Q: Will Final Cut Express be improved by upgrading from Mountain Lion to Mavericks?

Final Cut Express was discontinued by Apple in June, 2011.  It is no longer supported and is certainly not supported in any OS released since then.  Will it run on Mavericks?  Probably but you may need some hacks ... but don't expect top performance.

-DH

No, it will not be improved for the reasons David outlined.

If you wish to install Mavericks for some other reason you can configure  your computer to run in dual-boot mode by creating a separate partition for Mountain Lion and FCE.

Ideally when using Mavericks you should be editing with Final Cut Pro X assuming you want to stick with Apple produced apps.

Yes FCP X is totally differrent to legacy FCE/Pro.

It is worth the change but there is that "learning curve" penalty.

FYI: You can download a free 1 month trial if you like:

http://www.apple.com/au/final-cut-pro/trial/

Al

.  .  .  .  but you will need to have Mavericks installed to use FCP X.

Should you feel the urge to give it a try, this website has a free 2 hour course of video  tutorials that will get you off to a flying start.

http://www.izzyvideo.com/final-cut-pro-x-tutorial/

There are some 26 "bite-size" lessons so it's not too daunting.

Ian R. Brown wrote:

 

.  .  .  .  but you will need to have Mavericks installed to use FCP X.

 

Should you feel the urge to give it a try, this website has a free 2 hour course of video  tutorials that will get you off to a flying start.

 

http://www.izzyvideo.com/final-cut-pro-x-tutorial/

There are some 26 "bite-size" lessons so it's not too daunting.

Quite right Ian.

Probably should have mentioned it. 

Al