[Evan Fitzer]

Hi Ben:

I watched your vid. In fact, you are dragging the effect onto the ‘entire clip’ and and so the effect/transiton is applied to both ends simultaneously, this is how FCPX functions. To get the desired result you’re looking for, select either the head or tail of your clip and then double-click your effect/transition, in this case the dissolve, and it will append the ‘dissolve’ only to that particular end of the clip. At least that’s how I do it.

Cheers,

Evan

[Evan Fitzer]

Brian, I’m wondering if this might be of some use…a handy little tutorial from an episode of Mac Break Studio from the guys at Ripple Training…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uismrA-h6tM&list=PLj5Nh9NxSxdlDLI_z-GBII8_vTXD7J5AL&index=143&t=0s

Evan Fitzer
Kamloops, BC

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[Evan Fitzer]

Hi Rikki:
“Flow” is a transition…you don’t add “Optical Flow” processing to transitions. That’s why it’s grayed out.
Evan

[Evan Fitzer]

Hi guys. Thanks for your help. Sorry to report that trashing prefs, then deleting and re-installing made no difference. Motion works, and acts fine, I just cannot “Export a Movie” from the Share menu or by using Cmd+e. If anybody can think of anything else, I’d be much obliged.
Cheers.

Evan Fitzer
Kamloops, BC

[Evan Fitzer]

Thanks, Mark. I’ll give that a go. And just so I get it right, could you give me the trash prefs procedure. I don’t do it that often and am admittedly rusty.

Evan Fitzer
Kamloops, BC

[Evan Fitzer]

I work in broadcast. Primarily commercial and promo production. We had just recently upgraded all our News, Promo and Commercial suites to FCS 3 and then a year later Apple dropped the bomb. So, as I see it, the plant has a few good years left with FCP 7 and then they’ll have to make another decision. The system I’ve described is my home suite that I use to do hobby and freelance work. I’ve followed the FCPX furor since it all came down and I’m intrigued enough that I want to start using it at home. I get to learn something new, it’s affordable and it will probably do 90% of what I need.

Evan Fitzer
Kamloops, BC

[Evan Fitzer]

Thanks, Tim. That’s great information. And, yeah, I knew I’d have to increase the RAM too, so, that’s gonna bite the wallet.
Much appreciated.
Evan

Evan Fitzer
Kamloops, BC

[Evan Fitzer]

Mark:
Thank you. Yes, I somehow found the font I’d used squirrelled away in an iWorks folder. I opened Font Book, checked ‘computer’ imported all the fonts in the iWorks folder into Font Book, and now Final Cut sees that font. Why Motion could see it in the first place is still a mystery, however, all is well now. Much appreciated.
Evan

Evan Fitzer
Kamloops, BC

[Evan Fitzer]

Ben:
I might offer one suggestion as I’m not sure you did this, but, make sure all your devices are hooked up and powered on before you open FCP. I’ve discovered in the past the Final Cut won’t see my camera if I plug it in while the app is already running.
evan fitzer
kamloops, bc

Evan Fitzer
Kamloops, BC

[Evan Fitzer]

Richard:
As already mentioned, I don’t know what any of your current setting are, but, you might try this. Import your clip into the browser. Use the scroll bar at the bottom of the browser and scroll to the right until you see the “Alpha” column. Right click on your clip’s alpha designation and a drop down menu should appear. Click on “straight”. Now, drop your clip into a timeline and see if it keys.
If not, try re-encoding your clip using the “Animation” QT codec. That should work too.

Evan Fitzer
Kamloops, BC