[Clifford L. frazier]

It is unfortunate that you took a legitimate attempt to be thankful and cast an ugly glow on the same. I’m grateful for all who work to help me and all those who need help. That I picked a particular contributor as the target of my appreciation is not an indication that I ignored all the additional contributors. I’m sure if you could abandon your cynicism for a moment you might notice that you picked a cause that needed no defense.

[Clifford L. frazier]

I love CyberSpace, and I am so thankful for this site. Your instructions worked like a charm! Thank you so much for giving me this tip. It will serve me well.

The TechnoRev

[Clifford L. frazier]

Greetings, and thank you for responding. But, I think I’m not asking my question properly. I know how to copy/paste attributes. What I’m trying to do is a bit different. I want to overwrite with one new clip an original clip in the place on the time line where the original clip with its attributes now resides. I want when that clip replaces the original that the replacement clip will fit perfectly in the space now occupied by the original clip and that the new clip will have the same attributes as the original clip. Specifically, I have a clip with a trapazoid shape to suggest Z space. I want a replacement clip to fit that area and have that shape. How would I do this without having to drag the old clip out and fit the new clip in. Is there more of a one step process. I hope this clarifies my quest better.

TechnoRev

[Clifford L. frazier]

Most willing to admit my ignorance, let me say that when I was told to open it as an instrument, I tried that but it didn’t show and I think I tried to open it as a track too, but nothing worked. Thanks for responding. I hope you can help me.

The TechnoRev

[Clifford L. frazier]

Thanks so much Winston. It worked perfectly bring it in as a motn file. I look forward to understanding more of what Motion does.

The TechnoRev

[Clifford L. frazier]

Sorry to bother you. I closed the file and reopened it and everything was working fine. Sorry.

[Clifford L. frazier]

Thank you for correcting my poor typing. Yes, I meant that the 3rd Party filters for FCP 5.0 on my MacBook Pro don’t work. There are many things that having the 3rd Party filters for FCP help. I use the Boris Continum complete often. Plus, being used to having them puts a cramp on me when I’m trying to work and they are not there. I hope someone can give me a viable solution.

Technorev

[Clifford L. frazier]

Hello everyone. I’m sorry it’s taken me so long to write the conclusion to this matter. But the last time I wrote, I stayed up until 5 AM trying to figure this out. As you recall, the problem was the Digital juice clips worked on my dual processor G5 but not on my laptop G4. Well, after changing one thing and then another, I was at my wits’ end. So, I decided to do the radical. This is especially true in light of the fact that Apple was not giving me good alternatives noreover they suggested that I reinstall teh softwear. Though I am not trashing Apple.

The short of this is that after being so consistently unsuccessful, I decided to run the updates utility. When that was all said and done, and FCP5 had been upgraded my problem was solved. Now, mind you, I’d just had a new HD installed on while in Australia. Be that as it may, when I ran the updates and then I tried the program, it worked fine. I hope this helps everyone. Thank you enough to be concerned and helpful

The TechnoRev

PS Does anyone know where the fcprescue download is available. I tried on the apple site, but even running a search came up with nothing. I got this idea from the lynda.com product called FCP Essential Editing. The problem is when i typed the url, I got a page saying that it didn’t esist. So, I hope someone can help. Thanks again.

[Clifford L. frazier]

Thanks to everyone for the offers and suggestions, the saga continues however. I did call Apple Pro services and they too suggested that I delete the preferences, etc. I did so; I even started a new project from scratch but the problem persists. Now, I continued to experiment. I tried creating text using the text generator, the text overlaid the video showing the video where text was not, but when I tried either the lower 3rds or the full transition from Digital Juice the alpha didn’t work. Now, I went further, I took the disc downstairs to my desktop dual G5 running the same version (different purchase and copy) of FCP5. The clips worked fine. I could drag the file onto the desktop, import it into FCP5 and it worked fine. I checked the settings on my dual G5 with my Powerbook G4 and the settings were the same. But for some reason, I cannot get this to work on my PowerBook. I have 2 gigs of ram and the lastest versions of Tiger and FCP. What is so frustrating is not even the Apple experts can give me any viable solutions. Hope you can.

TechnoRev

[Clifford L. frazier]

Thank you for the information. I did as you suggested and brought the DJ clip into the viewer. I saw the Alpha channel there, but when I put the clip on the timeline, I don’t get the alpha channel. Is there a setting in FCP5 that I’ve not chosen that could be producing this problem? Please advise. I’m going to try a lower third next.

TechnoRev