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Whish
Maybe there is already a way to do this; I would like to add comments to tracks ie …. track two has german version captions.
Also; since the beginning a ‘fiddle’ occurs when adding after splice dissovles to clips that start on their first frame – try and do it. -
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Hi Mark
Sorry, but there is no way I know of to add a comment to, or otherwise name a track in FCP.
Your second point is not clear. I’m not understanding you.Cheers
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heh, thought that was quite succinct … for me!
Get two clips in your timeline butted together, your first clip needs some tails, the second clip starting on its very first frame.
Now try to make an after splice dissolve between them.(whish …I could spell properly )
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Do you still see the ‘fiddle’ after you RENDER the dissolve?
If so, try Trashing the FCP Peferences.
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[mark cookman] “Get two clips in your timeline butted together, your first clip needs some tails, the second clip starting on its very first frame.
Now try to make an after splice dissolve between them.”You can’t unless you make the Dissolve “Start on Edit”. As long as you have enough tails on the outgoing clip and start your dissolve on the edit, not centered, it will work.
But having no head on the incoming clip limits you on any transition as FCP cannot create media that’s not there.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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I’m not seeing any problem with that, I get exactly what I’d expect. what excatly is the problem you are having?
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[walter biscardi] “But having no head on the incoming clip limits you on any transition as FCP cannot create media that’s not there.”
But THIS is the question I was addressing:
[mark cookman] “since the beginning a ‘fiddle’ occurs when adding after splice dissovles to clips that start on their first frame – try and do it.”I assume ‘fiddle’ means a ‘visible artifact’ …not the fact that you can’t choose which kind of start-point for the dissolve.
Maybe I’m just ‘fiddling’ around.
😉
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Ahhh, someone else who has noticed this.
What I think he’s referring to is the fact that if you place a dissolve on a clip transition, and the incoming clip starts at the first frame of that clip’s media, the dissolve will be one frame long. FCP won’t then let you modify the length of that dissolve, even though it starts at the cut rather than centered or ending. I have to slip the clip in order to give it some ‘preroll’ before applying the transition. I’ve noticed this a few times now.
Anyone else?
Jason
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[Jaymags] “What I think he’s referring to is the fact that if you place a dissolve on a clip transition, and the incoming clip starts at the first frame of that clip’s media, the dissolve will be one frame long. FCP won’t then let you modify the length of that dissolve, even though it starts at the cut rather than centered or ending. I have to slip the clip in order to give it some ‘preroll’ before applying the transition. I’ve noticed this a few times now.”
If you simply right click between the two clips and say “Apply Transition” then yes, you end up with a one frame transition because FCP centers it on the two clips. The also happens if you go up to Effects>Video Transitions.
If you go up to your Effects Tab and drag the transition from there, you can place it so it starts on the edit and then your transition will work as you want it to without having to slip your incoming clip.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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I’m on 5.0.4 and wondered if the problem had been addressed in the latest version.
Good advice Walter but its a work around, surely you would agree that: Command T and the ‘ole right click should work in a logical manner? -
[mark cookman] “Good advice Walter but its a work around, surely you would agree that: Command T and the ‘ole right click should work in a logical manner?”
Either way it really doesn’t matter to me. Takes the same amount of time to right click and apply a transition as it does to drag it down from the Effects folder.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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