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  • Rendering malfunction

    Posted by Fernando on October 17, 2005 at 5:23 pm

    I installed FCP HD a few months back and it worked fine but now whenever I try to render a sequence on the timeline, the render progress box goes at incredible speed but nothing is rendered. all the right boxes in the render sections of the sequence tab are checked and i have tried all the rendering combinations, and the settings seem to be fine. has anyone else experienced this sort of problem? any suggestions? could it have anything to do with the fact that it is an cracked copy?

    thanks

    Bret Williams replied 20 years, 7 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Bouncing Account needs new email address

    October 17, 2005 at 5:39 pm

    [Fernando] “could it have anything to do with the fact that it is an cracked copy?”

    Yes.
    Its common for cracked software to wreak havoc on your entire computer.

    Throw it out now.

  • Bret Williams

    October 17, 2005 at 6:07 pm

    While cracked copies are operational, FCP does silently login to Apple whenever possible with the product ID. Software update on your Mac does as well. Apple’s pretty diligent about keeping track of your ip and following up with your internet service provider whenever it comes across suspect IDs or the same ID logged in at the same time. This interaction might have screwed up your prefs. I wouldn’t connect to the internet for awhile. And I’d definitely dump the copy of FCP and all related prefs files, etc. so there’s no evidence of it on your system. A full reinstall of your OS wouldn’t be a bad idea either at this point. In fact, you might want to just go ahead and buy a Dell or a HP just to be safe.

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