Chris Gerlach
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I’m sure there are some folks on this forum that could answer this question better than I could, but I’ll be glad to relate my experience and maybe that will help…
Before upgrading my FCP Studio, I was using FCP 5.1.4. (I had purchased 5.1, and the “.4” was an auto on-line upgrade.) When I wanted to upgrade to FCP6 (Studio 2), without knowing better, I bought the “Upgrade from Final Cut Pro or Production Suite”. The product number was MA887/A. Well, there’s the trouble… I technically I didn’t have “Production Suite” to begin with! So when I entered the serial #, it said it was Invalid.
Turns out what I actually needed was the “Upgrade from Final Cut Studio”, product number MA888/A. Bought it, and it took the serial number just fine, and upgraded with no problem.
One concern I have about your post is that you mentioned having FCP 4.5. I’m wondering if the trouble you are having is due to you not having the most recent version (FCP 5.1.4)???
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Uh Oh…
I guess you’re on to something Steve…
After your post, and a bit more investigation I find that my upgrade IS for FCP Production Suite! Appears that this upgrade is compatible with everything up through all versions previous to mine. Jeez. My fault though, not the sellers. Looks like its back to the auction block!
Thanks very much for your input guys! -
I was working with a company that did the crossover from 5.0 to 5.1.0 (the 5.1.4 upgrades automatically through online software update), and at that time you had to physically send Apple all your discs and 50 bucks and they mailed the discs for 5.1 to you. That could be why it might be a bit more of a challenge to find the crossovers, because most of them took the place of the originals 5.0’s in peoples software packages.
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No, at least I was familiar with the Academic/Retail issue. I was careful to ask when I bought it, and nothing is marked as such.