FCP Auto-Add Transitions to all audio clips

This is the second time this has happened. I've upgraded to Final Cut Pro 7. Something is triggering an auto-add transition to every audio sequence on my timeline. The only way to avoid it is to click undo until it goes away. With a huge deadline tomorrow I have already pressed undoe a 100 times but it will still not go away. Auto-save goes back 3 hours ago with this preset still on. This means I am doomed to erase each transition individually on a show with many tracks. It's not apparent in my preferences.
I haven't figured out how to disable this new feature and need help to avoid this mess in the future.
Thanks for listening.

Try deleting the preferences file in the evven it has become corrupted and is causing this to occur...

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FCP auto add audio transition

This is the second time this has happened. I've upgraded to Final Cut Pro 7. Something is triggering an auto-add transition to every audio sequence on my timeline. The only way to avoid it is to click undo until it goes away. With a huge deadline tomorrow I have already pressed undoe a 100 times but it will still not go away. Auto-save goes back 3 hours ago with this preset still on. This means I am doomed to erase each transition individually on a show with many tracks.
I haven't figured out how to disable this new feature and need help to avoid this mess in the future.
Thanks for listening.

I have not run into the issue and it could be something in the preferences that I have not used, you may want to post over in the [Final Cut Pro Forums|http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=939]. When you say this is triggering auto-add, what exactly are you doing? Setting in/out points then these appear or somehow they are just appearing randomly (in time without you touching anything?)
There are various ways to add transitions across a range of clips, so perhaps you are doing that? When you said this is the second time, what did you do o correct the problem the first time, delete the preferences?

Encoding just a part of a long sequence - ALL audio clips are processed ?!?

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Can't add Transitions b/w LiveType clips in FCE

I'm making small promo movie in FCE, with a lot of LiveType clips interspersed with some movie clips (Apple Interm. Codec--but I've also tried using DV-NTSC). My problem: when I've strung together several LT clips (.ipr--but also .mov after rendering) I can't add transitions b/w them in FCE (and can't add trans. b/w a LT and movie clip). I get msg: "insufficient content for edit."
I don't understand well the whole codec process. I've read here that the properties need to be the same b/w LT and FCE, but I'm not sure exactly how to do that. The property options in both programs have slightly different presets and I've tried to match the codec & aspect ratios etc. as best I can. Since I don't know what I'm doing in this area, I've tried to match things up as best as possible, yet no luck.
BUT, even when I've opened a brand new project in FCE, brought in several .ipr clips (w/out bringing in any movie clips), I still can't add transitions b/w .ipr clips (or LT .mov files).
Help! What am I doing wrong?
Thanks

OKay, but how do i do it..
I have 2 movies...I want a transition of 2 seconds..do i Mark in from the point of the first movie where i want to have the transition to start ? And out in the 2nd movie where i want it to finished (maximum) ?
Or do i mark out on the first movie and mark in on the 2nd movie ?
The whole day i am trying things but nothing works for me.
I even did see a video tut that says it's because the videos are not NTSC...But they are HD so that wouldn make a problem ? Or does it ?
Sorry for these simple questions but there is no tut in my language and i can't find a forum that explains it in dutch..
Thanks in advance

Why can't I add transitions to green screened clips?

I have still images with green-screened video on top. Is there a way i could merge the two or add transitions to the video part? it looks choppy with the green-screened part cutting out right before the transition of the still. thanks!

Hello, AmezLady.
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
I understand that you are unable manually add transitions. This sounds like you may have automatic transitions enabled. Try disabling this to see if you can manually add them.
iMovie '11: Add transitions between video clips
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2218
Cheers,
Jason H.

When i add transition it lags my clip

when i add a transition into my video so it fades to a new cliip it will lag my new clip for a few seconds even if i delete the transition after the cliip stays lagged any help please?
i have about 15 clips i need to edit all together and each one needs to be blended in with transitions also i have audio on the edit

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FCP 6 - Exporting Quicktime MOV distorts audio (clipping), plays fine in FC

I've just finished a project and have exported my finished video to a Quicktime file, using the same settings as my original capture (HDV 1080i50). However, when I do so, the audio in the exported file is clipped quite horribly, and makes it hard to make sense of what is going on because of it.
I have several sound files that have been amplified +9dB in the project, and was originally worried about clipping, but they play back absolutely fine in Final Cut, with no distortion at all.
Any ideas on how to remove this clipping on export? If I have to reduce the sound level on my clips, is there a way to do it via batch? I've got heaps of keyframes controlling volume, it would be an absolute pain to do manually.

Keep your audio peaks between -12 and -6 inside FCP. Never, ever clip the audio. Use of some compression and/or limiting - if done correctly - will help you control your levels: Putting a lid on loud stuff and bringing up the level of low stuff. And does a better job of level control than manually riding-gain with a fader or inserting audio level keyframes.
Compressors will help you.
Search the web for tutorials on how to use 'em and you'll never look back.
John

Bring All audio clips on a track to the same audio level?

Is there any way to do this? Example, lets say I have all my dialogue on audio track one and I want it all falling at about the 12 mark on the audio meter. I don't suppose there is something that will bring it all to this level automatically?

Normalizing is a bit of a chainsaw on audio, if you dig into it and look at the files. Compression works much cleaner.
What I would suggest is playing through the timeline, each time a new clip comes up use the Control- [> and Control- +/- keyboard shortcuts to get your audio all in the same ballpark level. Then nest that sequence and put a compressor on the audio to bring lows up and highs down to a closer level.
If you add a compressor to each individual clip without ballparking them first, you're still not going to be happy.

How to normalize all audio clip volumes using iMovie (2013)?

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The normalize volume feature is indeed gone. You have to adjust manually, selecting the audio track of each song in turn.
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Is there a way to add an audio fade to multiple tracks at the same time?

In FCP7 select them and press Cmd-Opt-T for the default audio cross fade.

Daily Help A Newbie Thread: Full MiniDV tape to FCP & add Transitions

Hello,
Yes, it's another one of those questions, but honestly, I've RTFM, and searched the discussions here. Nothing works as it's supposed to. (Must be me, right?) Well, I'm turning to the pros.
Goal: Take a full hour's worth of my newborn girl that's on MiniDV from a Canon ZR85 and get it into FCP, add some transitions, and then export to send to the Grandma's.
Problem: I can't seem to add transitions at all. The cursor changes to an arrow with a little 'x' in the lower right corner.
Problem Notes:
--Ok, so I can sorta add transitions, but not with two clips or subclips snapped to each other in the same video layer. It will allow say, a default cross fade to the end of one clip, while clip 2 is in another layer (V2). So the visual response is the same, but it should work with clips in the same layer.
--I can put playhead snapped to the joint between two unedited clips, and right click to add 'transition cross dissolve', but the transition ends up only being 1 frame in duration. And double-clicking on it to bring it into the viewer doesn't allow me to edit the duration.
--I can however, drop in a Bars and Tone generated object, and say a caustics object. Then I can add and edit the transition to my heart's content.
Method:
1. tape in, cam to play, cables set up
2. FCP set to Format: all formats / rate: all rates / Use: DV-NTSC
3. open capture dialog and (for simplicity's sake) use Capture Now
4. a 13+ GB .mov file is made on the scratch disk, an external FW drive with plenty of space
5. I then use the Mark > Detect DV start/stop to get the markers in clip
6. select all the markers, and use Make Subclip
7. All subclips show up as "segment of videoclip I just imported n" with the little clip icon with jagged edges.
8. Add a couple (of 41) subclips to the timeline. So far so good. They play and sound as expected.
9. But then I go for a simple transition, cross dissolve and try to drag it into the time line. All I get is the the arrow with the little x.
If I...
z. right click to add transition, it says "insufficient content for edit"
y. .....
****, I think I just answered my own question. Yeah...huh...RTFM...Ok, here goes, see if this is what you would tell me...
1. drop in say two subclips.
2. (they are now end to start, if you will
3. i have to drag the second clip (the one on the right) to the LEFT such that there is enough "overlap" so the transition covers enough on both clips for the desired duration....
That is clip 1 is 30 seconds. Clip 2 is 60 seconds. End to End won't work. But if I move clip 2 (with the select tool) back say 5 seconds. Then I can add a 10 second transition. (overkill yes, but it's an example.)
Sorry for rambling. Thanks for helping or offering um, constructive advice.
Thanks,
.curt
a) Even when I Log and Capture, it always gives me the pre-post roll error message. I have turned that preference to zero, but have the same results. But OK, I can deal with that, so I did the Capture Now and manually started the vidcam.
b)

You need "handles" for transitions.
The length of the transition determines the length of the handle
The default is one second so you need 15 extra frames on clip "A" and 15 extra frames on clip "B"
So you need to do what you've already learned and trim back your clips to make room for your transisitons.
This is the quick expanation, check the manual or do a search on this forum for "handles" and you can get a more in-depth version.

Audio clip in FCP to STP

I'm following both the FCP DVD tutorial & Larry Jordans tutorials. Both show that in FCP you can select a single audio clip and "send to " STP Audio File Project for repair. However, this option is Not available (not highlighted). Only Multitrack & Pro script are highlighted. What is the deal?

Hi Lecover,
The media that you send to STP as an Audio File Project has to come from a single source media file. If you have more than one source media file, then you need to send to STP as a multitrack project.
See this for more info: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302805
I hope that helps.

Is there a way to group transitions on multiple audio tracks

In FCP, when working with four tracks of audio. I could place a transition between two clips (4 tracks each) and extend the transition to all transitions simultaneously. In Adobe I have to select each one. And even when I highlight all four and try to extend, it only selects one.

I've figured out how to apply a default transition to all the clips, but my issue is once it is there how do I change them all. I've figured out I can select each transition one by and and set the duration to a new length. But in FCP, once a transition was on the clips, you could click one and they would all be highlighted. Then you could roll extend the transition to make the duration of every transition longer.

Can no longer select or move audio clips on Narration track - what happened??

I began my first Adobe Premiere Elements 11 project this morning, a short video (5 mins) I intend to upload to YouTube. It's a comedy sketch involving inanimate objects that "talk", so it requires a lot of dialogue to be added to, in this case, the Narration track.
I am not new to Premiere Elements. In fact, I've done quite a bit of fairly complex editing on previous versions of the software (I upgraded to 11.0 from 8.0). I've never had this problem before.
After editing this project for well over 2 hours with no problem, I can suddently no longer move or even select any audio clip on my Narration track. They are just frozen and stuck there. Everything else works normally. I can select and move all other clips on all other tracks. Further, all audio clips will play, even the ones on the Narration track. However, I can no longer move, select, or even add any clip to the Narration track.
I opened a new project to see if the problem persisted, but it didn't - I could add, select, move audio clips on the Narration track just fine.
I'm stuck and bewildered. The project I've already invested 2-3 hours into seems permanently broken. The audio clips on my Narration track will play, but I can't select, move, or otherwise do anything to them.
My fear is not just that I'll have to start this project over again, but I'll never know when it will break again, and I'll lose all my work again.
Help!
Seriously, does anyone know what's happened?

sleinbach
Thanks for the details. As I suggested this idea that I had after reading this thread may be just nonesense, but I thought it would be interesting to try.
This is recommended done with a copy of the project that you have now.
For now, let us assume that the missing track names are part of the locked Narration Track syndrome. I am not sure if your narration clip was generated in Premiere Elements narration feature or created elsewhere and brought into the program. That would be interesting information to have. But, nonetheless, moving forward with this idea.
Given you cannot move, delete, change, etc what is on this Narration Track. Whatever is on that Narration Track traces back to an original on the hard drive and probably is shown in Media Cache's (Adobe Folder) as conformed audio cfa and pek set.
a. Find the narration hard drive hard location and move it to a new location (special folder on hard drive). When you go back to the copy of the problem project, you should be greeted with one of those "Where is....?" messages. Cancel out of that. Do not do anything within that message dialog.
b. Right click the thumbnail for your narration in Project Media and select Replace Footage. Then browse to and select the original that you had moved to the computer desktop and the special folder there.. Click OK. That should restore the file (including whatever effects were made to the file) to the project.
c. Has any of that had any effect on unlocking the Narration Track?
Other maneuvers to try
a. Trying to locate and delete any cfa or pek files associated with the problem audio.
b. Switching to an Aero Theme for Windows if you do not have one set so far.
Thanks for giving all of that a look at.
ATR

Part of audio clip disappeared

This morning I exported the project and noticed that a major piece of the sound was gone. I opened fcp again and saw that the audio clip was missing. I thought that maybe I accidentally deleted it right before I exported so I began to do "restore project" to find where it disappeared. I kept backing up till I got back to yesterday evening when I was editing the sound. Still no audio clip! Make sense? Last night at 8:45pm I know for a fact I was editing the audio clip, but when I restore the project to that time, the clip is still missing. How is that possible? Sounds kinda like a glitch. I had to restore all the way back to yesterday morning, which was before I had done any edits on the audio clip.
What in the world? Anybody hear of such a thing?

No. It wasn't marked as "offline". it was just gone. the clip shows up in the finder, just not on the timeline. so i could just replace it, but it was a long clip w/ lots of edits...if for nothing more, i'd just like to figure out how this can happen. and how to keep it from happening again.

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