Upgrade to final cut 7

[Zane Barker]

[Niels Madsen] “Does anyone have any experience with this upgrade?”

The ONLY problems I have heard are from those who did not move to the new version PROPERLY.

Clone your current system drive
Erase and Install the OS
Then Install the new FCS

There are no “technical solutions” to your “artistic problems”.
Don’t let technology get in the way of your creativity!

[Shane Ross]

BAD REVIEWS? Where? FCP 7 is MUCH better than FCP 6. Marked improvements everywhere.

Shane

GETTING ORGANIZED WITH FINAL CUT PRO DVD…don’t miss it.
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[Bob Roberts]

I’ve been using FCP 7 for the last couple of weeks on a reality series and this is the first time I think I may upgrade my personal machine before a “dot.zero.point.one” patch release. Smooth sailing (…knock on wood).

[John Fishback]

Most problems I’ve read about are folks not following the steps Zane outlined, and those using FCS3 with Snow Leopard. Many are staying with Leopard instead of SL.

John

MacPro 8-core 2.8GHz 8 GB RAM OS 10.5.5 QT7.5.5 Kona 3 Dual Cinema 23 ATI Radeon HD 3870, 24″ TV-Logic Monitor, ATTO ExpressSAS R380 RAID Adapter, PDE enclosure with 8-drive 6TB RAID 5
FCS 2 (FCP 6.0.5, Comp 3.0.5, DVDSP 4.2.1, Color 1.0.3)

Pro Tools HD w SYNC IO, Yamaha DM1000, Millennia Media HV-3C, Neumann U87, Schoeps Mk41 mics, Genelec Monitors, PrimaLT ISDN

[C david Miller]

Well Niels,
It is running much better then Final Cut Pro 6 and seems to have more overhead to use. I don’t see any reason for you to not go ahead and take the plunge. I have cut two projects so far off it and it is great.

Oh, I forgot to mention, it is running on my Apple G5 Dual 2.5GB/8GB RAM, 2TB Storage.

So go for it on any platform.

C. David Miller

CN8/Comcast Network Television

Central Pennsylvania Region

York, PA 17403

717-451-0138

[Niels Madsen]

Thankyou all for your replies. It is really good to hear about this. I have installed the upgrade and am looking forward to editing on monday.

[Peter Corbett]

My new Mac Pro 8-core came with Snow Leopard pre-installed so I had no choice. I’m a first time FCS3/Mac user but I’ve not noticed any OS-related hassles.

Peter Corbett
Powerhouse Productions
http://www.php.com.au

[Ravi Kiran]

Is it possible to use one copy of the upgrade to upgrade two copies of FCS on two different computers? Or would I have to buy one upgrade per copy?

[Shane Ross]

[Ravi Kiran] “Is it possible to use one copy of the upgrade to upgrade two copies of FCS on two different computers?”

Nope…that’s illegal.

[Ravi Kiran] “Or would I have to buy one upgrade per copy?”

Yup.

Shane

GETTING ORGANIZED WITH FINAL CUT PRO DVD…don’t miss it.
Read my blog, Little Frog in High Def

[Leon Sarric]

I thought you could have 2 versions of FCP, ie one on desktop, one on a laptop. So shouldn’t you be able to upgrade both versions?