When importing videos from my Iphone XS Max (IOS 13.3.1) into both Final Cut Pro and IMovie, videos are showing up black but audio is fine. This was hit and miss but now all videos are black. I am using Final Cut Pro X 10.4.8. Please advise how to fix this issue. I am using the 2019 MacBook Air 256 gb version.
MacBook
So they're black on your phone in the import window? Sounds like you don't actually have the videos on the phone ut have them stored in the iCloud Photos Library. That won't work. The media has to be on the device and imported so that they can be stored locally. If you have the videos in your Photos application, export unmodified originals from there and save them on your hard drive.
"my desktop (via iCloud) from my phone"
Does that mean it's in the cloud?
Let's try this. Open the Image Capture application with the phone connected. Select a few videos and save them to the desktop. Does that work? If you import the videos from the desktop into FCP, does that work?
Why don’t you try connecting your phone to the computer and using the import function in the application to import your media?
I should add that I have tried this two ways:
1) saving from my iPhone to the iCloud which then makes the video show up on my MacBook desktop, and importing from there
2) trying to open in Final Cut Pro from "photos"
Unfortunately, that did not work. The videos are still black. I closed the library I had, created a new one in a folder (because my desktop is tied to iCloud). Connected the phone, a bunch of videos come up, but all are black with no picture but audio works.
MacBook Air - Mac OS Catalina 10.15.4.
No they are fine on the phone. I can play them just fine. They are black in Final Cut Pro. To clarify, here is what I have tried.
1) connecting my phone to my Mac like you suggested. I do that and then try to import directly to my phone but the video in Final Cut Pro is black
2) save to my desktop (via iCloud) from my phone. I import them into Final Cut Pro through import media and selecting from my desktop. Same result. The video in Final Cut Pro is black
Hooked my phone up to the MacBook but import>reimport from camera/archive is greyed out. Which option do I need to choose to import from my phone?
Import. Cmd-I.
Don't see that as an option. I have import>media, the one I mentioned above, iMovie IOS projects, XML, and captions.
By the way, I appreciate the help!
Import Media
Ok, saw iPhone it from media. However, I still have the same issue. The videos are still black.
It's hard to know exactly what you're doing, can't understand the first phrase, can't tell if you have duplicate clips, did you keep the original black, non-functional clips?
Try this as a test.
Right-click the original library and select Close Library.
Go to File>New>Library. Give it a name, save it on your desktop.
Connect the phone to the computer and use File>Import>Media.
In the Import window select the phone in the sidebar. Do you see the video clips on the phone?
Select two or three and click Import selected.
What happens? If this doesn't work, please give the complete specifications of your system and the OS you're using.
Videos black when importing into Final Cut Pro and iMovie
