What is the best way of upgrading OS from Snow Leopard to newer OS?

Is there a special process I should take when I get ready to update my iMac with a newer OS? I currently have an iMac (mid 2011) with Snow Leopard on it still and FCP 7. Do I just purchase and load Lion, then Mountain Lion and then Mavericks onto my machine and thats it? I do want to make a back up bootable disc image of Snow Leopard and save it onto a external drive as a safety net sort of thing should something happen, I could have some thing to resort back to if need be. I have been warned that depending on how new of a OS I go with, certain things with Final Cut Studio may not work. Like Motion 4 I'm told won't work in Mavericks I think and I heard iDVD will be wiped from my system too. I would stay with Snow Leopard but upgrading my OS will allow me to use various plugins I just got that require Mac OS X 10.7 or higher.
thanks

Back up your data, check your applications for compatibility, and upgrade directly to the desired OS; you don't need any intermediate versions. Note that since Yosemite has come out, you won't be able to get Mavericks unless Apple says otherwise, and so far, they haven't.
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