Breaking News document is downloaded to your hard disk and opened in Preview. New Features Most of the Final Cut Pro applications have a New Features document describing features that have been added or enhanced since the last version. This information is found in the New Features section of onscreen help. To access the New Features document for an application: m In the application, choose Help > New Features. 4 Upgrading Mac OS X and QuickTime You can install Final Cut Pro 5 on computers using either Mac OS X v10.3 (Panther) or Mac OS X v10.4 (Tiger). Before you install Final Cut Pro, update your system software to make sure that you have the latest version of Panther or Tiger. You also need to upgrade to the latest version of QuickTime. QuickTime is an industry standard for working with digital video and is required for Final Cut Pro. Note: For minimum software requirements, see the Before You Install Final Cut Pro 5 document on the Final Cut Pro 5 installation disc. To update your system software: 1 Choose Apple menu > Software Update. A dialog appears showing new or updated software available for your computer. 2 If necessary, follow the onscreen instructions to update Mac OS X and QuickTime to the latest versions. Note: If you haven't updated your system software or QuickTime in a while, you may have to go through this process more than once to install the most recent versions of Mac OS X and QuickTime. Important: Installing Final Cut Pro 5 and entering the serial number automatically unlocks the extended multimedia capabilities of QuickTime Pro 7. 5 Installing Final Cut Pro on a Mac OS X v10.3 (Panther) System When you install Final Cut Pro, its components are placed in the Applications folder on your startup disk. Warning: If your system does not meet the minimum system requirements, installation of Final Cut Pro will not be allowed. Refer to the Before You Install Final Cut Pro 5 document on the Final Cut Pro 5 installation disc for a list of minimum system requirements. Note: Before you can install the software, you need to log in to your computer as the administrator using the administrator password. See "About Installing Software and Saving Files" on page 10 for more information. To install Final Cut Pro and enter the serial number: 1 Insert the Final Cut Pro 5 installation disc into your computer's DVD drive. 2 Double-click the Install Final Cut Pro 5 icon, then follow the onscreen instructions. 3 The Installer package runs a program to determine if Final Cut Pro can be installed. Click Continue. 4 Read the Welcome information, then click Continue. 5 Read the Software Licensing Agreement, click Continue, then click Agree. 6 In the Licensing dialog, enter your first and last name. Entering an organization is optional. 7 In the Serial Number field, enter the Final Cut Pro serial number printed on the front of this document, then click OK. Make sure you are reading from the original serial number label that's on the front of this document. Be sure to verify there are no mistakes in the Serial Number field. Make sure you enter a zero and not an O, a 1 and not a lowercase L, where appropriate. You must enter the dashes in the serial number. Make sure there are no spaces before or after the serial number. Note: If you are upgrading from an earlier version of Final Cut Pro, the Installer looks for a Final Cut Pro serial number. If the Installer is unable to locate this serial number, the Installer asks you to enter it now. Important: Make sure you enter the software serial number and not the Support ID number. 6 8 Select the startup disk, then click Continue. Your startup disk must have the latest version of Panther installed. 9 Do one of the following: Â To perform an easy installation, click Install or Upgrade. Â To perform a custom installation, click the Customize button, select the optional items you want to install, then click Install or Upgrade. Important: You may see the Upgrade option even on computers that do not have previous versions of the Final Cut Pro applications installed. This is because the Installer has detected at least one file on your system in common with the files it installs, and is considered normal. 10 A dialog appears requiring you to authenticate yourself by typing your name and password. Click OK when finished. The Installer displays a progress bar to indicate its status. A dialog appears once the installation is complete. You have now installed the Final Cut Pro applications. For a complete LiveType 2 installation, however, you need to install content from the LiveType media discs. Installing the LiveType Media Content The LiveType media content is on separate discs from the Final Cut Pro 5 installation disc. The installation steps for the media are similar to the installation steps for the applications. The difference is that you can choose a custom location to install the media content. When you get to the volume selection step, you can click Continue to install the media at the default location, or choose a custom location. The default location for the LiveType media content is [Startup Disk]/Library/Application Support/LiveType. You can also choose whether all of the content is installed or selected parts. Click Customize to select the content to install. 7 Installing Final Cut Pro on a Mac OS X v10.4 (Tiger) System When you install Final Cut Pro, its applications are placed in the Applications folder on your startup disk. You also choose whether the LiveType media content is placed in the default location or in a custom location. Warning: If your system does not meet the minimum system requirements, installation of Final Cut Pro will not be allowed. Refer to the Before You Install Final Cut Pro 5 document on the Final Cut Pro 5 installation disc for a list of minimum system requirements. Note: Before you can install the software, you need to log in to your computer as the administrator using the administrator password. See "About Installing Software and Saving Files" on page 10 for more information. To install Final Cut Pro and enter the serial number: 1 Insert the Final Cut Pro 5 installation disc into your computer's DVD drive. 2 Double-click the Install Final Cut Pro 5 icon, then follow the onscreen instructions. 3 The Installer package runs a program to determine if Final Cut Pro can be installed. Click Continue. 4 Read the Welcome information, then click Continue. 5 Read the Software Licensing Agreement, click Continue, then click Agree. 6 Select the startup disk, then click Continue. Your startup disk must have the latest version of Tiger installed. 7 In the Licensing dialog, enter your first and last name. Entering an organization is optional. 8 In the Serial Number field, enter the Final Cut Pro serial number printed on the front of this document, then click Continue. Make sure you are reading from the original serial number label that's on the front of this document. Be sure to verify there are no mistakes in the Serial Number field. Make sure you enter a zero and not an O, a 1 and not a lowercase L, where appropriate. You must enter the dashes in the serial number. Make sure there are no spaces before or after the serial number. Note: If you are upgrading from an earlier version of Final Cut Pro, the Installer looks for a Final Cut Pro serial number. If the Installer is unable to locate the serial number, the Installer asks you to enter it now. Important: Make sure you enter the software serial number and not the Support ID number. The Custom Install window appears. 8 9 Customize your ...