Import Media & Export

Sounds like you copied alias files into your event instead of original files. When you select import in the import browser make sure you check the option in the next window to import files into final cut events folder.

Same thing. Your media is still on the SD card, not in the FCP Events folder! Dangerous stuff!

Always, and always copy to Events folder...! (unless you are on a SAN or something, and know what you are doing..)

Edit: You cab choose Reveal in Finder to see it. It should show you an Alias file in the Event folder!

Use the File: Organice Event files... command to gather the files in the Event folder.

Shift-Cmd-R or right-click on the clip.

Things that has to do with files, are normally in the File menu.. and as Tom points out, also in the Contectual [Right-click) menu.. 😉

Make sure your importing preferneces are set to copy to event. Connect the card and try to use the Reimport from camera function.

The blocked Reveal in finder may be a different problem. Forget that for now.

Inivincible wrote:

How do i get to my importing preferences?

I would suggest you spend a little time on these tutorials over at Creative Cow.

This might be a direct hit: FCPX INs and OUTs - Event Browser and Library

Or jumb through the great episodes over at MacBreak Studio

It is actually a good program but it is busted and slow as a frozen slug. I even ditched the imported video and used previous video to reexport as a new movie and nothing changed. So there is truly a bust in the system and no one is GURU enough to get what we are talking about. I have been a MAC user since the mid 80's and Have been a fan of FCP for a very long time. I even was excited about the change and it is better than before but there is for sure something going on with the program. I used new video too imported and optimized and still got slow output. Things have been fine until the update. Today is the first video I have processed since the update. I even put video in a file and imported it from the desktop from the folder as it was from my camera. Like I have been doing for the past few years. My video should have been done long ago. NOT.

But once the fix is found I guarantee you will like the program. It is outstanding. For sure you should get used to using it and making your video from it. I am all for the new changes but it did do something. Maybe it is an issue with laptops but not desk tops. Who the heck knows.