[Hope Holmesby]

Steven…wow….that was it, the final thing to do. all three of you gave critical points, without any of these it is not working but with all 3 points, it is working.

….the V1 was on the right track but it wasn’t clicked fully in….
I am so excited. You guys are so great…..soooooo appreciate.

WOW

Have nice day all of you…

Warmly, Hope

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[Hope Holmesby]

Bret, thanks for the replay….
Tried as you mention…putting the playhead at the beginning of the clip to be replace…..nothing…

Well, it says, check the target track….not sure what that means, but both clips are photo jpep video only.
Maybe FCP doesnt like photo jpegs…..

sigh…

wamly,
hope

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[Hope Holmesby]

OK, well that is interesting to know
I do have that program. It came with the suite we bought.

Will try it out.

Just looked ot the Little Frog in High Def…looks like something very interesting there at the moment.

Thanks again, Shane, so very much. A kind and good soul you are.

All the best,
Warmly,
Hope

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The Destination is streaming on the web. It goes thru some ‘airbox’ and then octoshape delievers…or some such thing.

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Dear Shane,

You are really so sweet….really appreciate your help. Thanks for your bravery….(-:

Well, the video is a movie that comes from After Effects. It is a motion graphic I did in AE, then I take it into FCP to add the sound, and sometimes to add little clip corrections or sometimes to put together many animations, dissolving into each other….thats what I’m doing at the moment.

You are right about the PAL, so smart. It is for our main office in Holland. The video department wants that size:1024 x 576. I noticed that fcp offers a 1050 x 576, and when I mentioned that to them and tried to explain why it is a setting offered, they just said, keep as is….smile….

Soooo, it is comforting to hear you say all this, as it explains why I am not having the easiest of times.
(-:

Warmly,
Hope

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Joseph, thank you for answering….really appreciate

I havent marked any in and out points, but I just did and tried it and it is still not working….oh boy…
What do you think, kind one.
I select clip in timeline, then maked the in and out and that clip in timeline, then dragged the new very long clip in to ‘replace’ box and no go. its alerting that it cant be replace due to the clip not being selected. But the clip is selected and it is connected to the media in the browser window.

Warmly,
Hope

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Shane, thank you for answering…

Ok, its good to know it is not really possilbe.

The reason I did it this way, kind of you to ask, appreciate, is because, for some reason, when I drag a second clip into the timeline, the clips usually come in squished.

Means: When I first set up a project, and drag in the first clip, fcp says the settings of the sequence do no match the media and do I want to change the settings of the sequence to match the media I am putting in.

This happens even tho I have carefully set up the sequence to match the clip/media I am dragging into the sequence. Dont know why it always happens. (Wide screen square pixel Photo Jpeg 1024×576)

If I say, no, I get the red line and the media comes in vertically squished with checkerboard above and below the video, and ‘correct for aspect ratio’ is grayed out.

So I say yes, and dont get the red render line, but the media is vertically squished, but this time, at least, it is filling up the window, meaning no checker board. Then I go to the Canvas window and uncheck ‘Correct for Aspect Ratio’ which is now not grayed out.

Then the view is correct for the video….it becomes un-squished vertically.

However, later when draggin in a second clip, usually, the video that is dragged into the timeline comes in squished again, but this time and I have to manually stretch it out to fit the Canvas.

But if I just reconnect thru the clip, it will come in properly..

So that is the long and short of it.

Oh boy. Sorry you asked?….LOL

Thanks so much for taking the time to read this and think….you are very kind.

Warmly,
Hope

Thank you so much for your kind attention.

Warmly,
Hope

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[Hope Holmesby]

LOL…oh boy….made me laugh, reading the part about ‘off the streets of LA”
used to work in LA too….know the feeling…

sounds like you did a lot to get it going. probably you read the part about getting the repair thingy for compressor….that worked for me on the G5…must be one for intel Mac…or whatever you are running

its a special small program that u download. it had a bandaid on it…on the icon.

good luck dear. well done

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Dear Darling Dave….

Wow…what a great idea…thank you soooooo much…

IT WORKED!!!!!

Sooooo thrilled…

You’re the B E S T!!!

Thanks so much for answering….You’ve helped me many times in the past and I send you a big big THANK YOU.

Hope you are having a wonderful holiday season.

Lots of bliss to you..

Warmly,
Hope

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[Hope Holmesby]

Dear Darling Dave….

Wow…what a great idea…thank you soooooo much…will give it a try.

You’re the best.

Thanks so much for answering….

Lots of bliss to you..

Warmly,
Hope

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