Upgrade to FCS2 ???

I am running Studio 1 on a older G5 Dual 2.0 Power Mac. I upgraded to Leopard a while back and had nothing but issues with FCS and Compressor. I went back to Tiger. I know want to upgrade to FCS2. Should i run it on my Tiger system or upgrade to Leopard again. I had my issues before the Pro Kit Patch/Ugrade was out. Are the issues more or less resolved with FCS2 and Leopard ? How will the Dual 2.0 take the upgrades ?

Yes you can. You don't need the old version's install discs, but you WILL need the serial number for the older version. Enter it when prompted during the install process. The serial number was originally located on two stickers affixed to the front of the booklet entitled "Installing Your Software" that came with the package.
-DH

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  • Upgrading to FCS2

    I'm sure this has been asked, but I am just looking for a couple simple answers.
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    Lastly, I use Live Type a lot. I currently have version 2.1 I think it is. Does FCS2 come with Live Type like FCS1 did, or should I leave Live Type on my computer and not remove it since I will continue to use it?
    Thanks everyone for the answers.

    If you are willing to take the time and effort, it is common practice by some (including me) to wipe and reinstall your OS when doing an FCS upgrade. If you don't want to go to this length, however, all you need to do is trash the apps themselves and their corresponding content files in Library/Application Support.
    FCS2 includes everything in FCS1 and more.

  • Final Cut Pro 5.1 upgrade with FCS2 disks

    I have Final Cut 5.1 installed, but I uninstalled the rest of the Final Cut studio applications, I purchased the FCS2 upgrade and am wanting to know if the disks will upgrade Final Cut without me having the rest of the applications installed, or will I need to reinstall the full studio package to take advantage of the new Final Cut and Color.

    The answer to your question is, without regard to opinions on what's a good or bad idea, the entire suite is on the disks. You can load them on a clean unused hard drive or over your present drive which contains some or all of the earlier programs.
    A search of these forums will probably result in much advice saying do a clean install... that is totally erase your hard drive, reinstall OSX 10.4.10 and then install FCS2. Not everyone believes that is an absolute necessity and the choice is yours.
    You will find that FCS2 (Final Cut6) will not interface well with earlier versions of Compressor, Motion, etc.. If in fact, it will work with them at all. It is best to install all of FCS2, upgrading every element of the suite, then deleting any of the various programs you do not wish to use. But don't be too quick on the trigger... try them, you'll like many of them and wonder how you got along without them in the past.
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  • G5 Dual Core with ATI X1900GT - upgrade to FCS2, Tiger or Leopard?

    Hi everyone,
    I am little confused what to do. So, maybe somebody can advise me what it would be the best.
    Here is the situation:
    I am still using my G5 Dual Core 2.0 with an ATI X1900GT card, 8.5GB RAM and Decklink SP (as below states). I intend to use it till the end of this year, and then to switch to the fastest at that moment Mac Pro. Now, I have 10.4.11 and FCS-1 with almost all filters from Noise Industries. Everything works perfect.
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    1. Stay with Tiger and do the upgrade to FCS-2? And after that how the Motion3 will work? With similar speed? Or better, maybe worse? (I am not afraid about Final Cut - it shouldn't be any problem, but what about Motion?)
    2. Upgrade the system to Leopard, and then upgrade the FCS?
    But what about the graphic card drivers? On the Ati/AMD web site there are still (from over a year) drivers for Tiger and not for Leopard. Without the proper drivers it could be a problem to install the FCS. Few months ago, when I was changing the startup disk for WD Raptor, I did the clean system installation and tried to install FCS-1. But I forgotten about installing the ATI drivers. When I tried to install, the FCS shows the info that this computer doesn't have the graphic card which support Quartz Extreme. Of course, after installing those drivers everything works OK.
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    3. Will the all filters (I mean filter from Noise Industries) work fine in Motion and in FCP?
    4. Will the old Motion project open correct in Motion3? I use the old project quite often.
    +For those upgrades I can use another (cloned) startup disk to avoid the "dramatic" situation.+
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    Marek.

    Thanks for all replies.
    It looks that it is not a bad idea to stay with 10.4.11, and upgrade only the FCS.
    I will do this on my clone disk, and check if everything works fine.
    But, is it possible to install Motion3 (from FCS2 upgrade disks) and leave the Motion2 on the same disk being installed? (I suppose no, but asking just in case)
    I checked the specification of the Noise Industries - filters work fine in both system Tiger and Leopard (most of them I am using now, except of those filter which need FCP6 and Motion3), so I think I will stay with Tiger.
    Peter, do you know what capabilities exactly I can loose staying with Tiger? Do you use those filters (or some of them)?
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  • Not enough disk space to upgrade to FCS2!?

    I have an 80gig macbook pro and it already has final cut studio 1 installed. if I want to upgrade, i won't have enough disk space. how is this possible? I understand FCS2 needs up to 54 gigs of space....but does it really need that if I already have FCS1 installed?
    If I erase my hard drive and reinstall just FCS2....will I have all the content that comes in FCS1?

    FCS2 is only a huge install if you include SoundTrack Pro's "Sound Effects" media. If you use Custom (or is it selective?) install, and uncheck the Sound Effects tab, you save a TONx10 of space. In fact, if I remember right, when I installed it on my 120GB mbp it was some huge figure, like 28GB for sound effect. Unchecking that one items, and everything else in the package got installed just fine. I figure if I need sound effects, I can just do that on the Mac Pro station and save myself the space on the MBP. I'm also going to install Shake 4.1 on the MBP eventually, but I just haven't had the need to do that at this point.

  • Best way to upgrade from FCS2 to FCS3?

    I will assume others may ask this, so hopefully this can help others. I will be purchasing FCS3 when it is available, and currently have FCS2 installed. I will not erase my drive and start over fresh just to install the software. I think for me the best way will be to run the Final Cut remover app to remove the programs, then I will go into MacHD/Library/App Support and delete the Live type folder and Final Cut Studio folder (which contains all the motion and dvd studio pro templates) and then finally install FCS3. Of course, I am also going to have to uninstall my black magic intensity software, and install the new update (provided they do one) after FCS3 installs.
    Am I missing anything needed to be deleted or uninstalled using this method? Thanks!!!

    The second best way to go about this (the best way being an erase and reinstall) is to make a clone of the system disk FIRST.
    Once you have that insurance policy, do a simply overwrite upgrade. If things work, be happy. If they don't, simply restore from the clone then jump through the hoops you suggested.
    x

  • Best way to Upgrade to FCS2

    I´m about to upgrade from a retail version of Final Cut Studio to Final Cut Studio 2.
    I wonder which is the best way?
    Do I just run the install program or Reinstall the OS too?
    I have:
    iMac Intel Core 2 Duo / 2.4Ghz / 4GB RAM / MAC OS X 10.5.1 / QT 7.3.1
    FCP 5.0.4
    Does the previous version (FCS) have to be installed for the Upgrade or what?
    Any advice is welcome.
    Juan

    You need your original serial number and the new serial number.
    I strongly urge you to either clone your existing system, and then do a clean install of OS and FCS2.
    Or copy the important files to an external drive and do a clean install of OS and FCS2.
    If you can only upgrade to 7.3.1 QT with a clean install.

  • Dropped frames after upgrade to FCS2

    Hi all,
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    Prior to upgrade we captured 720P60 10bit uncompressed fine
    Also playback of 2 layers in timeline with animated transparency on Trk2 was realtime, no dropped frames.
    After upgradeto fcs2 + ATI1900XT + upgrade to Blackmagic driver 6.2
    Capture of 720P60 8/10 bit FCP6 reports dropped frames after between 2>3 mins of capture on the fly from a non-contolable device.
    Playback of a single stream is fine but if I add a track and lower the transparency FCP6 reports disk speed is to low to playback 2 streams.
    The raid is osx extended. We did have it journaled even though we erased using just osx extended :-/ so re-formatted again and this time it stuck on just osx-extended.
    I've set privacy on the raid for spotlight though did not do this before when it was working fine.
    aja and blackmagic speed tests are reporting same speeds for the raid as prior to upgrade. 450MBs read 390MBs write.
    We have a few external disks osx clones with old setup fcp5.1.4 on etc so will statup from one and see if this goes away.
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    S

    This gets harder to understand!..
    So I re-boot off the internal with FCS2 and BM6.2 drivers on.
    Open the projects. Add a clip to trk1.. add a clip above in trk2, animate transparency.. thinking yep.. will bomb out... nope.. now it plays fine as before!..
    So between booting off another OSX drive with FCP 5.1.4 and BM6.1
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  • Upgrade to FCS2 question

    I have purchased the FULL install of final cut studio 2 but have older versions of Final Cut4.5, Motion1, Live Type1 etc... should I uninstall these older versions first or will it simply install on top of them?

    the new install will (or should) install over the top of the old versions. (and you should be just fine doing this, although its worth noting that many pro's do prefer the clean install route ... it's a form of prevenatitve medicine aimed at keeping their edit station running as lean, clean and bug-free as possible)

  • Upgrading four year old computer and Final Cut!

    I am about to upgrade my four year old Mac G5 (2X2G)to a new Mac Pro(2.8G). It arrives Monday!I bought the upgrade to FCS2 to replace my FCP 4.5. I'm confused about what I have to do. Do I need to load the old version of Final Cut 4.5 onto my new Mac and then install the FCS upgrade on top of it? Does this mean I have to de-install it from my old G5?
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    After you've installed OS, instal FCS2 from disk it will ask for your previous serial # from FCP 4.5
    Do not migrate over any applications using Migration Assistant! Install any additional universal binary apps on your Mac Pro from the original Intel-Mac-intended software instal disks. Migration Assistant for G5 to Mac Pro is just a bad idea
    Any files can be copied to your new computer from your old HD but OS + apps should be installed from disks and make sure software you're installing on new computer is optimized for Intel Macs to avoid conflicts.

  • Upgrade to FCP 2 content media

    I upgraded my system from FCS 1 to 2. When installing FCS1 I decided to put all of the content on the same machine, my MacBook. When upgrading to FCS2 I assigned a separate external hard drive to store all of the content media because it takes up so much space. In the directions it says if you assign a new location it will install everything which is fantastic. What I need to know is what can I delete off of my MacBook to free up some drive space. I no longer need that content so it's just taking up space. What files, folders, what can I throw in the trash safely? thank you!!

    OK, check. so all of FCS2 is reading it's content from the new location, the external drive, where I assigned it on the install. Where are the old content files that I can toss safely? Thanks!!

  • Upgrade FCS compatability

    I purchased both FCS 1 and upgraded to FCS2 in Australia. I want to upgrade to FCS (3) purchased in the US. does anyone know if the US version is compatible with Aus version. Ie will it recognize that I have FCS installed and instal the upgrade. I presume that the software is not regionally restricted.
    Cheers

    does anyone know if the US version is compatible with Aus version.
    The set of discs in the box is identical, worldwide. The files on the discs are identical regardless of whether you paid full retail or upgrade pricing.
    The differences are the languages used on the packaging and printed documentation, and the type of serial number included.

  • First-time upgrading, what do I need to keep?

    Hey all:
    I bought FCS1 when it first came out, and just bought the upgrade to FCS2 for it. When I installed the upgrade version, it asked for the Serial number, I put in the one that came with the FCS2 upgrade disks. Everything installed wonderfully and still works. Cool.
    Thing is, I'll be buying a new computer eventually - a Mac Pro in January. I'm curious as to what I need to keep for installing FCS2 on the new computer (I'll be formatting and selling the old one). As I understand it, the FCS2 upgrade disks have the full versions of the software on them, and when I put them in to install, the serial number I should enter is from my FCS1 set. Is this true? Things that give me pause:
    1) When I did the upgrade, I used the new Serial numbers that came with the upgrade disks;
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    Is the upgrade serial number only used if I have FCS1 already installed on a computer and I then try to upgrade? If so, then, upon getting my new computer in January, I'll never have to use that number again. Also: what do I do with my old disks? Can they be tossed?
    Thanks in advance for any help, and sorry if anything is unclear.
    Michael

    I have a general rule that I never toss software discs. Especially when I paid over a grand for them.
    Are they really taking up that much room, that you need to get rid of them?
    Keep them. Keep your paperwork, too.

  • Installing FCS2 on MacBook Pro, limited space?

    I've been using Final Cut Studio 2 on a Mac Pro with lots of hard drive space. Just recently bought a MacBook Pro to enable editing in the field.
    My question is what is necessary to keep on the MacBook, and what isn't? How can I keep the applications and content to a bare minimum, and still have all the tools to edit with?
    I purchased an upgrade to FCS2, so I've had to install the whole FCS... AND the upgrade to FCS2... so it's taken up considerable hard drive space. What can I delete?
    As an example, I know I'll never use all the LiveType content, so can probably get rid of that. But is there an easy reference somewhere? Are there folders with content, etc, that gets installed by default that I can remove?
    Please help. Thanks!

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    Do a fresh instal OS then instal the FCS2 upgrade disk entering your upgrade serial number then the original FCS serial number when required. From the install menu you can choose what applications and media you would like installed from the Final Cut suite. So if you didn't want Live Type on your Mac Book Pro then during installation of the FCS2 upgrade you would uncheck the Live Type selection. Same for Motion, STP, Cinema Tools, DVD Studio Pro, etc. just uncheck the apps and/or application media you don't want installed.
    FWIW application media is stored by default in Library/Application Support

  • Please help me upgrade

    Hi everyone:
    I am going to be buying a new tower come this fall, but in the meantime, I want to upgrade my G5 as much as I possibly can. Can anyone tell me the highest upgrade I can achieve on the G5? My operating system is OS X Version 10.4.11, and my Final Cut Pro version is 5.0.4. I appreciate any help you can give me.
    Thanks,
    Beth

    You can upgrade to FCS2 that has FCP6.
    Why not just by the upgrade to the newest FCS when you purchase your new computer. Otherwise you will buy 2 upgrades. Not to mention you may have some problems finding FCS2 as it no longer being manufactured.

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