GaryOldman
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FCP is driving me crazy!!!
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going through a nice fcp edtitng tutorial would be wise,
for editing a clip, there are many ways, you can see the icons to the right of the timeline, like:
edit selection tool
ripple
cut, then delete the part you dont want
you can use the normal selection tool of course
i'll give you an example, i changed the cut tool to one key, if i wanted to cut a clip at a frame, i go to the next frame use the cut key(i think the default is contol+x), press x then shift+x, it's faster than it seems, that's the most accurate you will get eliminating the mouse from the equation.
ripple and edit selection tool, can show you the clip your cutting and the clip next to it.
slip and slide is for dealing with 2 clips at the same time.
one last thing before clicking the mouse look at the shape of the cursor, it will indicate what the click is going to do, hope that helps.
for editing a clip, there are many ways, you can see the icons to the right of the timeline, like:
edit selection tool
ripple
cut, then delete the part you dont want
you can use the normal selection tool of course
i'll give you an example, i changed the cut tool to one key, if i wanted to cut a clip at a frame, i go to the next frame use the cut key(i think the default is contol+x), press x then shift+x, it's faster than it seems, that's the most accurate you will get eliminating the mouse from the equation.
ripple and edit selection tool, can show you the clip your cutting and the clip next to it.
slip and slide is for dealing with 2 clips at the same time.
one last thing before clicking the mouse look at the shape of the cursor, it will indicate what the click is going to do, hope that helps.
Ted Spencer
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Probably because "snap" mode is enabled. There's a button on the upper right boundary of the timeline that looks sort of like an asterisk, next to another that looks sort of like interlocked paper clips. The asterisk-like one toggles snap mode on and off, which causes the cursor to snap to boundaries, making them easier to manipulate precisely. But it also prevents the cursor from selecting anywhere near a boundary (but not on it) unless you deselect snap mode - then your cursor will manipulate whatever it's directly over.
The paper clip-like one is the "linking" mode button btw - it causes all vertically coincident audio and video tracks to be edited as a group. Deselect it to move individual audio or video tracks independently.
HTH
kwoff
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Don't know if this is what you are doing wrong, but be sure that you have the cursor in the proper location before you drag the end of the clip. You can tell when the cursor is in the right place to resize the clip because the cursor will change from an arrow to another icon (I can't remember what it looks like and I don't have FCP open at the moment). Pay attention to what the icon looks like at the cursor as you are trying to trim and see if that helps.
Kevin
Kevin
ullanta
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Hmmm.... you may just be having mouse issues , or general interface issues that sometimes pop up in FCP. I've recently found that if you set your cursor size to larger than normal (in the Universal Access system pref), the cursor behaves strangely in some programs, sometimes similarly to what you describe...
I also sometimes have an issue where FCP recognizes "drags" as clicks, and, e.g., requires a second click rather than just a release to choose an item from a pull-down menu... restarting FCP (or the computer) usually takes care of that...
I also sometimes have an issue where FCP recognizes "drags" as clicks, and, e.g., requires a second click rather than just a release to choose an item from a pull-down menu... restarting FCP (or the computer) usually takes care of that...
You don't need to "tell" it to auto-save. It does it for you as soon as you create a project and give it a name (by saving it). The auto-saves are stored in the Autosave Vault as set in your System Settings (by default in your Final Cut Pro Documents folder). You only deal with the auto-saves when you use FCP's Revert Project and Restore Project options (found under File), otherwise you never need to open them on their own.
Select the Roll (r) or Ripple (rr) tool, then click and drag on the cut. Read up on the tools in the manual. Alternatively you can use the keyboard shortcuts once you have the cut selected: [ to trim left, ] to trim right by 1 frame, combine it with shift to do more frames, etc.
Click on the transition in the Effects folder, then drag and drop it on the cut. Drop it when you see the gray bar indicator over the clip which tells you where the transition will go. In FCP7, drop the transition in the middle of the clip to have it put a transition at the start and end.
If you are still having problems, trash your preferences which will reset everything(!). Do a search on how to do it.
Select the Roll (r) or Ripple (rr) tool, then click and drag on the cut. Read up on the tools in the manual. Alternatively you can use the keyboard shortcuts once you have the cut selected: [ to trim left, ] to trim right by 1 frame, combine it with shift to do more frames, etc.
Click on the transition in the Effects folder, then drag and drop it on the cut. Drop it when you see the gray bar indicator over the clip which tells you where the transition will go. In FCP7, drop the transition in the middle of the clip to have it put a transition at the start and end.
If you are still having problems, trash your preferences which will reset everything(!). Do a search on how to do it.
It does.
Create a new project, save it (to the Desktop for example), work on the project. After 15 minutes (default time for auto-save, unless you changed it in User Preferences), it will auto-save the project in the background. You don't have to do anything.
Any time you need to save the project (for example, after you are done working) just use File > Save Project. Regular saving has nothing to do with the auto-save system.
If you are having problems with that, trash your preferences.
Regarding the transitions . . . . do you have sufficient handles on the outgoing and incoming clips?
