MarkCo

Q: Some effects not working

I am trying to apply the censor effect to a clip and it doesn't have any effect on the clip. I checked and there are several effects that don't have any effect when applied to a clip. Some examples are halftone, graphic, pixelate, vignette. However others seem to work. I uninstalled and reinstalled FCP but the effects still don't work. Ideas?

G5 2.0 Dual , Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Posted on Apr 20, 2015 9:04 AM

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  • by MarkCo,

    MarkCo MarkCo Apr 20, 2015 12:00 PM in response to Tom Wolsky
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    Apr 20, 2015 12:00 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

    10.10.3 - latest build and 10.2 FCP. Using a MacBook Pro 2.7 GHz Intel Core i7 with a NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M card.

  • by Paniko251,

    Paniko251 Paniko251 Apr 20, 2015 12:25 PM in response to MarkCo
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    Apr 20, 2015 12:25 PM in response to MarkCo

    I'm in the same boat as you MarkCo

    I'm on a Late 2012 MacMini Yosemite 10.10.3, FCPX 10.2.

     

    Had tried every single step above (other user,deleting prefs).

    Everything worked fine at the beginning: effects were showing ok, and i was working on a project started in FCPX 10.1.4.

    I have tried also disabling all the user fonts in the font book (thought was a 3D title problem) but nothing has changed.

    There's also a 3rd party title effect (ProBeat from PixelFilmStudios) that had lost not only the control points in the view,but also the control points parameters in the inspector.

     

    Thanks anybody will help.

  • by MarkCo,

    MarkCo MarkCo Apr 21, 2015 11:15 AM in response to MarkCo
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    Apr 21, 2015 11:15 AM in response to MarkCo

    I am thinking that it is the graphics card in my MBP. It is the Mid-2012 model that has a recall because of video issues. My guess is that with the upgrade to Yosemite, FCP decided the card couldn't handle the graphics. I will send it in for replacement and see.

    BTW, I tested my setup on my iMac which has the same setup and plugins as my MBP and everything works there.

  • by Paniko251,

    Paniko251 Paniko251 Apr 24, 2015 6:51 AM in response to MarkCo
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    Apr 24, 2015 6:51 AM in response to MarkCo

    Finally got it to work.

    Just trashed the FCPX 10.2 app from the Application folder.

    Reinstalled from AppStore.

     

    Anyway, now i have some 3rd party tittles plugin that show the blue screen...

     

    But at least effects preview work as supposed.

  • by anaecorrie,

    anaecorrie anaecorrie May 12, 2016 2:38 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1
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    May 12, 2016 2:38 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

    Hi Luis,

     

    I am experiencing the same problem, when adding the vignette effect is not being applied on my clip. But...

     

    yesterday everything was working fine. I was doing color correction to my clips, adding the vignette effect, and it all was working fine (all my clips in the timeline had the vignette effect that I was adding). My problem yesterday was not an effects problem, but that FCP started to hang everytime I was trying to open that particular project. So I tried troubleshooting, and one of the things I did was that I deleted FCPx preferences by holding down command and option when starting FCP X. anyway, that didn't solve the problem with FCP hanging, so I continued trying other things but nothing worked.


    Today I opened FCP and things were working fine again, but when looking at the clips in my timeline I could see that none of my clips had the vignette effect that I had added yesterday. So I am writing here because I saw that when you were helping MarkCo to solve his problem, you asked him whether he had deleted preferences in FCPx. IS there a reason why deleting preferences would cause this problem?


    Any ideas why I may be experiencing this problem with the vignette effect not appearing in my clips? I can not even see the different options that you usually see in the inspector when applying the vignette effect. It looks like this:

    Screen Shot 2016-05-12 at 11.36.23.png


    Thank you for your help,


    Ana

  • by Tom Wolsky,

    Tom Wolsky Tom Wolsky May 12, 2016 3:47 AM in response to anaecorrie
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    May 12, 2016 3:47 AM in response to anaecorrie

    WWhat are your system specifications? Is this the current version?

  • by anaecorrie,

    anaecorrie anaecorrie May 12, 2016 6:15 AM in response to Tom Wolsky
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    May 12, 2016 6:15 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

    Hi tom,

     

    Processor:2,5 GHz Intel Core i5

     

    Memory:4 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

     

    Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 1536 MB

     

    OSx El Captain 10.11.4

     

     

     

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  • by Luis Sequeira1,

    Luis Sequeira1 Luis Sequeira1 May 12, 2016 6:18 AM in response to anaecorrie
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    May 12, 2016 6:18 AM in response to anaecorrie

    Deleting preferences would not cause this. A corrupt project might.

    Please answer Tom's question.

     

    Also, another easy thing you can try: select everyting in your project timeline, copy (command-C), create a new project, paste (command-V), and see if things work ok in the newly created project. If so, you can delete the old one, and keep using the new version.

     

    Edit: I see your answer to Tom came as I was writing. Your setup is a bit lower end as far as RAM and graphics card are concerned, but it should work.

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