Clips turn grey when i drag

i have clips in i movie6 clips window...when i try to use them and i start dragging them onto the timeline or over to FCP, the clip turns grey and i cannot do anything with it..why is that?

im having the same problem. cant copy/paste either with those clips because they gray out!

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I have some type that is a mask for a flame video that allows the flame to only be seen through the shapes of the letters. This is a black background with the type "punched out" to all the flames to be seen. When import this into Adobe DVD Studio Pro the black background of the masked type turns into a grey. What can I do to get the black appearance I need? Thanks!

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Why does black turn grey when creating a pdf from InDesign CS5??

Why do blacks turn to grey when I create/export a pdf from InDesign CS5?

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I am trying to save chapters of a DVD as movie files so I can share them online (this is a DVD of home movies essentially, so there shouldn't be any copying issues). I have been trying to save the videos using Quicktime's screen recording features, but whenever I click record and have selected the area where the video is playing the video turns to a grey screen. I can still hear the audio playing, but the image remains a grey box until I stop recording. Any suggestions?

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Menu buttons turn grey when rendered

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I have 2 DVD menus with buttons which were created in Photoshop. The Colour Sets are assigned by a custom colour set in Encore and work fine in preview (green normal, red highlighted and orange selected.) When I preview in Encore the menus are the perfect colours.
When I Build an ISO of the DVD image or a DVD folder however they appear grey on one menu and grey with what appears to be red text misaligned and masked on the other.
I'm using VLC media player to preview the ISO/ DVD folder.
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Tom Wolsky wrote:
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Hi
I've been having this problem in Premiere Pro CS5 (I'm just not sure with CS4 & ealier versions).. ok the problem is that in Premiere Pro CS5 when I change the speed of a clip that is rendered in After Effects and export it either in AVI or in MOV, it produces some blue flicker on that clip or sometimes the entire clip turns blue..This only happens when I am using Quicktime Animation codec in AE..I can't find any forum that discusses this problem..And I don't know if others are also experiencing this (except for my friend who is also experiencing this in MacOSX)..by the way my version of Premiere Pro is 5.0.3 and my After Effects is 10.0.2.4 (Windows 7 x64)..I don't know know if this is a bug in PrPro or AE, or if Adobe is aware of this problem..
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So don't do that. It's probably not the best choice for video, anyway. I mean it says right in the name - "animation". There's a reason for that.
On a Windows machine, Lagarith and UT are two free lossless codecs that play well within the Adobe suite. Give them a try.
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Hello,
I'm new to FCP X, just as I am with video editing so please forgive my noviceness!
When I drag clips from the Event Library into the Timeline(?) (The bit at the bottom, where you arrange the clips) they are automatically made longer. For example, one clip has a length of 54 seconds in the event library, but when dragged into the timeline, it has been stretched to 56 seconds. I'm trying to match a band's studio recording footage to the finished audio and it is impossible when the clips are slowed down (and subsequently lower in pitch).
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Download Digital Rebellion's Preference Manager (free, simple to use, and perfectly safe, both to download and use).
http://www.digitalrebellion.com/prefman/
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