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8-point garbage matte has inexplicable flash frame
In the middle of shrinking the matte from full screen down to one corner (a 5 second move), the matte fails for 2 frames (jumps back to full screen) then goes back to the correct amount of shrinkage. In the viewer window the failed frames show the correct placement of the matte handles, but the rest of the frame is not matted out. Since the problem frames are not keyframes, I’ve tried making them key frames, but it didn’t help. Any ideas?
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First thing to always try is to Quit FCP, Restart the Mac, Open your FCP project and try again.
Next:
THE FOLLOWING COMES FROM THE KEN STONE WEBSITE:
“Over 5,000 years ago Confucius wrote: ‘If you are toiling away, you have changed nothing and FCP heads South on you, [starts behaving in strange ways] then it is time to trash your FCP Preferences.’ ”Click the following link for instructions.
https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/trashing_fcp_prefs.html
A great way to do this is to use “FCP Rescue” a free Apple Script that will Trash the Preferences for you (and restore nearly all of your user settings afterward).
There are versions for FCPro & FCExpress.Download these free Apple Scripts at
https://fcprescue.andersholck.com/
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All that sounds good to me. You might also experiment a little.
Go to those frames with the problem and see if other parmeters are keyframed like feathering etc.
I would also try to apply that matte to another clip and see how it works there. If it works i would reinsert the same clip you are working with that does not work back into the space it now takes up. If you can start a frame or so sooner or later, then put the matte effect back into the original shot.Its worth testing to simply see if there are ways of solving the problem without the start stop deal, though, I restart at the drop of a hat.
Chris
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