Color to Final Cut Pro issue

Hello all,
I've had an odd issue with color and Final cut today.
I just finished editing a multi-cam project which I sent over to color. I made all my adjustments and sent it back to FCP without any problems. However, some of the clips are now 'black' or 'void' of footage.
Looking at it closer it appears that the particular multi-cam angles is now void of content. The odd thing is I don't know why some clips are affected and other not, plus, when it goes black, it does so for exactly 13 frames every time at the start of the clip!
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks

Sounds like you are having issues with your renders. Did you render (from queue) as Uncompressed 10 bit or ProRes?
I just finished the cert. course for Color today, and after a few days of delving into the software, it seems a tad "buggy". As a professional editor for 14 years, I certainly wouldn't trust taking a multi-cam edited seq into Color at this point. The less complicated the timeline in FCP, the less work and potential issues enter into the Color scenario. I don't think, at this point w regards to this version of Color, I would venture the risk in sending a multi-cam seq to it.
We discovered several small issues and bugs in the software and also their corresponding work-arounds over the last few days.
Altogether, however, this software is amazing and was originally a SGI program with a steep price tag. The fine tuned grading, color keying and tracking functions are amazing. I'm looking forward to a more streamlined osx like interface.

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