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zero duration phantom frame
Has this happened to you?
you have a shot and you add a dissolve to another shot. then you replace the first shot but the dissolve still starts on a frame of the original first shot, in essence making a cut to the frame just as the dissolve starts. its like there is still the tail of the previous first shot
you try sliding and slipping around to no avail, and you even delete the dissolve then when you zoom in on your timline and make a gap you can drag out this phantom frame to a one frame length and delete it. its like its not there when you do a cut, but add a dissolve and it shows up.
i had my timeline zoomed in to the max, and it was only when i made a gap by rolling down the second shot that i was able to drag out the phantome video. I actullay grabbed the tail of my first shot to drag it out, and this other video shows up
man this program is wierd
bee eph
Bob Flood
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[Bob Flood] “Has this happened to you?”
Nope.
You’ll probably not find many people on a FCP forum who can help you who think FCP is ‘weird’.
To replace a shot, delete the transitions at each end first, then delete the original shot, then replace it with a new shot, then replace the transitions. If there is a shot change on the material that occurs during the transition’s duration, you will see a flash frame in the transition – the two smaller previews that appear in the canvas show the first and last frame of the clip, including the sections within the transitions (which are usually outside the in and out of the clip).
I hope this helps.
Ben
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hey ben
thanx!
i am not making myself clear. I am not getting a jump frame because of a camera cut on my outgping shot. I am getting a jump frame because
there is an invisible one frame leftover from the original shot. i say invisible because its not visible until i 1. delete the transtion 2. zoom into the cut and 3. drag out the tail of the outgoing shot THEN this other clips appears, which i can then delete.so what is happening is that there is a bug in the program that does not display a clip under these circumstances. i find that wierd (to put it mildly)
I think that having to delete transitions adn re apply them just to change a shot is really lame.
However i have been using the replace function like this : select the clip in the timeline i want to change not by marking in and out but by clicking on the clip, then drag the shot i want to use instead to the replace button on the canvas. this seems to work, changing the shot but leaving the transitions in place.
and just for the record, no matter waht forum you are on, you will always find people who think the application or program or subject is weird
my reason is that the product i used to use which has gone out of businessi would always show a clip, even if it was only one frame long. 🙂among other things
thanx again
bee eph
Bob Flood
Greer & Associates, Inc.
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