[Tom Wolsky]

Make a new project. Drag the Favorites bin into the Browser of the new project. Save the project on a jump drive.

All the best,

Tom

Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy” DVDs

[Tom Wolsky]

Press the Escape key when you get the error message and see if that gets past it.

All the best,

Tom

Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy” DVDs

[Tom Wolsky]

FCE defaults to opening the last project. If it finds it in the trash it can’t open it. The drive selection problem is a different matter. Check info on the drive. Make sure it is properly formatted Mac OS Extended and that you have read/permission to the drive.

All the best,

Tom

Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy” DVDs

[Tom Wolsky]

Try uninstalling LT and its support files and preferences. You don’t need to remove the LT media. Then reinstall LT. The project should come in correctly as a direct import into FCE.

All the best,

Tom

Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy” DVDs

[Tom Wolsky]

https://www.aulich-adamski.de/en/perm/720p50-capturing-editing-in-final-cut-pro

The dissolve question, as Walter said, is probably related to not having enough handles for your media.

All the best,

Tom

Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy” DVDs

[Tom Wolsky]

The FCP designation of 3:2 is confusing. They’re the same. The material is actually 4:3. There are no 3:2 television sets. All the 3:2 designation means is that the pixel aspect ratio does not conform to square pixels generating a 4:3 image. A better designation would be

Frame Size: 720×480 NTSC DV (4:3)
Pixel Aspect: NTSC CCIR601 DV (0.9)

All the best,

Tom

Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy” DVDs

[Tom Wolsky]

The closest thing is a 64 point garbage matte filter, but not a separate pen tool. Plugins can’t add tools. Motion is your best bet.

All the best,

Tom

Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy” DVDs

[Tom Wolsky]

You mean in Final Cut Pro? There’s no such tool. There is in Motion.

All the best,

Tom

Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy” DVDs

[Tom Wolsky]

I don’t believe that version of FCP supported Broadcast WAVE files. I don’t think that introduced until 5.1 or later.

All the best,

Tom

Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy” DVDs

[Tom Wolsky]

Make sure you mixdown the audio before you export, under Sequence>Render Only.

All the best,

Tom

Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy” DVDs