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Confounded as to how to change Project Name
Just wondering if anyone else is seeing this behavior:
I know that changing the project name is supposed to be as simple as clicking on the name in the project library and then typing.
But for me this often doesn’t work. Sometimes clicking on the name doesn’t cause the text to become active and changeable,
To increase the annoyance, later I might come back to the project library and clicking to change works fine.
Anyone else seeing this?
Thanks,
Lance
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Not in front of the machine, so I’m going from memory. Select the project in the project browser. Open the inspector window to view the project properties. Click on the wrench/tool icon, which should then let you change properties, including the name.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
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Thanks Oliver!
This is a working alternative to the official method.
I’m still wondering if others are seeing the same unreliable results using the click and change method.
Best,
Lance
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Actually no. With the project highlighted in the Project Library, I simply click the name once and the name is selected and the text box is active.
All the best,
Tom
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[Tom Wolsky] “I simply click the name once and the name is selected and the text box is active.”
I’ve had trouble with that method, as well. May be an intermittent issue.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
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I see this. Notified Apple about it.
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Often, it won’t work if any background tasks are running. For example, if you duplicated the project and included render files, you have to wait for the project to finish copying all the data.
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FCP Guru
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I have had this problem a lot this week – intermittent and clearly related to FCPX running out of RAM as it seems to like to do …
Simon Ubsdell
Director/Editor/Writer
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You must wait till bacground process will stop
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Pozdro
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Yes, this may well be the answer. And it’s kinda damning. I have noticed that despite the much ballyhooed new 64-bit engine, that the app can be quite sluggish when renders (or background tasks) are cued up, even on the best equipment with plenty of RAM.
This is an example of a function that just doesn’t work when it should and it is rather embarrassing. After all, I think I may be MOST likely to rename a project immediately after duplicating. This is plain old terrible UI.
Lance
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When you rename a project you’re renaming a folder on the hard drive. If any function is occurring into that folder you cannot change the name. You cannot do it at the finder level; you can’t do within the app.
All the best,
Tom
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Coming in 2011 “Complete Training for FCPX” from Class on Demand
“Final Cut Pro X for iMovie and Final Cut Express Users” from Focal Press
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