xxxx clips in my timeline

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xxxx clips in my timeline

Can someone tell me why I have "xxxx in my clips when I drag them into the timeline, and why I can't just delete the audio from that clip without deleting the video as well...also in my canvas the clip is a tiny rectangle and does not fill up the whole screen....I apparently have accidentally hit a button to make it do this for my other projects are "normal". How can I set it to where the edit the audio and video seperately
thanks

mac, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Aug 8, 2009 3:40 PM

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Answer 1

Aug 8, 2009 4:31 PM in response to storytellergirl

You can unlink the audio and video in the Timeline by selecting (highlighting) the clip and hit Command l (lowercase L). If you don't want the audio there in the first place, don't edit it into the Timeline to begin with.

If your video does not fill the Canvas, it could be due to a few different things:

A. You're using video with smaller pixel dimensions that your Sequence settings
B. You've sized the Canvas window smaller than 'Fit to Window'
C. You've scaled the clip lower than 100%

-DH

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Answer 2

Aug 8, 2009 5:53 PM in response to David Harbsmeier

ok great thank you...fixed the size issue in the canvas window...but still unsure why I can not see the actual video in the clips in the timeline...why do they have "x"'s in the squares....let me add i am new to this...also it has a red line over the clips

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Answer 3

Aug 8, 2009 5:58 PM in response to storytellergirl

The red line means the video needs to be rendered, most likely due to your video clips not matching the Sequence settings.

You can learn about all of this in the FCE Help Files.

-DH

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Answer 4

Studio X

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Aug 9, 2009 5:48 PM in response to David Harbsmeier

Not only do the clips not match the sequence settings, they may be in an unsupported format.

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