Hi, I have been trying to fix this for a while, I hope somebody will help me on this. When I did a proxy media, suddenly my video playback and thumnail quality became dull. So I deleted the whole project and events and cleared all preferences and tried doing it from scratch but still the import video is dull. When I check the video in the finder, it's good. I'm not importig as proxy. Please help me in getting this resolved
Final Cut Pro X, Mac OS X (10.7.1)
Do you set the settings to "better performance" or "High Quality" playback under preferences ?
When I did a proxy media...
I'm not importig as proxy.
Lol. I'm confused, which is it? đ
Do you have your FCP X preferences >> Import tab >> Transcoding set to "Create proxy media"?
Do you have your FCP X preferences >> Playback tab >> Playback set to "Use proxy media"?
Playback (and export) will use the proxy media (which is 1/4 resolution) if you have that set in your preferences to use it. If you want to playback high quality, you need to switch that preference back to use original/optimized media. This is essential to do whenever you export as well.
If your issue is that using original media gives you a performance hit but you still want to see high quality during editing and playback, then you need to generate optimized media and use that.
Hi.. I have set to high performance in my play back settings.
@Andy Mees. Sorry about the confusion. I have initially tried proxy media, that's when the probem started. After that, I have deleted eveything (including preferences), uninstalled and reinstalled final cut pro x and then imported back the different videos without proxy but still the play back is dull. When I right click on the video and find it in the disk, it's good. Even when I don't skim on the video, its bright. But as soon as I move the cursor over the video and start video skimming or playback it's playing back dull. Please see my screen shot
THE LEFT IMAGE (WHICH IS BRIGHT YELLOW) is how the video looks. But as I move the cursor over the video (LEFT ONE), it becomes dull. The actual video in the drive is bright. This is not a proxy, but this issue started only when I created proxy in the past, but I have deleted all those projects and preferences(even all the events). Please help
It looks like a graphics card problem. You're missing the green channel.
Tom,
That would make sense if the entire display was dull. But there is some green in there like the window maximize button and the circle around the background processing indicator.
When Tom says it is possibly a graphics card problem, I think he means an incompatibility with FCPX, not a broken card. This type of problem has been reported in the past, and usually it ends up being due to a graphics card that doesn't support OpenCL (which is required for FCPX). The reason why it might only appear in one window is because that's how FCPX is programmed; it probably is using specific OpenCL API calls in the viewer window (possibly for rendering effects). If the graphics card doesn't support those calls, weird problems might occur such as losing the green channel, or other artifacts such as static which I've also seen reported.
What are your system specs? Especially your graphics card? Can you tell us what you see in the "About This Mac" window? Also report the video card from "More Info."
@tom @hafken, you are correct. It's a problem with the compatibility of graphics card with FCPX. I have a mac book (late 2007) and as per specs, it doesn't have the openCL.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4664
Thanks for you help!! At least I know now, I should stop fighting my time with FCPx đ
Playback video is dull
