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Edit To Tape Window Magically Disappears
Anybody ever lose the Edit to Tape window? I’ve tried going to Window -> Edit to Tape, hoping it will reappear, but no luck. Closed all other windows as well, but to no avail. The only fix is for me to trash the FCP prefs and relaunch.
I’m running FCP 5.0.2 on a G5 dual 2.7 GHz on OS Version 10.4.2.
Any ideas? Or is it just a special feature?
Nick
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The ETT window can get lost under other windows pretty easily, but I’ve not seen it just “close itself”… when it seems like it does this to you, you cannot simply open it again?
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer
Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D
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Nope. When I can’t find it, I will go to Window –> Edit To Tape, to make sure it’s selected, hit cmd-w to close window, then check Window to see if Edit to Tape is there. And it’s not.
I’ve looked all over the screens, I can see how it could be easily lost (they’re 2 x 30″ Cinema Displays), but after closing the timeline, source, record, and bin windows there’s nothing. Is it possible they get lost outside of screen range?
The truly strange thing here is when I trash the preferences, it all works fine.
Nick
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Sure doesn’t sound like it will go off screen unless you drag it there… it will close though if you hit cmd w… try that open it, close it with cmd w, then see if it doesn’t reopen. It should reopen exactly where it was left last…
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer
Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D
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I tried opening it, moving it, closing it, reopening it, and it appears in either 1 of 2 places – If I have my viewer window on my left cinema display, ETT opens in the upper right corner. If I have my Canvas window open on Display 2 (the right monitor) it opens on the upper right of display 2. I’ve tried 10 times just now and it opens and closes fine either way. If I move the ETT window around the screen, close and reopen, it does not reopen where it was left last, only in the upper right corner of display 1 or 2.
I’ve tried to reproduce this anamoly, but I can’t at the moment. It’s completely random when it occurs. After doing a bit of editing and being ready to layoff to tape, however, it disappears from time to time.
This isn’t a big deal…I can ditch the prefs if I need to. Just wondering if anyone else had seen this before.
Nick
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Not seeing this behavior at all… clean install?
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer
Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D
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Eek, I was afraid that was the only solution. Thanks for the responses.
Nick
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I know this is an old post but i just had the same issue and found when my canvas is set to something other than fit all or fit to window and i select edit to tape the window will not show up. I could close it with command w but could not see or find it. I tested this a few times, setting my canvas to 100 and 200 percent and trying to open the edit to tape window, to no avail, then changing it back to fit all and it came up fine. I dont know why final makes the ETT window match the size of your canvas, probably has some purpose I dont know about. I hope this helps
Kevin
https://www.kappastudios.comKevin Reeves
kevin@kappastudios.com
http://www.kappastudios.com
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