Will there be upgrade to FCP Studio X

I'm interested in upgrading my Final Cut Pro, but have always upgraded from Studio. I don't see this listed anywhere. Do I just need to wait or how does this work now that we have to purchase from the app store?
thanks,
Dave

It is unfair !
We have been paying so many euro to upgrade from FCP to FCP studio
and the impossibility to read FCS project into FCP X is a non sence
Best
Cyril

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If i upgrade to FCP studio 3.0 for $300 do I need all my serial numbers or just the main one for FCP for all components such as motion and dvd studio to work?
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When you insert the FCS 3 installer disc it will ask for the serial number. Enter the # that came with it.
It will then prompt: "You have entered an upgrade serial number. Please enter the original serial number. That's where you put in the serial # from the old full retail version.
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If I upgrade to FCP Studio, will I still have 4.5 available?

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I might not be thinking everything through- such as the QT version being different, or the interaction with 10.4?

If you do the standard upgrade, v5 will overwrite v4.5
If your current system disk is running 10.3.x, a recommended proceedure is to create a new partition, install 10.4 + FCP5 (both of which are QT7 dependent) on that partition and leave FCP4.5 and 10.3.x on the original system partition. This gives you the best of both worlds.
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With the disaster that FCP X is turning out to be, is there any indication as to whether or not any versions of FCP Studio will still work with OS X Lion? I have a sneaking suspicion that it will not, considering the approach Apple has taken with the FCP X release, but I haven't heard anything definitive yet. I'm hoping Apple will come out with some kind of statement regarding FCP X soon, because the way this release has been handled is absolutely bizzare. If there is no intention of continuing to support the professional community, just say so, and everyone can move on to something else.

It was an upgrade. Lion installs itself through an installer app (not rebooting from a disc), and the only apparent option is to do an upgrade from Snow Leopard.
(Coming from the Linux world, and Windows before that, I used to write off OS upgrades - they almost always produced terrible results. Clean installs were the way to go. But I've been amazed at how well things seem to run after upgrades from Leopard to Snow Leopard and now Snow Leopard to Lion.)
That isn't to say there many not be an option to do a clean install of Lion...if there is, I'll do that when it goes public. But things have run fine having installed it as an upgrade.
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Upgrade to FCP Studio 2 nonsense...

Ok, so the engineers and IT people here at work are trying to upgrade everyone to FCP Studio 2. They have this brilliant plan for doing so. Check this out:
So they installed everything on a single edit bay and added all the correct plugins and codecs and such for our new P2 HD cameras. Now, instead of doing that all over again for each of the 10 edit systems, they are going around taking each bay's system hard drive and formatting it, then cloning the drive from the first computer.
Ok, so no big deal really since they all have to work the same and all the systems in the news dept. were bought at the same time and are all exactly the same system.
Now the fun part. My system and my bosses weren't bought with the others and use different hardware. I use an AJA IO and my boss uses an AJA Kona LH. News dept. uses Kona LS.
So, the clone thing shouldn't work, right?
Yep, it didn't work and we're both losing time editting and such.
So, I offered to take all the installation dvd's and sit here at night and upgrade both systems so that we won't wipe the drives, lose settings and valuable info, plus, it should work because the Kona settings will still be there along with my AJA IO settings. The engineers and IT guy told me that won't work. They say it will still erase the whole harddrive because it's not an upgrade, they bought the full versions of both the new Mac OSX and FCP Studio 2.
Does this make sense? It doesn't to me and I think they're just being stubborn and stupid. All of this is being done to accommodate the new P2 HD cameras. These brilliant people didn't think about that fact that it's not compatible with the Avid I have to use half the time. So, I'm not even gonna talk about that.
Anyway, does all this make sense? Am I wrong here?
Help me please!
Make Bruce proud!

I'm going from past (likely dim) memory: You cannot install FCS2 from a network drive or from a clone unless you have a multiseat license. the installer is specifically created not to do that, even if you have all those serial numbers. They could have purchased a network installable MacOS and a network installable FCS2 but I'm fairly certain those are only available if you actually specify the product.
Does this make sense? It doesn't to me and I think they're just being stubborn and stupid. All of this is being done to accommodate the new P2 HD cameras. These brilliant people didn't think about that fact that it's not compatible with the Avid I have to use half the time. So, I'm not even gonna talk about that.
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Well, try to get along with them anyway. It's far better to love you IT guys than to hate them. Take one of 'em out for lunch.
A scorched-earth total reformat is often recommended around here as the only viable installation procedure. I have never used this method for MacOS or for FCP installs; I just run the updates/upgrades. Try it on your system and see what happens.
You DO WANT to make a clone of your system drive BEFORE you upgrade or update the OS or the FCP apps, though. That's just common sense.
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DVD Pro 4 upgrade to FCP Studio?

Hi
I have DVD Pro 2 on my Mac and can buy a v4 upgrade which gives me the chance to get the FCP Studio from Apple store.
My question is: What do I need for the upgrade to the Studio version?
Point is, I have DVD Pro 2 installed on my Mac but the v4 I will get from a friend in Australia, which the physical shippment will cost more than the whole software.
Is it enough when he will send me all the serial numbers which are with the (original shrinkwrapped) software or do I need to install the software to be able to install (or order) the FCP Studio upgrade?
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You need the actual instal disc itself - as Apple ask for it to be sent back as proof of purchase. You don't need to install the software, though. I would get him to send you the DVD and serial number stickers only.
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they upgraded from FCP 4 to FCP 5 and can't find their original serial.
No go. You need the original s/n from a *full price retail version*. Even FCP 1 will do.

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I've got a lovely crumpled piece of paper here that I never filled out - an upgrade from FCP 4 to FCP Studio for a very reasonable rate - about $199 from memory.
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Your lovely crumpled paper expired in march.
The upgrade path from FCP4 to FCS2 is now $700.
Still, don't kick yourself too much as you didn't really lose any money by waiting.
If you had done the cross grade things would have worked out like this:
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total > $700
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Hey there people: Just received the FCP Studio 3 upgrade from FCP Studio 2, and the tiny manual that comes with it. Are the FCP Studio 2 manuals good for detail about FCP 3?

BenB wrote:
The tiny books are all already on your computer in the Help menu inside FCP. And none of the tiny books are User Manuals.
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Being able to open the documentation in Preview or Acrobat is remarkably useful (excellent chapters, bookmarking, indexing, searching not available in Mac Help) so downloading the PDF versions is not only a good idea, it might be exactly the solution you need.
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Final Cut Pro 7: User Manual
Provides comprehensive instructions for setting up a Final Cut Pro editing system and using Final Cut Pro to ingest media, edit video, and output completed projects.
Last updated: 2010-03
bogiesan

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is there any conflicts between fcp studio and flip4mac ......

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FCP Studio 3 install on Power Mac G5

Anyone has tried to install the new FCP Studio 3 on a Power Mac G5 Quad computer? I have a PowerMac G5 Quad with FCP Studio 2 and want to find out wether I can upgrade to FCP Studio 3 or not?
Thanks,
r

Yes a shame about the G5 I had one until it went POP at the begining of the year.
Remember that any project created in FCP7 will not open in FCP6.
and once a FCP6 project is updated and saved in FCP7 it won't go back- so create a duplicate project.
have been playing with FCS3 for a couple of days now it's very good.
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Is FCP Studio 2 able to handle footage shot using SI's 2K camera? Can Color be used to grade the 2K footages shot on the camera?
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Export back to tape, and capture that in FCP. Things should work swimmingly.
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