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Luca Furgiuele · March 29th, 2009, 08:19 AM

ok!

so i'm cutting together a feature length film and everything has been going more or less, swimmingly.
i bring all of my scenes into a master timeline and one particular scene simply doesn't display anything.
It's been renderd so i'm not getting the 'unrederd' blue screen.

Quite simply, the squence plays just fine when it's all by itself, but when it's brought into this master timeline, it only displays the first shot and then crossfades to black (where it should crossfade to another shot)
Once the scene is over, it displays again normally.

Shaun Roemich · March 29th, 2009, 10:15 AM

Has the Alpha mode for that one scene been accidentally changed?

Luca Furgiuele · March 29th, 2009, 10:32 AM

beleive it or not... i re-nestled the scene into the master timeline and now works.

i've no idea what the problem was but it has apparently fixed itself.

Shaun Roemich · March 30th, 2009, 07:56 AM

I'm finding that FCP 6 tends to "forget" render files and get confused and use "obsolete" renders often, requiring BIZARRE intervention. The software is becoming more problematic with every major iteration, from a "I just want it to work" position.

For example, I've colour corrected two clips and put a cross dissolve between them. Later I've removed the cross dissolve and replaced the first clip. Upon playback, FCP still thinks there is a cross dissolve on the first bit of the second clip.

March 29th, 2009, 08:19 AM	#1
Luca Furgiuele Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 26	Strange Issue Involving No Picture ok! so i'm cutting together a feature length film and everything has been going more or less, swimmingly. i bring all of my scenes into a master timeline and one particular scene simply doesn't display anything. It's been renderd so i'm not getting the 'unrederd' blue screen. Quite simply, the squence plays just fine when it's all by itself, but when it's brought into this master timeline, it only displays the first shot and then crossfades to black (where it should crossfade to another shot) Once the scene is over, it displays again normally.

March 29th, 2009, 10:15 AM	#2
Shaun Roemich Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia (formerly Winnipeg, Manitoba) Canada Posts: 4,088	Has the Alpha mode for that one scene been accidentally changed? __________________ Shaun C. Roemich Road Dog Media - Vancouver, BC - Videographer - Webcaster www.roaddogmedia.ca Blog: http://roaddogmedia.wordpress.com/

March 30th, 2009, 07:56 AM	#4
Shaun Roemich Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia (formerly Winnipeg, Manitoba) Canada Posts: 4,088	I'm finding that FCP 6 tends to "forget" render files and get confused and use "obsolete" renders often, requiring BIZARRE intervention. The software is becoming more problematic with every major iteration, from a "I just want it to work" position. For example, I've colour corrected two clips and put a cross dissolve between them. Later I've removed the cross dissolve and replaced the first clip. Upon playback, FCP still thinks there is a cross dissolve on the first bit of the second clip. __________________ Shaun C. Roemich Road Dog Media - Vancouver, BC - Videographer - Webcaster www.roaddogmedia.ca Blog: http://roaddogmedia.wordpress.com/

March 29th, 2009, 10:32 AM	#3
Luca Furgiuele Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 26	beleive it or not... i re-nestled the scene into the master timeline and now works. i've no idea what the problem was but it has apparently fixed itself.