Video Matte – Wide Screen is not showing

[Bouncing Account needs new email address]

The first thing to always try is to Quit FCP, Restart the Mac, Open your FCP project and try again.

Next:
THE FOLLOWING COMES FROM THE KEN STONE WEBSITE:
“Over 5,000 years ago Confucius wrote: ‘If you are toiling away, you have changed nothing and FCP heads South on you, [starts behaving in strange ways] then it is time to trash your FCP Preferences.’ ”

Click the following link for instructions.

https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/trashing_fcp_prefs.html

A great way to do this is to use “FCP Rescue” a free Apple Script that will Trash the Preferences for you (and restore nearly all of your user settings afterward).
There are versions for FCP (Pro) & FCE (Express) and a new one for FCP 5.

Download these free Apple Scripts at

https://fcprescue.andersholck.com/
or
https://pistolerapost2.com/fcprescue/

This is one FCP tip that has helped in solving hundreds of “odd” problems.

[Andy Mees]

anything different or special about this project as compared to your usual settings? what codec are you using?
does the widscreen filter not work regardless of clip, sequence or project?
are the other filters and generators still working?

[Captain Mench]

And — if all the above fails…

“Did I turn off something…”

Load the affected clip into the viewer and click the FILTER tab… then see if indeed there is a check in the box next to widescreen matte.

Good luck,

CaptM

[Kaito Tanno]

THOSE PESKY PREFS ……….. removed, restarted, and MANY THANKS TO ALL

[Kaito Tanno]

THOSE PESKY PREFS … THANKS