• Apple Final Cut Pro

  Selecting a clip, then using the Blade tool

  Posted by Luke Hartley on September 18, 2011 at 8:41 pm

  I single click a clip that is in my timeline to select it, i then hit my hotkey B to blade the clip into 2 pieces.
  Nothing happens!
  I have to hit the ESC key to deselect the clip, then single click it to select it again and hit the hotkey again. NOW IT BLADES into 2 pieces??

  Anyone else have this issue?

  Luke Hartley replied 14 years, 11 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Craig Seeman

  September 18, 2011 at 9:33 pm

  If you close and reopen FCPX is it an immediately repeatable issue for you?

  I haven’t had this specific problem although I have occasional run into a situation where I can no longer select clips. Quitting and reopening clears up the issue.
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  Luke Hartley

  September 19, 2011 at 5:04 pm

  Yes, this seems to fix it.
  Unfortunately, FCPX is now taking 10minutes to quit and another 10-12minutes to open again.

  I believe I’ve put too many clips in a single event and this is causing a major performance hit.

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