Will FCP 7 upgrade From S.L. to Lion?

Hello, I am new to LAFCPUG. I have a question concerning FCP 7. So I am running FCP 7 on Snow Leopard on a 2011 MacBook Pro 15. I have three projects to cut, one being a doco. I want to purchase some plugins for this but all together they will run me around $500.00. I don't know if I want to do this. Will my FCP 7 work if I upgrade to Lion? I am not going to FCP X. I really need to know this before I pull the trigger on these plug ins or upgrading to Lion. Thank you.

Yes, FCP 7 works fine on Lion. I'm running that here right now.

Make sure you're running 7.0.3. I found 7.0.0 to be unstable for me on Lion.

My software:
Pro Maintenance Tools - Tools to keep Final Cut Studio, Final Cut Pro X, Avid Media Composer and Adobe Premiere Pro running smoothly and fix problems when they arise
Pro Media Tools - Edit QuickTime chapters and metadata, detect gamma shifts, edit markers, watch renders and more
More tools...

Are there any benefits in upgrading to Lion from Snow Lepoard in regards to the FCP 7 suite?

None that I've found. It feels exactly the same.

I think if you like the general improvements and wot not in Lion then go for it.

I've been on Lion for a long while now and prefer it to SL apart from a couple of really minor things.



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