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Lost some video filter effects
Dear Creative Cows,
I have searched high and low through the forums but have yet to find a solution. I am in the process of learning a FCP lesson woefully late, as I moved some video files around (and deleted what I thought were worthless others) a few weeks ago. I thought I was organizing things – little did I know. I have run into several problems since then.
The current issue is that some of my clips were edited with the Bad TV video filter. If I play the timeline everything is fine and the effect is shown. However, if I try to modify a clip it goes red and I get the message >Can’t locate effect: Bad TV< When I tried to find the effect to just reapply it, I realized to my great horror and consternation that it is no longer there. I have no idea what I’ve done and if I’ve inadvertently deleted other effects in the meanwhile as well. How can I restore?
Thank you!
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5 Replies
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If you’re lucky, you just moved it out of the folder where it was supposed to be. if you’re unlucky, you’ll have to re-load the FCS3 suite. First, go check if the effect is still there and working in Apple Motion.
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Dear Mark,
Thanks so much for your help.
I believe that I am unlucky. If I reinstall FCP will the effect return? Also, just to cross my ts, if I reinstall FCP, none of my video files/projects will suffer, correct?Thanks,
YR -
No warranty should be inferred or implied: I make no guarantees. Be sure to save your fcp project files and your media to another drive first.
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Hi again Mark,
Just wanted to confirm that after uninstalling and reinstalling the effects returned, with no file cannibalism. Thanks for your help.
YR
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Best news I’ve had so far today:-)
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