Hi.Am using FCP X 10.1.4. I have a few differant films that I am editing. When I open the library the film should normally appear in the timeline. Now it is not and I cannot find it. Any suggestions. Have I accidently changed a setting somewhere?

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Hi.Am using FCP X 10.1.4. I have a few differant films that I am editing. When I open the library the film should normally appear in the timeline. Now it is not and I cannot find it. Any suggestions. Have I accidently changed a setting somewhere?

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I am using Final cut pro X 10.1.4 on a macbook pro with OS X 10.9.5.

I have been using it for a few years without any problems but now when I open a library to work on a film the film does not appear on the timeline. I cannot find the edit anywhere. I'm sure its not lost, but maybe I have changed a setting. It just shows "new project".

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks

MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012), OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)

Posted on Oct 2, 2015 1:37 PM

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Oct 2, 2015 1:46 PM in response to sealandair

Do you remember what is the name of the project? And what event it was in?

If you have a lot of clips in the library it may help to enter at least part of the project name in the search box to narrow it down.

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Oct 2, 2015 1:51 PM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Thanks for the quick answer , I'll try that. The browser is populated with the clips including the yellow boxes indicating the part of the clip used, but nothing in the timeline.

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Oct 2, 2015 1:53 PM in response to sealandair

Anything can be displayed in the timeline. You just have to locate the project in the browser and double-click it.

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Oct 2, 2015 2:01 PM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Thanks. I think it is a fault as a reboot has fixed it in the past. Tried clicking everything in the library & browser but no joy.

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Oct 2, 2015 2:09 PM in response to sealandair

Hi. One funny thing I never noticed before is that it stores the edit in the browser as a clip, like a mixdown; like its exported from the timeline with just one track of video with audio. Makes me think thats what I want, ie a setting somewhere. So all is not lost but I have to chop it all up again to make changes!

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Oct 2, 2015 2:15 PM in response to sealandair

Success. A reboot & it worked. Computer is quite full and fcp gave random problems last night (corruption of some files leaving blank sections of film in the timeline, reimporting didn't help but left overnight to render and mostly ok in the morning!

I'll finish these films, export them and get any upgrades to FCP.

Thanks for your help !

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Tom Wolsky

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Oct 2, 2015 2:18 PM in response to sealandair

TThis is an unfortunately common mistake. You have edited into a clip rather than into a project. This happens because you open a clip into the timeline and then edit other clips into it. You should be able to copy the contents of the clip with other media in it and paste it into an actual project. Cmd-N makes a new project. Paste into that.

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