Difference between FCEHD & FCP

Hi,
This topic might have been posted before and I'm quite new to these 2 pro apps.
My school currently has FCEHD and I'm more interested in FCP and may be attending courses for it.
What is the difference between these 2 apps and will I be able to incorperate skills from my FCP course into the FCEHD?
Thanks

I believe the biggest difference between the two is the fact that FCP comes bundled w/ DVD Studio Pro, Compressor, and Motion.
Other than that as far as the Final Cut programs go there's really not much of a difference it seems execpt for Muti-cam, Setting default transitions, stuff like that. I dunno I might be missing something but I've owned FC express 2 and I just HAD to purchas Motion 2 because I didn't have it w/ FC Express then I took advantage of the Motion Crossgrade to Final Cut Studio and that's my story.
What I missed between FX Express 2 and Final Cut Pro is the Keyframing and 3-way Color Corrector but since this is now available in FC Express 3.5 I can't really see the difference between the two as far as editing goes unless it's a convience issue but if you want more than just editing video (ie. professional DVD authoring, encoding, Motion graphics) then Final Cut Studio is definitely worth the $$$!
If you ask me though; sooner or later you ARE going to feel the need for the programs bundled w/ FC Studio (Motion and DVD Studio Pro) and since you can not upgrade from Final Cut Express to Final Cut Studio it might be worth it to use the $300 USD that you would of spent on Final Cut Express and put that towards you investment in Final Cut Studio.
Do it!
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