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Sure the package could have been more exciting but background rendering? Wow, that may have been a long time coming for those long committed, however that doesn’t stop it being a great feature. There is one feature and one feature only that I think would have really justified the full number update (You gotta also agree the numbering is pretty insignificant for cutters but people seem to take it seriously). Only one feature would really deliver that knock out blow … 64BIT. End of story.

this alone, without having the software yet, is enough to make me upgrade, even with all of the other (maybe) negligible goodies.

if you’ve made anything on a video camera in the past 5 years, there are chances you are dealing with multiple frame sizes and rates, and your life is miserable trying to do something as simple as edit a reel for yourself.

this is pretty revolutionary, sorry. being able to mix ntsc with pal, hdv with dv, i mean, even like, vhs footage with xdcam…this is just not to be overlooked, at all. this makes everything easier for anyone who works in video, whether you are a commercial editor, documentarian, or found footage artists…you can take all your stuff and export in one click…

read the specs better next time.

I totally agree with this article, i was shocked to see no new features but just integrated 3rd party compatibility and speed improvements, these should be updates not in a UPGRADE, anyone who disagrees with this article is been hypocritically blind to the facts mentioned here on all that., the new FCP is nothing new at all no matter how much people think they saved in there company, features and improvements are what you pay for in a upgrade., those other updates are more less for professional standards.

If you seriously cannot see how none of the new features and workflows in FCS3 will save you hours of time (at least save you enough time to make the miniscule $299 upgrade cost worth it), then you are not a serious user of Final Cut Studio. And if you are not a serious user of Final Cut Studio, then you honestly shouldn’t be writing something with the authoritative title of “New Final Cut Studio Not Worth Upgrade”, because it you truly don’t know what you are talking about.

There is valid argument to be made regarding whether FCS3 deserved the full-point version number increases that some of the apps got. I *do* consider many of the “new” features to be just massive bug-fixes. But it is absolutely undebatable that combined, the new “features” of FCS3 will significantly save any serious editor or content creator both time and money, and if that isn’t worth $299 to you, then you aren’t a professional user of FCS. In which case, the title of your article would be true: But it would be true only for people like YOU.

Apple clearly listened to the constant complaints that people like me (who aren’t just “frequent users” of FCS, but actually use it on a DAILY basis) have been whining about for years. This is the first release of FCS/FCP where whiz-bang features took the back seat to major improvements to long-standing issues that previously made the lives of professional editors a living hell (in particular, the Media Manager, Send-to-Color integration, speed-changes, markers, etc).

You claim in your followup that you aren’t expecting “earth shattering features” in upgrades, yet right in your article, you dismissively say “blah blah blah¦ None of these features are so earth shattering I would pay $299 for the upgrade.” The most interesting (yet unsurprising) thing about your screed is that not ONCE do you ever mention what kind of features you’re looking for which *would* make the insignificantly small $299 upgrade price “worth it” to you.

As it stands, this article is Not Worth the electrons required to display it on one’s computer screen.

The only thing I think they have to do ……it’s speed up the render…it’s REAL slow….
I hope SL does something.to help it (fcs3)

Rejoice in the fact that they have dropped the upgrade price way down, even if you have an older version than FCS2. When FCS4 comes out, you’ll be able to get the latest version for a much cheaper price!

I’m generally working with shorter news packages, so I don’t feel the need for iChat theater, and so the colorable tabs and a number of other additions don’t do much for my use. I know a number of colleges and news stations that use FCP for their news packages, and in most newsrooms iChat theater can be useful, but its just as easy to walk into an editing bay and look over a package.

I also did say I hadn’t gotten my hands on it. The point was that there aren’t enough tangible features to justify such significant version jumps. I’m not looking for a re-write, or earth shattering features with every new release, but to justify upgrading an entire lab full of machines, I need some incentive. Apple didn’t market it well on their site in my opinion. When I get into an apple store and get my hands on it, I’m hoping to be more impressed.

I’m excited to get this setup. I’m sure it’s great!

DVD Studio Pro has not been updated, and has no blu-ray support, but there is now blu-ray support built into both Final Cut Pro and Compressor using some pre-existing templates, and you can burn Blu-ray material on a standard dvd for playback in a blu-ray player.

As the other commentator said, iChat theater is a huge addition, especially for any editor who is working remotely or has a client that is far away. This alone would be worth the upgrade.

Improved markers with ripple delete and colorable tabs make working with large projects much easier.

Improved speed change support is another essential feature I will use every day, as it’s ability to easily transfer those keyframes to motion to do better slow motion (though I wish this was integrated into Final Cut Pro itself).

The floating timecode window is another feature that will make my ever day life better while editing.

Global transitions also will make my life easier every single day.

With Color, the addition of 4K support is a huge feature, especially for this working with RED.

And with the price drop this upgrade has gotten even more affordable and useful. As a full time editor these new features alone will make every day easier, and more efficient, and that alone makes this an essential upgrade.

I started editing on Avid 10 years ago, and am now using FC. What amazes me is that after 10 years, more ram, faster processors, render times are still so slow. Maybe Apple could do something to dramatically improve that. How about making the interface in some of their apps a bit more intuitive? If they could do that, then Í’d be impressed.

I saw a number of slightly gimmicky features at the product demo last night, as well as, other features that I could see would be of benefit to others. But for me not a lot. Make the software easier to use, make it work faster. Keep the quality high. Get the basics right.

I’m not too proud to ask for these things, and I’ve been at this for a long time.

I’ve been using Studio 3 for a week, and have used Final Cut Pro for years before this. The $300 upgrade cost is perfectly justified and reasonable, for two main reasons.

1. iChat Theater. Thanks to this new feature, my production company can demo a video to a client without any hassle, exporting, or sharing – just open iChat and start playing the Final Cut timeline. This will probably *save* us money in the end, since we had been looking into file sharing services with enough storage and bandwidth to accommodate large and frequent video files.

2. New Exporting Features. It renders in the background. Anyone who’s ever exported a video out of Final Cut can attest to the long wait times and inability to do anything else in the application while waiting for the export to complete: thus, usable time (and therefore money) are lost. If for any reason I have to export what I’m working on and send it to someone else, I don’t have to take a break for an hour or more (depending on the length and size of the video).

Professional video editors are currently rejoicing over the new ProRes codecs, especially those who use RED cameras. Color has seen some necessary and worthwhile upgrades, as has Motion.

Clearly, the consumer writing this article expects every release of Final Cut Studio to be something so revolutionary that it blows everyone away. What can Apple add to the application to make it revolutionary? A new UI for Final Cut Pro, maybe? You can pay for the lost time as professional editors with deadlines have to waste time unlearning the interface they’ve used for years and trying to learn something that may look a little big more Mac-like but doesn’t offer them any more features.

Don’t make criticisms on anything unless you have the proper authority to do so.

I called and had a chat with the very friendly sales person who informs me that Apple offer no rebate whatsoever to customers who recently bought the software (except in the last two weeks…) and that there is no where to register a complaint about them as an organisation.

I am at a loss to understand how a company can charge so much for such a basic upgrade, the software is great but the company who make it are pirates.