Freeze Frame (Option 'F'); has this stopped working for anyone else out there?

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Freeze Frame (Option 'F'); has this stopped working for anyone else out there?

I had used to use Option+F to place a freeze frame in a clip on the timeline but this appears to have stopped working for me.

I am now having to use 'Shift+H' and play around with the Hold function instead.

Getting used to new (additional) key strokes is fine, but loosing functionality from a key feature on the edit menu really sucks.

FCP 10.4.10

Catalina 10.15.7

MacBook Pro 2016 2.9Ghz 16Gb

Anyone else seeing this?

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Sep 30, 2020 3:07 AM

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Luis Sequeira1

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Sep 30, 2020 4:14 AM in response to Broadys_on

Try deleting preferences.

To delete preferences, hold down command and option while starting FCP X and click Delete Preferences.

The application will start in a default state, and open an "Untitled" library. Reopen the library you were working on, set the preferences the way you like them, and try again.

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Tom Wolsky

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Sep 30, 2020 7:49 AM in response to Broadys_on

Thanks. You should report it to feedback. The more that do the better chance it can be tracked down.

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Broadys_on Author

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Sep 30, 2020 3:44 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Menu option (under Edit) is showing as available to select.

When i select 'Add Freeze Frame' or use the Keyboard shortcut i just get a break in clip; as if i had used 'Blade'.

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Broadys_on Author

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Sep 30, 2020 7:13 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

Hey Tom, the split of the segment in the timeline happens whether the clip is on the mainline or as a sub-line (above the main line as in this example). The clip is simply cut wherever the playbar is sat. It's as if the freeze function has been replaced with the blade function for my specific setup! Its really frustrating.

Cheers

Rich

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Broadys_on Author

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Sep 30, 2020 7:40 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

Clip was recorded on GH5 using Log3 10Bit 4:2:2

mmm, good spot on the shelf! Also appears on close up to be a single shelf bar. So as if the final step of the Freeze Frame function (i.e. pasting repeated frame) is missed.

Clip is split (and linked under the shelf).

Selected frame repeatedly copied/pasted in a loop for <n> times to produce 'new clip'.

'New Clip' lost/wiped before being posted in the 'blade gap' under the shelf.

may be overthinking this but it's the old software developer in me coming out again! ;o )

Rich

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Broadys_on Author

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Sep 30, 2020 4:00 AM in response to Broadys_on

Here is what i see: https://youtu.be/OI9AHUOPsjU

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Broadys_on Author

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Sep 30, 2020 4:48 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

thanks but have already tried that one.

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Sep 30, 2020 7:32 AM in response to Broadys_on

Are you sure it does not create even a single frame in there? Unfortunately the video is quite blurry, I can't quite figure that out.

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Tom Wolsky

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Sep 30, 2020 6:50 AM in response to Broadys_on

A couple of other people reported this problem in 4.9 I think. It may be specific to certain media or project settings. I can't reproduce it in any of my projects. It's interesting that the secondary storyline is being created even though the freeze isn't.

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Tom Wolsky

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Sep 30, 2020 7:20 AM in response to Broadys_on

What I meant was that there is no shelf above the clip before you do the split, but after you do, the shelf appears, which is what happens when the freeze is added; the clip is bridged with the shelf. That's happening but the freeze isn't added. Could you give the specs of the media and the project properties? Just out of curiosity.

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Sep 30, 2020 3:27 AM in response to Broadys_on

Option-F for a freeze frame is working here as usual...

Does using the menu Edit->Add Freeze Frame work? Do you see the keyboard shortcut next to the menu?

Is the menu greyed out?

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Freeze Frame (Option 'F'); has this stopped working for anyone else out there?

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