Adjusting volume within Final Cut Express

Hi all - can someone please advise how to change volume in FCexpress. I need to face in and fade out along the audio timeline.
Many thanks

Turn on the opacity overlays (clip overlays). Then use the pen tool to place keyframes along the overlay line in the audio track(s) at the locations where you want to adjust the gain. Then use the select tool to drag the audio overlay line up or down appropriately to achieve the levels you want. Always keep in mind that these adjustments happen between two successive keyframes - you may need to add more keyframes than you would otherwise believe necessary.
You can also set keyframes and adjust the gain if you open the clip in the Viewer and select the audio tab.
Also, if you increase the gain, watch the levels meter - try not to let the meter exceed -6db at the loudest parts. If it exceeds 0db you will get some nasty clipping.

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Sounds to me like the files are still on the DVD training disk it came with.
Drag those files to your hard drive and try again.
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Most camcorders that I've encountered don't come from the factory with a FireWire cable - you have to supply your own. A USB cable is usually included to transfer stills, not video.
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I have a clip that is a little dark and I would like to make it brighter. I've tried the levels adjustments for the black and white points. While it has improved a bit I still feel that I need to improve it more.
After trying the brightness adjustment in Final Cut Express I found that the clip looked too washed out and the colors became somewhat lifeless. The contrast and brightness adjustments combined didn't produced very good results either. This is the route I would have taken with a digital still photo but it doesn't seem to be working with my clip.
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Hi Ian:
I haven't tried the gamma filters yet. I will give it a try.
This may be the case you describe (a shot that can't be saved or improved) but I would like to think that it can. The footage is from a movie and I extracted a 20 sec clip to include in a presentation.
Since you mention both, what are the differences between the Gamma and Gamma correction filters ?
Also, how can I post a screenshot to this list as you suggested ? Is there a page on this web site where photos can be posted for members of this discussion groups ?
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Please help!
I am using Final cut express for this project. I created it on an Imac.
Specs: Quad Core; Intel Core I-7; 8GB Ram; 2.93 GHz. Media is stored on an external HD.
Whenever I select render timeline, the window appears and shows me the progress. But once I let it alone and leave the computer alone for anywhere from 3-10minutes, and I return, I am greeted with another window asking if I want to report this crash to Apple or reopen program. What on earth could be going wrong? I have used this imac before with no hassle at all when rendering, but for some reason, it doesn't seem to render be working now.
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Hi Waldopert, and a warm welcome to the forums!
To find out which & how much RAM you can add we need this info...
Then click on More Info>Hardware and report this upto *but not including the Serial#*...
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Hello anyone who knows,
how do i fade out the sound track or lower volumes and or raise volumes within sound tracks?
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That said, what you do is toggle Clip Overlays > On . A thin pink line will appear across the middle of each of your audio clips. You can then add keyframes with the Pen tool and then use your mouse drag the levels up or down as you wish between any two keyframes.
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Here is a shot of the loading/splash screen:
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Well never mind everyone. Apparently, Searching your computer for plugins through spotlight doesn't search the plugins folder in either the "Macintosh HD" location or the ~/Library locations.. Go figure.
I went to re-install the trouble plugin, and to my surprise, I still had 2 copies of the plugin installed on my system. I trashed them, as well as the other 15 or so of their brother and sister Impromptu Plugins, and got the software to open! now all I have to do is figure out what codec/setup to use.

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Using clear/sharp '.mov' files as clips. Doing simple editing, nothing fancy. When I finally output the project using 'Export/Using QuickTime Conversion,' the final is blurry and out of focus. I've tried every compression type (H264, Animation, etc.). Same problem. Anyone know why this is happening?
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Thanks for your response.
Here's what I'm (trying) to do:
I'm creating short 5 minute tutorial movies that will be distributed as QuickTime movies (burned to disk) for short run distribution (college).
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Now I need to somehow get a final QuickTime movie, with close to the same quality I had in the clips.
So... I take the FCE file, output it using 'Export>QuickTime Conversion,' using the same size I originally recorded in, 800 x 600. Tried every codec available. Every time, the end result is a very blurred version of the original Snapz Pro recordings.
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I'm viewing the exported file in QuickTime Pro, with the 'Movie Properties' setting of 'High Quality.'
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Here are your options now that you just have the files...
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=9966355#9966355
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2073767&start=15&tstart=0
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(I'm not sure whether I understand your problem but here goes. Maybe there is no problem after all?).
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BTW, AFAIK a long time there used to be an Apple MPEG2 encoder plug-in for QT but AFAIK it doesn't work with new Mac OS versions and has been superseded by Compressor. And if you use iDVD, you don't need either of them anyway.

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