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  • PLEASE HELP with final cut updates confusion

    Posted by Woody James on February 17, 2008 at 3:35 pm

    Hello everybody,
    I am running final cut 5.0.4 and need to get up to 5.1.4, to make an edit im working on work on my own computer. Does anyone know where I can find 5.1? And once ive found that how I update to 5.1.4? `Because apple have removed this update from their site FOR SOME REASON please can anyone help…thankyou very much

    Arnie Schlissel replied 18 years, 6 months ago 4 Members · 6 Replies
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  • Jerry Hofmann

    February 17, 2008 at 4:36 pm

    It’s no longer available… you need to upgrade to Studio 2.

    You might call Apple direct… it was available some time ago for a nominal fee, but I think that’s long gone.

    Jerry

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  • Woody James

    February 17, 2008 at 4:43 pm

    really? But that costs another £450 and Ive already paid about £600 for final cut studio1 about 2 years ago? Seems pretty outrageous to me

  • Walter Biscardi

    February 17, 2008 at 4:43 pm

    [woody james] “Does anyone know where I can find 5.1”

    This is not a downloadable update as as been discussed on this forum several times. You must purchase the Universal Update from Apple. This requires sending your original discs back to apple to receieve the 5.1 update.

    However, I don’t believe Apple is selling this update any longer.

    Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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  • Jerry Hofmann

    February 17, 2008 at 4:46 pm

    Apparently you’ve not been around NLE editing very long… 5 years ago an avid that does less than what you’re using now cost in excess of $100,000US…

    500 bucks for an upgrade that includes a $25,000 color correction app sounds dirt cheap to me.

    Jerry

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  • Walter Biscardi

    February 17, 2008 at 4:46 pm

    [woody james] “really? But that costs another £450 and Ive already paid about £600 for final cut studio1 about 2 years ago? Seems pretty outrageous to me”

    2 years ago? Not outrageous at all. I upgrade every year. If you’re earning your living with this software, anything under $1,000 U.S. per year is nothing.

    Included with Studio 2 is 2K version of Color which would have cost you $25,000 2 years ago. That’s worth the upgrade alone.

    Walter Biscardi, Jr.
    Biscardi Creative Media
    HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.

    STOP STARING AND START GRADING WITH APPLE COLOR
    The new Color Training DVD now available from the Creative Cow!

    Read my Blog!

  • Arnie Schlissel

    February 17, 2008 at 9:38 pm

    [woody james] “But that costs another £450 and Ive already paid about £600 for final cut studio1 about 2 years ago? Seems pretty outrageous to me”

    I’m sorry, but which part is outrageous?

    That they no longer support a version of the software which they replaced over 9 months ago?

    Or that they offered a $50 (plus postage), widely publicized “cross-grade” from FCP 5.0.x to FCP 5.1 for something like 18 months, but you didn’t take advantage of it?

    Please pardon my lack of sympathy. It’s not personal. But you’re the umpteenth person to complain about this exact same “problem”.

    To be fair, maybe you didn’t know about the cross grade offer. But it was pretty widely publicized. If you visited any FCP related forum over the last 2 years, it would have been pretty hard to miss.

    Arnie
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