Determining Academic Version of FCE HD 3.0

Hello/ Bonjour,
First I want to compliment you on this informative forum.
After reading through about 30 pages of posts with answers, I have learned that the copy of FCE HD (ver. 3.0) that I found “un-opened” at my school will not work on my one-year-old 24-inch iMac (2.66 GhZ Intel Core 2 Duo; 4GB 1067 MHz DDR3), which is running Snow Leopard (10.6.3). So I plan to purchase FCE 4.
Here are my questions:
How can I determine whether or not this is an academic version with not upgrade path or a full commercial version for which I can purchase the upgrade to FCE 4? (The install DVD is labeled Final Cut Express HD Install: Version 3.0; and the labels with serial numbers at the bottom of the “Installing Your Software” pamphlet say FINAL CUT EXPRESS HD RETAIL).
Will I be able to use the 2 LiveType Data discs from this older version with the newer version of LiveType that will come with FCE 4?
Since the iMac has only one Firewire port, which will be in use to capture video from my Canon GL2, what will be my best strategy for managing projects; archived content; and my scratch disk needs? I was hoping to keep everything on an external drive, but this will need to be a USB drive. I have about 520 GB available on my 640 GB drive.
Thanks in advance.
Jim McAndrew

Hi(Bonjour)!
Jim McAndrew wrote:
How can I determine whether or not this is an academic version with not upgrade path or a full commercial version for which I can purchase the upgrade to FCE 4? (The install DVD is labeled Final Cut Express HD Install: Version 3.0; and the labels with serial numbers at the bottom of the “Installing Your Software” pamphlet say FINAL CUT EXPRESS HD RETAIL).
The academic should have a label on the box (same for Non For Resale version-NFR).
Will I be able to use the 2 LiveType Data discs from this older version with the newer version of LiveType that will come with FCE 4?
Yes. Run the livetype install from the FCE 3.0 disk. The current LT app is the same as this one and you'll get the full content.
Since the iMac has only one Firewire port, which will be in use to capture video from my Canon GL2, what will be my best strategy for managing projects; archived content; and my scratch disk needs? I was hoping to keep everything on an external drive, but this will need to be a USB drive. I have about 520 GB available on my 640 GB drive.
You can run FCE and capture on the internal but it's far better to use a dedicated external for video storage. You can daisychain the camcorder to the firewire on the external. Some Canon cameras have problem with daisychaining. If, so, capture on the internal and move capture files to the external.
Thanks in advance.
Welcome to the forum.
Michel Boissonneault

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