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  • Question about checkmarks and alerts

    Posted by Midicon on March 13, 2006 at 3:35 pm

    Hi jsut started useing FCP recently and when i’m trimming a clip I lay it in the timeline and i get a green check mark and then when i’m previewing it the check mark turns into a yellow yeld sign… this is worrying me a bit can any one tell me what these are…

    Todd Gillespie replied 20 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Todd Gillespie

    March 14, 2006 at 5:38 pm

    You have ‘show execess luma’ checked. You can uncheck it in the canvas window, it’s one of the pull down menus.
    Green checks mean that it’s within the luma limit. Yellow means your image is too hot, or too much luma.

    Good Luck,

    Todd at UCSB
    Television Production

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