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    FCP 7 source and record viewers magenta

    Posted by Neal Boyle on July 19, 2016 at 9:59 am

    Hi Folks,

    I used to use FCP7 (in Final Cut Studio 3) and still go to it when an older project cut with it needs to be dusted down and re-cut. So before you say ‘just stop using it’, I have, but having used it for years I’m quick on it and that’s the easiest way to get the job done with minimum fuss on a project that was cut with it.

    The problem:
    I opened it the other day, first time in about a year, and now the source and record viewers are magenta, regardless of if there’s media loaded into them or not (i.e. source media or a sequence). The actual media clips themselves are fine, I did a quick export test and the output is fine, I just can’t view it without this magenta overcast inside FCP7. I’m not getting any error messages.
    Anyone any idea what this is and how to fix it?

    My System:
    Mac Pro (Late 2013 trash can)
    Processor: 3.5 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon E5
    Memory: 16 GB 1866 MHz DDR3 ECC
    Graphics: AMD FirePro D500 3072 MB

    Thanks in advance,
    Neal

    Neal Boyle
    @Neal_Boyle
    iwrmedai.com
    http://www.linkedin.com/in/nealboyleIWR

    Neal Boyle replied 9 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • David Roth weiss

    July 19, 2016 at 10:49 am

    Are any other apps displaying improperly? If not, try trashing FCP prefs.

    David Roth Weiss
    Director/Editor/Colorist & Workflow Consultant
    David Weiss Productions
    Los Angeles

    David is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro forum.

  • Neal Boyle

    July 19, 2016 at 12:45 pm

    Hi David,

    Trashed the prefs, to no effect. No other apps had a problem.

    I poked about a bit and found that the apple monitor colour setting was set to ITU-R BT.709-5. Maybe the last editor I had in did that. I changed it back to Cinema Display and FCP went back to normal. So problem solved.

    Thanks for the reply,
    Neal

    Neal Boyle
    @Neal_Boyle
    iwrmedai.com
    http://www.linkedin.com/in/nealboyleIWR

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