Peter Bloch
Level 1
(69 points)
Q: Can't view or edit waveforms in timeline
I am pretty new to FCPX. But I know I did this particular thing last week. I want to fade out a song at the end of my movie. But the waveform for the song is not being useful or editable. It is a very narrow (vertically green stripe in my timeline. There is a barely recognizable dark gray line across the song in the timeline, but I can't find any way to expand this to make the actual waveform visible so I can put handles on it and do the fade. I can't find any commands for making the waveform visible.
I have searched the help thing within FCPX, and I have searched the Apple book about FCPX, and I have searched the internet. On the net, there are some references to problems like this from several years ago, including a command + option + W command, that doesn't work, so it must be an old key combo.
I haver restarted Final Cut, I have rebooted my computer. Nothing is helping me. What's the scoop, folks? Am I missing something really obvious? Thanks for your help.
iMac with Retina 5K display, OS X Yosemite (10.10), 24 gb RAM, 1T SSD internal, i7
BenB
Level 6
(9,856 points)
You need to make the Clip Hight taller. Bottom right of the Timeline pane is a menu to do this with. See the "Adjust Timeline clip appearance and hight" section here.
http://help.apple.com/finalcutpro/mac/10.2/#/verb8e5d346
You can also use the Option key with the up or down arrow key to change clip appearance via the keyboard.
Also, here's info on Audio Fade Handles.
http://help.apple.com/finalcutpro/mac/10.2/#/ver39580fed
If you are zoomed too far out, you won't see much detail (Command with the - or = keys to zoom in and out).
