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Computer Requirements

MacBook Pro 13-inch: 2.9GHz 2.9GHz dual-core Intel Core i7 Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz 8GB 1600MHz memory 750GB 5400-rpm hard drive1 Intel HD Graphics 4000 Built-in battery (7 hours)2	MacBook Pro 15-inch: 2.6GHz 2.6GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz 8GB 1600MHz memory 750GB 5400-rpm hard drive1 Intel HD Graphics 4000 NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M with 1GB of GDDR5 memory Built-in battery (7 hours)2
13-inch: 2.5GHz with Retina display 2.5GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 Turbo Boost up to 3.1GHz 8GB 1600MHz memory 256GB flash storage1 Intel HD Graphics 4000 Built-in battery (7 hours)2	15-inch: 2.6GHz with Retina display 2.6GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz 8GB 1600MHz memory 512GB flash storage1 Intel HD Graphics 4000 NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M with 1GB of GDDR5 memory Built-in battery (7 hours)2

Software Requirements

  Final Cut Pro X

Rebuilt from the ground up to meet the needs of today’s creative editors, Final Cut Pro breaks free from the restrictions of old-fashioned timeline tracks. A new, dynamic editing interface lets you experiment freely while working with extraordinary speed and precision.

 

Motion 5 

Breakthrough Speed and Quality: Work faster than ever at the highest quality — even with complex projects, large image files, and sophisticated effects. And design with confidence, knowing that colors look identical in Final Cut Pro X.

 

Word Processing

Chose from one of the two following word processing suits. Both are not required.

 

Microsoft Office: Home and Student 2011 for Mac

Office 2011 for Mac Home and Student Edition is the essential software suite for homes and small businesses that enables you to quickly and easily create great-looking documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, and manage e-mail.

 

iWork 2009

Work, Apple’s productivity suite, is the easiest way to create great-looking documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. Writing and page layout are easy using Pages. Numbers gives you simple ways to make sense of your data. New cinematic animations, transitions, and effects in Keynote will keep your audience captivated. And iWork is compatible with Microsoft Office, so sharing your work is even easier.

 

External Storage

Though only a 500GB hard drive is required, it is highly recommended that you purchase a larger  hard drive as 500GB is not going to be enough space for to archive all of your projects over four years. If you have any questions about this, please do not hesitate to contact us using the "Contact" section on this webpage.