Will ANY Final Cut Studio serial suffice??

Hi, I have Final Cut Studio 3, 2 and 1. I recently moved to a new machine and of course I lost my previous (final cut studio 2) serial, which I am prompted for when installing version 3. I cannot find it anywhere and fear that I may have to purchase a copy second hand, if that will work. That is my question, If I get a full retail Final Cut studio 2 and use it's serial with my FCS 3 install, will it be enough?

You can use the upgrade version of FCP 7, as long as you have an older full version...it'll ask for that full version's serial number

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Final Cut Studio Serial Number

Hi-
I am thinking of finally getting a Mac Pro, which will require upgrading Final Cut Studio and all that fun stuff.
In looking for my original FCS DVDs, I realize they were lost in a move last year. I can't find the install DVDs, the booklet or the serial numbers!!!
What info can I get off of my hard drive to be able to install FCS 3 on a new computer?

Give applecare a call and see what they can do for you.
x
edit: Tom W posted this link in another thread. It may be useful to you.
http://www.apple.com/support/proapps/serialnumbers/

Any final cut studio 2 discounts?

about a year or more ago, fcp offered a big-time discount deal (minus the manuals) to upgrade to Apple Final Cut Studio 5.1.4.
does anyone know if there such a deal to upgrade to fcp 2 now? i think the current upgrade price
is $99.
thanks

about a year or more ago, fcp offered a big-time discount deal (minus the manuals) to upgrade to Apple Final Cut Studio 5.1.4.
The special offer you're referring to was Apple's one-time deal to 'crossgrade' to the universal version (FCP 5.1) - so called due to the fact that it was compatible with the PPC chipped Macs as well as their brand new (at the time) IntelMacs.
Unless Apple makes a major change in processors again, I would NOT expect to see that kind of special offer repeated.
-DH

Image Chnages Hue when loaded into any Final Cut Studio Program.

I am having problems with the coloring of this image.
I has been giving me problems for like 2 hours now.
I wanted to do all the photoshop work at home before work but every way i convert it. (TIF, JPG, RAW, PSD)
I will open it in normal photo programs it looks fine, but when I
open it in any program associated with finalcut it changes the hue of
the image.
The forest green becomes almost black, and the lime green becomes
neon toxic green.
It weird.
It happens on both of my computers.
Any Suggestions.

Photo data needs a color profile designated for the program to interpret and display the color space information accurately on the screen. It sounds like the color profile you are using in Photoshop is not the one being used in FCP.
In Photoshop,
Make sure the images are RGB (not CMYK).
See what color profile is attached to the image. On the menu bar: Photoshop>Color Settings
What's the Working Spaces RGB color profile? Something like Adobe RGB 1998 yields consistent results.
Good luck.
x

Final Cut Studio Serial Number Conflict

Hi
I have a Macbook Pro and a Macpro connected to the same network. Both have different FCStudio with different serial numbers. During the last update on my Macpro I was prompted to enter the serial number. I entered the Macbookpro's serial by mistake. Now, every FCS app refuses to start when it finds the same serial on the other mac.
Can I change the serial after install?
Thanks

just trash the id file

If I clean install my Mac, how will I reinstall Final Cut Studio?

I'm experiencing a blue screen issue with my iMac 10.6 with Snow Leopard. And I'm resorting to doing a clean install. I'm thinking this will remove Final Cut Studio and it's applications, making me reinstall them on a fresh computer.
Will there be an issue reinstalling this license on the same computer? Because I can not go into the computer now to uninstall FCS. I've been sifting through the forums and Google and haven't found an answer.

>Will there be an issue reinstalling this license on the same computer?
No. It'll install fine. There is no way to un-license it from your machine, like Adobe and Avid require, because you don't license it. It's just installed.
Simply reinstall from the original disks and you will be fine.

Final Cut Studio on MacBook Pro

Will all Final Cut Studio 2 programs and features run efficiently on a new MacBook Pro 13"? If not, what MacBook Pro would be the cheapest to run it on?

Greetings,
I just upgraded to a new 3.06 GHz 17 inch MacBookPro with 4 GB of RAM from the previous generation 17 inch MacBookPro with a 2.33 GHz processor. I have noticed a tremendous increase in performance and ability to render and export with ease and alacrity.
Having said that, my general question is: Does anyone have any general advice for hardware/ video setup configurations? I am very well versed with iMovie (ha!), and now I am seriously trying to graduate to Final Cut Studio. I have made a few clips and played around with various transitions, filters, etc, but does anyone have advice for what settings I should be using?
Oh yeah, I have a Sony AVCHD Camcorder (HDR-CX7)... I am not a fan of the CMOS chip, but nonetheless, it is what I have at the moment.
Any feedback will be appreciated.
Cheers.

Final Cut Studio results

So the word is out that the new mac mini will run Final Cut Studio, I think a lot of people here are wondering how well it runs.
Can people who have this set up please post your observations on how well or poorly it runs, how it compares to other systems you've ran it on, and how much RAM etc your mac mini is configured for.
Thanks!

Jason Williams G5 wrote:
I posted this on another thread, but any way...here's my limited FCP report:
I was able to do some FCP testing tonight. Don't have a ton of video on the mini yet, but I was able to access 3 different sets of video:
1. SD from Compact flash cards original capture. Worked just like my MacPro and maybe noticed the compact flash drive faster. No problems with filters and transitions
2. H.264 1920x1080. Had major problems playing from the timeline. Would drop frames and stop after a cut or transition. Just playing the clip was fine. It was when I used a filter or transition that it coughed and sputtered. My MacPro does a lot of dropped frames, etc too so not sure if this is conclusive proof, but I'd say it would be a stretch to edit this regularly on the mini.
3. HDV 1440x1080. I grabbed some HDV video from the FW800 drive attached and it worked quickly and easily. No problems here with transitions and filters. Behaved a lot like the SD stuff, but had some longer render times I think.
Bottom line from this brief test is that 2 out of 3 would totally work for me. I would try to find an easier way to do the H.264 stuff...maybe look for a different codec, not sure exactly right now.
Sorry for the limited scenarios, but it's late and I'm heading to bed. If I have more I'll report back.
Since that is with the 2.0Ghz Mac Mini I would think a 2.26Ghz should have less dropped frames.

Final cut Studio package is it worth the money ?

I have the most recent iLife package along with Toast, and Photo to Movie. My main goal is to make high quality photo slideshows to play on a TV. Will the Final Cut Studio Package really produce a better looking product, or does it just give me more control over what I can do with the images?
Chris

The Pro Apps allow for the use of conventional DVD-R media (like Verbatim DVD-R) as well as "Digital Linear Tape" or DLT which is what professionals prefer to write to rather than burning to standard DVD-R media.
Do a search on the DVDSP forum for DLT devices like the Quantum DLT4000 to learn more about this process.
Standard DVD-R media (for the most part) has significantly higher error rates as opposed to DLT which is extremely precise. From DLT an exact Glass Master can be produced which is like the "mold" for all future commercially pressed DVD copies which in turn also has far fewer error rates than conventional DVD-R media since it is pressed rather than burned to the surface of the media. Hope this makes sense.
This entire process is much more conducive for mass distribution of DVD's and can be very costly for small or what is called a "short run".
I can't give you an opinion on FotoMagico since I do not use it. Fred Shippey & others know much more about this app than I do. Anyway, I sure hope the above is semi helpful & good luck to you!
(3) G4 PM's/(3) S-Drives/Sony TRV900/Nikons/6FWHD's/PS7/iLife06/FCPHD/DVDSP/etc. Mac OS X (10.4.8) My ichatav AIM account is: SDMacuser1 (Please use Text chat prior to video)

Who has Final Cut Studio 2 working perfectly?

Does anyone here have Final Cut Studio 2 working perfectly across the board? Meaning..All the effects, sound loops, templates, media...etc all show up with no problems except the occasional crash here and there.
I am about to reinstall the OSX from scratch to install Final Cut Studio properly. Also....I plan to install all of the option media on a seperate hard drive.
Any suggestions? Advice?

For starters, I know its an error on my part. I am not talking about isntalling an upgrade. I recenlty brought Final Cut 2 academic. I know Final Cut Studio when it comes to the actual editing process, I just need help with the installation process.
My Final Cut Studio is is still very very usable...I prodcued an entire pageant with it. I just want it to work perfectly. In Motion...some of the media is missing, in soundtrack, some of the music files are missing.
When I installed updates for Final Cut and Motion.....motion started crashing and certain effects stopped showing up in Final Cut. I solved the Fianl Cut Problem, but still have hte missing media problem in motion.
Also, I installed all the optional media on my internal hard drive. 120 to be exact. Now I am down to 2 gig of space.
I am goign to buy a portable hard drive and store the optional media on there along with video, render files, etc.
What I am asking is....for the people who have Final Cut Studio 2 working properly...can you guys tell if you installed any final cut studio updates...if so which ones....also, what version of the OSX are you guys running.
I am really not frustrated are mad....I know it's error on my part....now....I am trying to get it right.

HT200276 HOW WILL I GET THE LOST SERIAL NUMBER OF FINAL CUT STUDIO

HOW WILL I GET THE LOST SERIAL NUMBER OF FINAL CUT STUDIO ???

It's on the back of the installation booklet. If you've lost that, and have some proof of purchase, it can probably be sorted out by contacting Apple.
Russ

My Final Cut Studio Box disc package Icon disc will not load, kicked out by MAcBook...any advice...disc player works nothing wrong with it.

My Apple Mac Harddrive went for a real bust up about a month before my warenty expired...Apple repaired no problem...I had exstended warrenty...
but when the computer came back it was not the same...
I also did not have time untill now to start sorting through the mess, one of the things I am sorting.... is to get my Final Cut Studio Pro 7 up and running...
I bought the disk set (box) with the lap top, back when I first bought my MacBookPro, everything together ......I loaded the disks package onto the computer back then no problem and have had the disk in a cuboard since then.....
I tried to reload the package onto my computer but the first disc....the ICON disc just keeps getting kicked out....
without it I cannot load my Final Cut Package....
What should I do?

Glen South Africa wrote:
took my discs that I brought into the store, found an older computer that was capable of reading the discs, then they created a mirror image which they saved to file, they put this file on an external hard drive (memory stick) and then loaded it onto my computer.
FWIW, I've had malfunctioning optical drives that could play video DVDs, but not read installation DVDs…or able to read install disks for Apple apps, but not third party apps.
the disc version (Final Cut Studio Pro7) that was sold as a box set with everything included (motion/color and so on) is not realy supported by the newer Apple's as you now have to buy Final Cut X Online, download and pay for everything seprately.
It's true that Apple stopped supporting Final Cut Studio applications, but I don't know any reason why they shouldn't install and function with newer OS versions and Macs (as long as a working DVD drive can be connected).
Russ

All Final Cut Studio 2 products keep prompting for Serial Number

Does anyone know how to fix this?
1) Bought Final Cut Studio 2
2) Installed it with the provided Serial Number
3) Registered
4) Opened each product - was prompted to enter name and serial number
5) Tried reopening stuff like DVD Studio Pro 4, Final Cut Pro etc.. and am re-prompted with the same blanks to enter name and serial number... this happens even when I restart the computer.
What gives?

OK, I just spoke with Apple Care and got it fixed...
I like when things work this well.
Here is my simple translation of what he told me
A) Make sure you have closed all applications.
1) go to this folder:
/Library/Application Support/ProApps/
2) Find any file that has "_SystemID" in the name
i.e. FinalCut_ProSystemID, DVDStudio_Pro_SystemID
etc... These are left over from your previous versions.
DELETE THESE FILES - yes all of them.
Empty the trash too
3) Restart Final Cut Pro and enter your Serial Number
This is nice because now ALL of Studio 2.0 is serialized!
4) Enjoy Final Cut Studio.
Here is a more technical version below:
Hello from Apple!
Shaun at Apple Service & Support thought that you might find this article useful. We hope that it helps resolve your technical issue.
Link: http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n303184
Troubleshooting serial number issues with professional products
If you're having difficulty entering a serial number when activating your professional software product, keep these tips in mind:
* Make sure you are reading from the original serial number label that came with the product.
* Be sure to enter your first and last name, and verify there are no mistakes in the serial number field.
* Some numbers and letters look similar, so make sure you don't mistake a zero for the letter O and the number 1 for the letter i or lowercase L.
* Enter the dashes in the serial number.
* Make sure there are no spaces before or after the serial number.
* Make sure that the serial number is valid for the product you're trying to serialize, for example:
o Soundtrack serial numbers are not valid for serializing Soundtrack Pro
o Upgrade serial numbers cannot be used with Academic or Not for Resale numbers from a previous version
* If you've already serialized your application and downloading an update causes it to stop working, try removing your System ID file and enter your serial number again. The System ID file for your product is located in
/Library/Application Support/ProApps/
Remove the appropriate file for your product, then launch the application and enter your serial number again.
Also see the "Installing Your Software" document that is available on the Install disc in the Documentation folder, or as a download from the AppleCare Support manuals page or from these direct links:
Installing Your Final Cut Studio Software
Installing Your DVD Studio Pro 4 Software
Installing Your Shake 4 Software
Aperture: Installing Your Software
Installing Your Motion 2 Software
Thank you,
Apple
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Serial Number in Final Cut Studio

I am having issues with Final Cut Studio. I bought Final Cut Studio and installed all of the applications on to my iMac but when I choose to load any of the pro applications it will ask for the serial number. I type the serial number in and then the relevant program will load - is there anyway that I can get the software or computer to remember the serial number so that I don't have to keep typing it in?
Many thanks,
Phil

The file "Final Cut Studio System ID" is likely corrupted.
Go here to delete it: Hard Drive/Library/Application Support/ProApps.
Launch one of the FCS apps, enter your serial again. Hopefully it will stick now.

Final Cut Studio 2 Update Security -- Putting Serial # in for "Update"

I am still working with FCP Studio and FCP 5. I have heard that when I purchase FCP Studio 2 with FCP 6, the first time I go do a "Software Update" it will ask for the Serial # for the FCP Studio 2. Is that true? I am just curious. I have already ordered FCP Studio 2. Will it always ask for the Serial # when I do an "Update?" Is there any other security upgrades from Final Cut Studio 1?
Thanks in Advance

Software update has nor required this.
But downloading the items manually from the Apple update site for FCS2 does require this.
Don't know of any "security updates" for FCS? What are you referring to?
There are some for the OS, etc.

Will ANY Final Cut Studio serial suffice??

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