[Will Macneil]

I had this problem on a recent project. Though I can’t say I solved the problem, I did learn a few things that might help.

1st we did have a very heavy audio edit. So the advice above may well help.

2nd, the problem didn’t seem to be linked to the computer. We could move to a different computer (same drives though) and still have the issue.

3rd, I thought the issue might have something to do with the display of video during things like rolling and moving clips around the timeline, especially when it affected adjacent clips. The one workaround I did come up with was to use some alternative trimming techniques:

Instead of dragging sections around the timeline, use copy and paste, and instead of rolling out to extend a shot, use the extend feature. These two things seemed to work without delay.

If you do solve the problem please let me know!

Will

[Will Macneil]

I find the easiest way to re-use text is just to copy it from one sequence to another. This can be done between projects as well, since FCP allows you to keep multiple projects open.

To do it, just start a sequence in a new project (maybe called text templates.) Make your templates and lay them down in a timeline. I suppose if you want a way of indexing them, you could create a different sequence for each template and give it a meaningful name.

From then on, just open this project along side your current project, select the text segments you want, copy them and paste them into your new timeline, then double-click them and edit in the new text.

Obviously if you want something more elaborate, you’d probably want to look at Live Type.