FCP 7 Upgrade

[Chris Kenny]

Apple appears to be doing with FCP X what they did with Aperture when they put that in the App Store: reducing the new purchase price to the old upgrade price, and eliminating upgrade pricing entirely.

So, no, you won’t need to buy or install FCP 7. FCP X will just be $299 in the App Store, regardless of what version you’re coming from or whether you previously bought Final Cut at all.

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Digital Workflow/Colorist, Nice Dissolve.

You should follow me on Twitter here. Or read What is FCP X’s relationship to iMovie? on our blog.

[Ben Holmes]

Apple were entirely specific about this in the presentation: No upgrade pricing, just a single purchase price for anyone of $299.

This is another reason why I don’t get the pricing debate (aka the ridiculous “it’s too cheap” argument), as not only is the price for a single app, but even if it’s not (which I secretly suspect it isn’t – there’s more to come at this price) most people will be upgrading, and would only have paid $299 or very similar to update. There’s 2m users after all…

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FCP Editor/Trainer/System Consultant
EVS/VT Supervisor for live broadcast
RED camera transfer/post
Independent Director/Producer

https://www.blackmagic-design.com/casestudies/detail.asp?case=therydercup

[Roger Clark]

Cheers, thank-you guys

[Devin Crane]

I just bought a FCS3 upgrade for $299 and they gave me a full retail version. Not sure if that was intentional or not.