[Jason Brown]

No…here’s from the FCP manual:

“If the clip is newly imported and has never been opened in the Viewer, Final Cut Pro uses that clip’s starting frame, since that is the default starting position for a clip.”

[Jason Brown]

I’ve complained enough…and thought I’d say something nice! 🙂

BTW, I have -go to in- mapped to the “q” key and go to out – “w” key. That was one of my first changes to the keyboard.

Here’s another thing I love about Final Cut…

You can set the amount of keyframes -Peak/All/Limited – it records when doing a “record keyframe” function. That is awesome…I can’t tell you how often I change that based on how perfect my audio changes need to be.

***Now if only there were a way to delete multiple audio keyframes at one time***

[Jason Brown]

My workflow was always to have hundreds of clips offlined based on shots – wide/med/tight house/dog/cars.

I’d end up having hundreds of clips…so selecting media relatives would allow me to filter out shots I had used and ones I hadn’t. It was indispensable to me for doc style work.

-Jason

[Jason Brown]

Matt – THANK YOU!

I’ll post how it worked in case someone reading has the same issue.

I started with a “project” folder on my main Hard Drive that was my initial scratch folder.

I moved to a RAID I setup on my system…and that was where the trouble started. My solution was to delete existing waveform cache files…then -> repair permissions like you suggested, but it didn’t immediately fix the problem.

The secret was to delete the existing files from the original scratch directory. It didn’t work until I deleted those files, then restarted FCP.

Thanks again! Hope this helps someone else!

-Jason

[Jason Brown]

I’ll concur with Michael on this one…I had the EXACT same problem with a similar workflow. Its the 23.976 vs 23.98 issue.

-Jason

[Jason Brown]

I’ll check this Monday and update the post on what I find.

Thanks so much!

-Jason

[Jason Brown]

Thanks for the suggestion…delete what exactly? Cache files? Are these FCP files?

I did move my project file from internal drive to an internal RAID. It may be a permissions issue.

What is strange is they come and go at different zoom levels…I haven’t paid enough attention to know if it’s consistent, it’s just annoying! 🙂

-Jason

[Jason Brown]

Yea…good point, my thought was that exactly. If I have a clip that media starts @ cut…then I’ll go through the effect tab, otherwise I can set a default transition then adjust since there are handles.

Thanks for clearing that up Thax!

-Jason

[Jason Brown]

Thax!

I was worried, because YES it is editing 101.

You’ve solved my problem…my workflow is to add a dissolve using a keyboard shortcut – the “\” key. That seems to be where the problem lies.

The way it used to work for me was that AVID prompts you when you add a transition on whether you want start,end,or center on cut.

In FCP, my default transition is CENTERED on cut…so when I add that it only lasts 1 frame and starts at cut. I don’t have any ability to access handles for some reason.

If I do your suggestion, -> It works fine.

[Thax Clave] “1- Open the Effects Tab in the Browser.
2- Find the Cross Dissolve effect (audio or video) that you want to use.
3- Change the length (in the Length Column.)
4- Drop that effect onto the edit point. “

So now – new question. Can I setup a keyboard shortcut for dissolve start/end/and centered? Is the typical workflow to setup a dissolve in the viewer and then drag it down? Seems like a lot of work for a simple dissolve. I also hate using the mouse, I’d rather add a transition simply by pressing a key, not dragging across my dual 24″ monitors! 🙂

-Jason

[Jason Brown]

wow…

I don’t know what to say…great response.

-Jason