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  • Canvas shows black

    Posted by Ken Scott on September 16, 2009 at 3:43 pm

    Today in Final Cut, the canvas shows only black and icons don’t show up in the timeline, no matter if it’s an existing project or a new one.

    The video is there, I’ve made Quicktime movies to verify it, I just can’t see what I’m editing.

    Any suggestions?

    Ken Scott replied 16 years, 11 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • John Fishback

    September 16, 2009 at 3:52 pm

    First step whrn FCP becomes weird – trash prefs and repair permissions.

    John

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  • Shane Ross

    September 16, 2009 at 3:52 pm

    #15 White or Black Canvas or Viewer

    Shane’s Stock Answer #15: White or Black Canvas or Viewer

    Make sure the canvas or viewer are selected then go to VIEW>CHANNELS and set it to RGB. It might be set to ALPHA.

    OR…

    Click on the drop down menu above the Viewer or Canvas and make sure that you are on IMAGE or IMAGE + WIREFRAME.

    Shane

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  • Ken Scott

    September 16, 2009 at 4:03 pm

    Actually it was simple. Somehow canvas display was set to wireframe only! I reset it to image.

    Feeling very stupid!

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