FCP 5 Timeline "Text"

Working on a project in FCP 5 that has several different text tracks. Aside from a small icon, the tracks are all named "Text". Is there some way I can have them automatically named by, like the actual text? Every time I have to change one of them I have to go through all 30 to find it.

Automatically? Nope, not that I know of.
You can manually change the clip name that appears in the timeline (and that name is searchable) by control clicking on the text clip, and choosing Item Properties > Format and changing the name there.
If you had, say, thousands of text clips, you might consider outputting an xml of the timeline and using the xml to make the changes, but this is cumbersome in its own way and for <75 or so text clips I'm not sure it is worth the effort.
Maybe someone else will be able to tell you a better way to do it.
MtD

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ScarCrow28 wrote:
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This is about the smartest thing that has been said here in a while. It's all too common for an user to blame the hardware, blame the software, blame the manufacturer.
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(the link provided should also answer your question about the 'black background' and introduce you to the Matte generator
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http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/4611/screenshot20100225at914.png
This is a screen shot of what I am talking about. Notice the light blue text (Usion T(X)ENTY) is no longer in the same location in FCP as it was in Motion. Besides this I have noticed no other differences so I'm thinking it has something to do with the text. Thoughts?

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Hello fellow FCPX-ers.
I am posting this thread on a few forums as I have encountered a very weird issue taking place.
Trying to figure out if the issue I am encountering is a bug/glitch or a technical issue.
This has consistently occurred in three different projects now all shot at different times. The audio has been fine on the camera during the recording process and has been fine in it’s RAW NATIVE SOURCE.
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For some reason my audio keeps dropping out on my timeline and it is creating audio skips/clicks making it impossible to export proper audio or fix the gaps on the timeline.
Screenshots are attached to this thread for a visualization example.
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reggie-

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So its just the text? Like, it played fine both text and video then the video stayed good but the text went bad?? What a mystery....
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