List of Apple pro apps explained

Below is a list of Apple's collection of professional multimedia applications, marketed as pro apps.

Current apps

Music

• Logic Pro, a digital audio workstation for professional music production
• MainStage, a companion app to Logic Pro for live music performances

Video

• Compressor, a video and audio encoding tool
• Final Cut Pro, a non-linear professional video editing app
• Motion, a motion graphics, titling, and compositing app

Discontinued apps

Music

• Apple Loops Utility, a Loops organizer and manager
• Logic Studio, a suite of professional music production applications, which included Logic Pro
• Soundtrack Pro, a post-production app to create film soundtracks
• WaveBurner, an app for CD authoring

Photo

• Aperture, a professional digital photography management and post-production application

Video

• Apple Qmaster, a distributed visual effects processing tool
• Apple Qadministrator, used to create and manage clusters of Qmaster jobs
• Batch Monitor, a tool to view and monitor batch encoding tasks
• Cinema Tools, a database for film conforming
• DVD Studio Pro, a tool for DVD authoring
• Final Cut Studio, a suite of professional video editing applications, which included Final Cut Pro
• LiveType, a title animation utility
• QuickTime Pro, an enhanced version of QuickTime featuring more advanced tools and some export tools
• Shake, a digital compositing package used in the movie post-production industry