[Ken Nemetchek]

Okay, perhaps you need to export a QT file (not sure why, but maybe). If so, I’m not sure what the problem is.

If you don’t absolutely need it as a descrete element in FCP, do the following:

Save the Motion project.
On the top of the canvas window is the name of the project, with a little page icon on its left. Grab this so that it comes loose. Don’t release the mouse.
Apple-Tab to switch to FCP and drag it onto the timeline. Release the mouse. Render and be amazed (this is called Round-Tripping).
If you need to make changes, select the Motion clip in the timeline, right-click and select Open in Editor.
Make your changes and save the revised Motion project.
Tab back to FCP and the changes will be there.

If memory serves, this feature (Round-Tripping) works on FCP from version 5.0 on.

Good luck.

Ken

[Ken Nemetchek]

Gee, I feel like I know you already…

So, Apple released FCP 5.1.3 today and I thought, may as well try it.

Well, problem solved. Go figure.

The help was very, very apreciated.

Thanks again.

Ken

[Ken Nemetchek]

I appreciate your continued patience.

So I did as you suggested and reinstalled Motion, as per your outline on the last posting.

Still no media.

I do have a backup of my system disk that I made just before upgrading to 5.1.2 of the Final Cut Studio, back when everything worked. Time to revert you think?

Now very concerned.

Ken

[Ken Nemetchek]

Thanks for the idea. I did try it, no still lots of ? marks when I re-open the project.

Time to reinstall, you think?

Ken

[Ken Nemetchek]

Just one thing to add: the ccd array moves, depending on the focal length you are set at, so the focal plane moves. For most situations this is not an issue, considering that we’re talking maybe a cm of difference (I’m only guessing at the actual distance, but it can’t be much). With the depth of field this camera has, once you are focusing more than a few feet away, the variation in the actual focal-plane-distance-to-subject won’t make any appreciable difference.

Enjoy your camera.

[Ken Nemetchek]

BARRY!

YOU ARE A BLOODY GENIUS. GENIUS, I SAY!!!

Ken

PS Great book.

[Ken Nemetchek]

Check this out.

https://generalspecialist.com/2006/10/greenscreen-and-bluescreen-checklist.asp

Have a great shoot.

[Ken Nemetchek]

Thanks.

[Ken Nemetchek]

Thanks Jim.

Ken

[Ken Nemetchek]

Ryan:

That’s it!

Thanks very much!