[Kurt Baird]

Tried it, no luck. However, I did solve the problem about a half our after posting the question. The solution might be helpful to others who encounter this same problem. In the top menu I opened Final Cut Pro > System Settings > and clicked on the Effect Handling tab. It displays a list starting with “Motion Jpeg,” DC30+ Lossless 4:2:,” “Photo-Jpeg” and so on, on the left. On the right of each item, it says “effects handled by:” then a drop menu. On several of these drop down menus, Final Cut Pro was not selected. I went to each one and selected Final Cut Pro and the program functioned normally after that.
Thanks for your quick response. I hope the info in this reply is helpful.

Kurt