FCP Wont Send To Color???

Hello All,
I am running FCP Studio 2 on my Mac Pro Quad and when I select my sequence to send to color it does nothing as if I didn't click on it. Does anyone have any suggestion on what's going on? Please help. Thanks

I'd start with a quick REPAIR PERMISSIONS in the DISK UTILITY application under UTILITIES folder (in APPLICATIONS folder).
Sometimes aps can't find correct permissions to things... oh heck, I have no idea why it works sometimes - just do it.
THEN, if that doesn't work...
Use FCP Rescue (google it) to trash your preferences. If ONE of those two things don't work you're in a world of hurt (HAHAHAA...) no no... just write back.
Good luck,
CaptM

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Last year I installed final cut studio 2, and have FCP 6.0 and Color 1.0 installed on the same computer. When I go to the Send command on FCP, the option to send to Color is not available.
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Do you mean...
COLOR is not there at all in the "Send To.." pulldown tab... or
it is greyed out?
Can't help much in the first instance because its not in my experience base... might be a prefs or install issue. If its not offered, but is named, then its a case of selecting the open sequence.
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Message was edited by: JP Owens

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Hi. I am a film student and am using Final Cut Studio to edit a short film.
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Color seems to load fine if I open it by myself, but when it imports the sequence from FCP it crashes.
If I try to do it again, it even asks if I want to overwrite the project. I accept and it crashes again.
I can launch Color and open the project file, but it has no video inside.
I don't know why this can be happening. I could use Color before (8min projects), and I could even use it today (30sec project), but the video didn't load completely (3 shots, only the one in the middle showing, the others had a cross over them). I sent a larger file, to see if the problem wasn't with the "starting" and "ending" shots, but it crashed.
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I restarted, created a new project, imported material in different codecs like pro res... and Nothing... Nada.
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Hello JP, Thanks for your reply!!
Here are the answers...
Restart: the application and computer (usually the solution to every problem in life)
Created a new project In FCP.
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In the past this has worked but in the last week every time I try to export to Color I get the same edit which is not even loaded as a sequence.
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"Have you checked that you don't have any nested sequences in your timeline?...and you have read the manual about preps for sending from FCP to Color right?"
Yes to both of these questions and the 'send to Color' process was working correctly previously.
I've just spent about 40 minutes on the phone with Apple Professional Software support and trashed both my FCP and Color preferences under their instructions.
Unfortunately this hasn't cured the fault. I have now confirmed that more than one separate project is giving sililar results.
Each project, with different source media on different drives, ends up with an earlier sequence, which isn't loaded on the timeline when I Send.
I've tried sending from
1) The time line with only one sequence open
2) By right clicking on the sequence
3) By Exporting an XML and loading it manually in Color.
In all cases I get a totally different sequence from the same source media.
It's really weird and I need to get this bug solved.
I've repaired disk permissions, and repaired disks (with no errors)and I'm stumped.
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I am kicking out my picture lock from FCP to Color using the file -> send to-> Color utility.
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Ok guys, I have searched everywhere and I reckon I have tried everything. Basically I have a sequence that I sent to color, go to color, colour correct everything, render and then select Send to Final Cut Pro. FCP open, says importing XML, gets to about 50% and stops, no message or error. I don't get a new sequence from color, just nothing.
Tried importing just the XML with the came result.
I have tried trashing the prefs, went back through the time line and removed every effect and transition. Still does not work. I had it work once before and everything was fine. But now.....it is so frustrating. I just want it to work as I need to get this video finished.
I am running FCP 6.2 and color 1.2, the latest anyway. Does anyone have any ideas. I have wasted days on this and cannot get it to work.
Message was edited by: Jared Bell

Without access to the sequence, its impossible to say.
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