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the return of the Invisible Frame
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Umm… Why waste your time trying to re-create this “bug” thing over and over, when what you are doing is somewhat incorrect to begin with. As someone has told you before, at this point you should delete the transition, replace your clip, then add the transition back. Done. Let the people at Apple go on bug hunts and you just go on editing. Lesson learned: I must delete a transition before replacing a clip on the timeline. Kinda sux, but not really. Did edit* really not have any situations where you had to incorporate a workaround?
[Bob Flood] “I think one of the problems with FCP is that its on a mac, and therefore subject to the oddities inherent in the apple os, hence the need to trash prefs etc”
Wow. You would actually prefer the Windows OS environment? Perhaps you should check out Premiere. It has come a long way from what I hear, and now has similar functionality to FCP. At least it would be on your preferred OS. But I bet if you look really hard you could find a “bug” with that program too. Sounds like edit* is the only “real editor” out there for you based on this:
[Bob Flood] “some of these fcp folks have never used edit* and do not not what a real editor works like”
Why did you leave edit*?
-Todd Beabout
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The X marks the shot including the media for the transition. The overwrite cuts into the timeline at the marked I/O. There is no error message. The transition is gone because the edit extends to the full duration of the media including the transition. If you want to put in a shot and leave the transition you should use the replace function rather than mark I/O and overwrite.
All the best,
Tom
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” DVD
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Bob, have you tried the replace feature yet?
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[Bob Flood] “I think one of the problems with FCP is that its on a mac, and therefore subject to the oddities inherent in the apple os, hence the need to trash prefs etc i say this cuz i bet restarting fcp varied the circumstances in ways i cannot tell at this time”
Uugh. I’ve trained a few with this attitude, that everything must bend to what *they* see as correct and they’ve jumped into FCP with blinders on and then curse it b/c they don’t have a clue what they’re doing.
Just accept it. You’ll love it. Mac OS is the best, there’s no argument there. FCP is great, despite what some Avid purists will try and tell you (who’ve never even used it).
You really should get a qualified trainer, forget everything you’ve known before and SEE the way FCP works. It’s truly a beautiful piece of software.
You can’t convince me anything else. And, lastly, never EVER have I run into anything like this (and I wouldn’t). I’m too busy editing.
G5 Dual 2.7 GHz
2 GB RAM
OS 10.4.6
FCP 5.0.4
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Shane I figured it out. Go to the frame before the missing frame. select the “F” key to see the same frame in the viewer. Mark an in point and than add two frames and mark an out point. Go back to the timeline to the missing frame and a video track above the one on the timeline already. Place the clip at the playhead than make sure that clip is activated and move it back one frame and now the missing clip should be in place. I hope that helped all the missing framer problems out there.
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