Program Loading Issues?

[David Roth weiss]

Nope, that is not normal. Give us more info about your FCP version, your hardware, and your project (i.e how much media in this project) and we’ll help you to ID the issue.

In fact, why not fill out your profile with your new gear as you had before for your Windows gear?

David Roth Weiss
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David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles

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[Michael Ford]

Sorry, my bad. Completely slipped my mind. All updated now. Thanks

[Nicole Haddock]

How big is the project? What kind of drive is it stored on? How much free space is on that drive?

It’s hard to figure out what might be going on, but when Final Cut starts acting weird, and this is definitely weird, the first thing I do and advise everyone to do is to trash FCPs preferences. It solves more problems than you might think. The preferences are buried, and there are 2 free tools out there that will do this- Digital Rebellion’s Preference Manager works with 7.0 for sure, I just tested it- https://digitalrebellion.com/
There’s also FCP Rescue https://fcprescue.andersholck.com/ but I have no idea if that’s working with the new FCP.

Try trashing the prefs, emptying your trash, restarting, and seeing where that leads you. If it’s still being buggy, let us know more info about the project, drive, and what FCP is doing while opening the project.

[Michael Ford]

hi, the project is only small at the moment. i only have 2x 60 min tapes captured but another 6 to go. i have only done about 4-5 hours worth of editing, most of which is learning wha the program can do via the help tool.
i will give the download trash tool a go, and let you know.

Thanks

[David Roth weiss]

Michael,

You should put some additional RAM in your machine. 3Gb is not optimal. I doubt whether it is the primary issue in this instance.

Have you loaded bunches of additional fonts or plugins into your system by any chance?

Try opening a new project, then try copying everything from the browser in your old project to the new one. Then close the old one, save the new one, and try opening it to see if opens faster.

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles

POST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™

A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, Indie Film & Documentary, and Film History & Appreciations forums.

[Michael Ford]

hi, it all seems to be loading fine all of a sudden. just a funny 5 mins maybe, but i will get some more RAM ASAP preferably double so 6GB. would that be enough to get going?

also i have another question (well 2 actually). i am currently editing a wedding we shot and have found out how to use the multicliping as we used multiple cameras.

1. is there a way of getting the preview on and external monitor through firewire as that is how it was set for Avid. or whats the best alternative?

2. on the multiclip sequence when cutting as if shooting live, can i put a fade with out stopping and manually adding one?

Much apreciated.
this should be all i need for the time being.