[Andy Shnikes]

thats where im having my issues.

i deleted my prefs and it seems to be working now, not sure what i messed up to get that error message

[Andy Shnikes]

i know how to manipulate x y and z axises fine, i just need to parent a photoshoped picture frame around the video clips in 3d space. How hard would it be to parent/child these two pieces together? would it be less of a headache in after effects?

The only reason i want to try it in FCP is i dont have after effects.

And my only friend that does uses a pc. So we lose quality switching and compressing between machines and software.

[Andy Shnikes]

we figured out i can export in quicktime conversion, in the main scroll down menu as an avi file, at best video quality, and the dv/dvc pro settings at the top that are defaulted at cinepec,

we got good enough quality for the video we are making,
professionally, im not sure if this is the way to go but it worked like a charm,

however it was a huge file,
6 mins of video only (NO AUDIO) was 1.19gbs, i mean seriously, thats huge.

[Andy Shnikes]

theres a better work around i think, if you want a simple cross dissolve, go into the motion of the selected clips, and place your next track ontop of the first one, and use opacity key points to more accurately dissolve your clips.

I find it a bit more time consuming, but way less stressful than trying to insert a preset timed cross disolve, then having to deal with the headaches of my clip shifting when i lengthen or shorten the transition.

adobe premire, (god forbid) has a very useful transition track between video tracks 1 and 2, and it does the basic same thing as the opacity overlap idea. Except you have way more control over your transitions because you are not placing them directly onto your footage. While i like final cut way better for darn near everything, i miss the old days of premiere when i have to do something as simple as a stinkinng cross dissolve. (The most common transition known to man, and its a pain in the behind to use in final cut, seems to me, cross dissolves are the heart of editing, and final cut cant get this simplistic feature right.)

I havent tried to deselect the snapping tool, perhaps that would make transitions a lot easier, in the mean time, ill continue to use the motion opacity roundabout for extreamly complex cross dissolves that are less than or more than a second in durration.

There is a way in the preferences menu to adjust the transition default time length but honestly, wouldnt it be quicker to use opacity? (Unless you have to use a page peal, then god help you)