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Final Cut Pro X: Phantom images after exporting

When I export there are a few frames from other clips randomly appearing at other parts of the video. I'm trying everything! Does anyone know what can actually fix this issue? Or what's causing it

Posted on Nov 26, 2019 6:15 PM

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Posted on Nov 26, 2019 9:50 PM

cubsandchocolatemilk wrote:

Shot on an iPhone. MOV files. Codecs: AAC, Timed Metadata, HEVC. I only run into the problem after trimming and adding and editing music (mp3). When just loading and arranging the clips, the export comes out fine.

A few users have had the same issue.

The fix is to Optimise your footage.

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Alchroma

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Nov 26, 2019 9:50 PM in response to cubsandchocolatemilk

cubsandchocolatemilk wrote:

Shot on an iPhone. MOV files. Codecs: AAC, Timed Metadata, HEVC. I only run into the problem after trimming and adding and editing music (mp3). When just loading and arranging the clips, the export comes out fine.

A few users have had the same issue.

The fix is to Optimise your footage.

Nov 26, 2019 8:47 PM in response to Alchroma

It is possible that the random frames got created when you added clips to the time line while editing. One cause is if the play head is not at the junction of two clips but rather a few frames one way or the other. To verify if this is the case, zoom the timeline out at the location of the random frames. You may find that they are actually there and not being generated on the fly by FCP.

Nov 26, 2019 9:15 PM in response to Alchroma

Shot on an iPhone. MOV files. Codecs: AAC, Timed Metadata, HEVC. I only run into the problem after trimming and adding and editing music (mp3). When just loading and arranging the clips, the export comes out fine.

Alchroma

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Nov 26, 2019 7:24 PM in response to cubsandchocolatemilk

Can you tell us about the camera that shot the footage and type of files it generated?

Nov 26, 2019 9:18 PM in response to Larrie Easterly

Definitely not that.

Nov 26, 2019 11:12 PM in response to Alchroma

That mostly did it! I still had to delete one clip and add it again. I haven't added transitions within clips back in yet, but it's looking pretty good! Thank you!

Final Cut Pro X: Phantom images after exporting