Upgrade too steep for 3.0 users

Sorry Jon.

I see what you mean - but that is the price you pay for keeping up with the latest technology.

It's like buying cars. If you get a new model each year you won't get it any cheaper than the chap who renews every ten years - but you will have spent a fortune in the meantime!

Ian

I would actually agree with Jon.

Just spent the $99 bucks upgrading from FCE2 to FCE3 just 6 weeks ago (and to honest - that was a waste of time, with exception of LiveType as FCE3 is identical to FCE2 in every other respect), and now another $99 bucks are required.

But all I would need to know is that the UNABLE TO OPEN PROJECT (PAL DV + Layered .PSD files together in a Project) massive operational bug that has plagued versions 2 and 3 has been fixed --- and I'll upgrade tomorrow! (even if they had me by the b*lls)

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301274

It is absolutely scandalous that Apple has continued to market this product with such a massive defect in its product if the bug hasn't been squashed. Having Photoshop files in a project is one of the software's biggest unique-selling-points, but it simply doesn't work, period.

Yep... I also have to agree that this time round there is very little incentive for me to pay for yet another upgrade.

Existing FCE HD (FCE 3.0) users should at least be offered a cheaper price to "keep up to date" (or, indeed a free "update", since the added functionality that has been introduced is fairly minor for users already owning FCE HD).

For people going from 2.0, I agree that $99 is a fair price for the update. I myself went down that path last year. But this time round, what are those of us who already upgraded last year going to get for another $99?

Nothing much!

When you think about it, the last paid upgrade I did (from 2.0 to "HD" last year) added the additional functionality of Soundtrack and Livetype at a decent price - i.e. $99, but this time round, FCE HD users are expected to pay again for things like "HD" templates for Livetype etc. which were missing in the first place when they released FCE HD last year. These should be offered to existing 3.0 users for free....since they are simply compatability fixes

The main reason most people would want this update is because they have an Intel Mac on which FCE3 won't work at its best.

Another would be if they were absolutely desperate for keyframeable filters.

Apart from that there is not much point in upgrading.

Ian.