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Help – Lost renders when upgraded to Version 6
Hi,
I’m finishing a DV NTSC documentary shot on the Panasonic DVX100A, shot at 24pa, cutting in a 23.98 timeline, using archival footage as well that is 29.97. I used the Nattress Standards converter to convert all the 29.97 to 23.98, which worked great. Without my knowledge, the system was upgraded from FCP 5.1.4 to 6, and now all my render files (most of them color corrected) are gone. This is a nightmare to recreate, and I’m wondering if I reinstall the Nattress plug-in, or if there is an update for version 6 that might help. Or maybe this has nothing to do with the upgrade, but this is the only thing that has changed with the system, which has been working fine for months.
Thank you,
Jake
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8 Replies
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Are the render files still on the computer? Can you reconnect to them?
Or maybe I don’t understand the problem exactly. You can’t just re-render?
Jerry
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“Are the render files still on the computer? Can you reconnect to them?
Or maybe I don’t understand the problem exactly. You can’t just re-render?”
I did a search at the finder level, and some render files are missing, but some show up but almost as blank douments – no path to where they’re stored, no file size, no description – never seen this before.
The problem why I can’t just re-render (I’d love it if I could), is that there are about 2-300 hundred clips that have the nattress film converter effect on them, and each clip needs to have the effect opened up, and the source clip dropped into the well, then rendered individually – otherwise all the other clips with the converter render to the last source clip dropped into the well, producing the wrong picture. I can do this individually with each one, but it willtake 2-3 days to re-create which I don’t have at the moment.
Jake
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Did the person who did the upgrade clone the system as a backup before upgrading? Maybe you files are on that drive – if it exists.
John
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This is a bug in FCP 6 that is affecting a lot of people (but not everyone). Apple has a technote about it, but it looks like you are screwed. You are probably going to have to re-render.
One possible solution would be to uninstall FCP6, re-install 5.1.4, then open a copy of the project from the auto-save vault that was never opened in FCP6.
Sorry about your troubles. I have had some issues with missing renders, but it was stuff that could be re-rendered fairly quickly.
J
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mmmmm. Maybe Graeme has a fix… https://www.nattress.com. email him thru there…?
going back to 5.14 might be the best solution though.
Jerry
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Thanks John – I appreciate it.
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You’ve found the FCP 6 bug!
Most of us are dealing with this one. Sometimes it happens when you duplicate a sequence. Sometimes it can happen when you change you sequence starting timecode.
The best thing to do is to delete the old render files and re-render. Once you do this and it happens again, you can restore your project.
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Thanks Wayne – fun!
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