Will my work from FCE 4 move to Final Cut Studio easily?

I'm upgrading from FCE 4 to Final Cut Studio. I'm assuming I'll be able to bring over all my FCE 4 work right into Final Cut Studio. Is this a complicated or impossible process?

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2205128&tstart=0

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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

From Premiere Pro CS4 to Final Cut Studio 3 (2009)

Right now I work with Final Cut Express, but am considering upgrading to FCS2009 while also upgrading from just Photoshop CS3 to Master Collection CS4 to maintain interoperability with friends and colleagues who use either suite. I primarily work with Apple's software, but occasionally have to work with Premiere Pro files. I know I can go from FCS to Premiere, but I don't want to finish in Premiere. Does anyone know if I can go back and forth between the two programs w/o converting or rerendering as I can from FCS to Premiere?
Thanks

Jim, some people (maybe not that many) are FCP X editors, so it's a good feature.
Also, I personaly find Premiere 10 years back in terms of editing. FCP X in my opinion has more editing features to make my life easy. The last release has also been a great update.
I have been editing in Premiere the whole year 2013, and I can't go back to the "old fashion" editing since i started editing in FCP X. but that's a matter of preference. The problem is that the other editors in my office use Premiere, so XML exchange is a must.

Upgrading from 'Apple Production Suite' to 'Final Cut Studio' ???

I have tried to upgrade Motion1 within 'Apple Production Suite' to Motion2 within FCS without installing the any of the other FCS applications such as FCP, DVDSP, ST.
The end result is that the Motion2 app have sucessfully installed and over written the previous Motion1 but I can not open Motion2 and begin working with it? The Motion icon bounces on clicking it but just doesn't open the application.
Do I need to overwrite the whole of current 'APS' that I'm using with the newer 'FCS' for Motion2 to open and work?
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Simone

uninstall FCS and reinstall. you can leave your projects. it's just works better if you do a fresh install.

Transferring from 3" DVD's to Final Cut Studio

I'm a complete technophobe so please bear with me on this....
I have a Panasonic VDR-M50 which records onto a 3" DVD. I've tried connecting the camera to FCS via cable link but FCS doesn't seem to recognise the files on the recordable dvd.
What I'm trying to ask, is there any way I can get the media on the dvd across to FCS?
Any help most gratefully received.

[MPEG Streamclip|http://www.squared5.com]
Use it to convert the files to one of the formats found in FCP's Easy Setup menu.

Hello. Can I install a Final Cut Studio 3 Upgrade package using a serial number from an old Final Cut Studio 1 package?

I would like to install Final Cut Studio 7 on my Macbook Pro (2012).
I may be able to get an upgrade package, which will mean I need a previous version of Final Cut Studio to install it. I have an old Macbook with Final Cut Studio 1 on it. Could I use the serial number from that version of Final Cut Studio to activate the new upgrade on a new computer?
Thanks,
Mark

Thank you Jim.

My HD died on my iMac. I replaced it and lost everything that was on it. I found my source disks from my original purchase for Final Cut Express HD 3.5. I now have Maverick ISO and it will not let me load my software so I can continue my film work. ???

My HD died on my iMac. I replaced it and lost everything that was on it. I found my source disks from my original purchase for Final Cut Express HD 3.5. I now have Maverick ISO and it will not let me load my software so I can continue my film work. How do I get it too recover it without paying for it again since I paid for it already and have projects in progress that need to be completed?

1) Partition your hard drive or add an external drive and install Snow Leopard (with the Optional Rosetta) into it and then you can dual-boot (System Preferences:Startup Disk) into Snow Leopard and run FCE 3.5 there.
2) Use one of the following methods to install FCE 3.5 into Mavericks:
a) Pacifist: http://www.charlessoft.com/
b) Jeremy Johnstone's Terminal method: http://www.jeremyjohnstone.com/blog/2012-03-11-installing-final-cut-pro-studio-2 -0-on-mac-os-x-10-7-lion.html
Reports on this forum seem to confirm that Final Cut Studio 2 will continue to operate in Mavericks once it is functionally installed, albeit some plug-ins may fail to function. FCE 3.5 is the same generation as FCS2, and presumably will continue to operate in Mavericks, as well.

1080p30 .mov files from canon eos 5DMarkII in Final cut express 4.0.1

Hi everybody.
i need some help to import HD vidéo .mov files from Canon Eos 5DMarkII in final cut express.
The files is in 1080p30 (h264) like avchd but in the final cut configuration i have only 50i and 60i option in HDV and AVCHD
Final cut necessity to do a render (5h for 15min on my G5) and the movement quality is not the same.
Anybody have a idea to import Progressive files in final cut ?
maybe they have an update with new avchd 1080p codec in configuration ?
or i need final cut pro...?
Thanks in advance
and sorry for my english...i'm french

There is no good solution for working with this camera in FCE. It's 30fps progressive. There is no true video format that is 30fps. This is something Canon was cobbled together for this stills camera.
You can use MPEG Streamclip to convert the material to QuickTime using the Apple Intermediate Codec at 1920x1080. I think that's what it shoot. You should check the camera manual to confirm it shoots 1920 and not 1440.
The problem is the frame rate. You can convert it to 29.97fps or to 25fps. 25fps conforms to the European frame rate, but I don't know how well Streamclip will do this conversion. You also need to make sure the material is not interlaced by Streamclip.
The other problem is that FCE handles 1080 as an interlaced format, because for production it's supposed to be an interlaced format, at least in the formats, HDV and AVCHD, that FCE works with. You can set your sequence properties to have no field dominance, which should prevent it interlacing during compositing of any effects.

Imac won't let me install Final cut studio 2..it will let me install the upgrade, but it has no live type and i need it to work on my current projects. How do I get Live type back installed in iMac

I just purchased an iMac for home and went to install final cut studio 2 and it gave me an error saying something about "PowerPC" not used or something like that. Installed the studio upgrade just fine...but it has no "Live Type" which I need to work on projects I have been using in my Mac Pro at my work place. How do I get "Live Type" to install in this iMac? Downloaded Live Type upgrade but that won't update cause there's no "Live Type" in the applications.

It sounds like you have Lion installed on your new imac, although your profile says SL 10.6.8 (you may want to change this.)
If you have the Snow Leopard install disc I believe you can install "Rosetta" from the extras folder which will then, if you have the original FCS2 discs , allow you to select and install Live Type and LIve Type content only from the custom install options.
I hope this will work for you.
DM

I can't upload or import videos from my iphoto library, into final cut pro x. When i click, IMPORT MEDIA in FCP, It lists iPhoto Library as GRAY, and will not let me access it. I need the videos out of there. I have tried every way I can think of.

Like the title says...
I can't upload or import videos from my iphoto library, into final cut pro x. When i click, IMPORT MEDIA in FCP, It lists 'iPhoto Library' as GRAY, and will not let me select it. I need the videos out of there. I have tried every way I can think of.
I have also tried from the iphoto side, to export the videos or share them to final cut. I have had no luck.
I have tried to drag and drop indidual video clips from iphoto to fcp, and the programs simply do not respond to each other
I can see in the OLDER version of final cut pro x, where it has IMPORT FILES as an option, it was possible. I see this on forums and youtube videos of the older versions.
However, the newer version that i have, does not have IMPORT 'FILES' as an option, it is simply all lumped together as IMPORT 'MEDIA'
Thank You for the Help

at the end, you say "import preferences", which program are you describing?
So im safer using footage that is remotely being pulled from iphoto...
vs
using footage that is imported into FCP from imovie?
Is there anything i can do in fcp to make this footage more reliable or safer or more stable as i pull remotely from iphoto?
All the footage, and all the libraries to all programs, or on a new pegasus 12tb raid 5 setup fyi.

Can I move Final Cut Studio from a MBP to a new iMac?

I'm buying a new iMac tomorrow and I want to be sure that I can move Final Cut Studio from my Macbook Pro over to the new iMac. I have all of the original install DVD's and serial numbers and so on. Just a customer wanting to make an informed purchase.
Thanks,
Hunter Hanson

It should install without problems.
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Will new snow lep work well with Final cut studio

Hi all, Yes I paid the upgrade and have the all new fc studio with fcp 7 etc and all is Ok. apart from compressor rubbish at hdv to sd dvd of course,
I have just got delivery of snow lep which is apparently mcuh faster etc, does it mess for final cut studio or is the upgrade install easy and works well?
regards
darren

There are quite a few posts here on the subject already. Do a search.
As ever, some folks have had a better experience than others.

Will Final Cut Studio 3 work with OSX Mavericks?

Hi,
Does anyone know if Final Cut Studio 3 will work with the New OSX Mavericks when it's released this fall?
Thanks in advance

If you have the snow leopard install disk, you can do a custom install and just install rosetta.
One person on this forum, says there are serious issues with this workflow and links to another method.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/22029476#22029476
I've done it a few times without any issues, and I haven't seen any definitive reports detailing the problems with this.
Doing a complete clean install is the much safer way to have a dependable system. Here's a user tip on OS and FCP installation
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2861
I'd also recommend creating a bootable clone of your startup drive before doing any os upgrades or application installations or upgrades. That way if things go south, you can easily return to the previous working system.
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2494

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

Will Final Cut Studio port from Tiger to Leopard

I recently migrated to a new Mac w/*Leopard (10.5.4)*. I used Migration Assistant to port all my files and applications, including *Final Cut Studio*. Final Cut Pro works fine, as does Live Type.
I cannot submit batches to *Compressor (2.0.1)*. This is a known problem, with a solution posted by Apple Support (reinstalling Compressor and Qmaster and updating both to 2.0.1. I've done that and also fixed all disk permissions. That having failed, I completely reinstalled FCS and performed all updates -- same result.
Apple has a support article (http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307134), which states "+Compressor/Apple Qmaster versions 2.3 and earlier and version 3.0 are not supported on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard+."
Since +there is no upgrade+ beyond 2.0.1 for Final Cut Studio (as opposed to FCS 2), is this a "back-door" way of "warning" folks that you cannot migrate FCS to Leopard without upgrading (for $499) to FCS2? I'd like to know before I shell out $499; I'd be really upset if I bought the upgrade and it still wouldn't work!!!

Thanks for the vote for FCS2, though I wouldn't have made the computer purchase if I'd known I would have to buy the FCS upgrade at the same time. I hear you about migration assistant.

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