Final Cut 6 Help Menu empty

I just noticed it but apparently either when I installed Studio2 upgrade or possibly after one of the Pro Application updates between then and now, the Help Menu in Final Cut Pro comes up empty except for the search box. The help menu in Motion, Soundtrack, DVD Pro are all complete.
Is there some way to fix this without reinstalling the whole enchilada?
Thanks.
Andy

Don't know what caused it, but it fixed itself upon re-run.

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When I do log and transfer in final cut pro 7 from external hard it will not responding,
and i will do force quit from final cut, plz help!!
i have alot work to do plllllllllz help

Hi. Your FCP7 question should be posted in this forum. https://discussions.apple.com/community/professional_applications/final_cut_stud io
Good luck.
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Final cut pro 7 menu bar slow

So I recently upgraded my MacBook Pro to a SSD drive. I reinstalled OS and everything, I've noticed that since doing that Final cut pro 7 seems strange. Whenever editing and then clicking on the menu bar it takes up to four seconds for it to respond and drop down. I've tried rebooting, reinstalling "7.0.3" update and I've even verified and repaired the disk permissions. PLEASE someone help. With my standard original hard drive I never had this issue. With both situations my media and everything was on the same hard drive.
System Specs:
OS X: 10.8.3
Proc: 2.3 GHz Core i7
Mem: 8GB
HD: 500 GB Solid State SATA Drive
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-Tim

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dual 2.66 6-core Mac Pro
OS 10.8.3
Did a full base 10.8 install. Ran all updates. Repaired disk perms. Ran the original FCS3 installer. Ran all updates. Repaired disk perms again. Opened FCP and got the same 4-5 second menu bar freeze. Not only the menu bar, but playing clips on the timeline has the same delay.
What I can tell you is that it's related to your specific user perms. Try logging out, logging back in as a different user (create a new one from scratch) and you'll see that FCP works just fine. So, as far as I can tell, the error is related only to the original user account that installed the application.
I didn't have enough time to research this in detail, so I just wiped the original account that installed the app and have migrated over to the new one.
Looking forward to hearing from anyone else about a more elegant solution.
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Hi.I am having great difficulty burning my final cut pro project to dvd.It is shot in HD and I have compressed it but when I burn a dvd it will not play in a normal/standalone dvd player.Could someone please tell me how to burn my project to dvd.Can HD film be burned to a normal dvd?The final cut pro file is only 1.3 GB.Any help/advice is much appreciated.Thank you.

>Could you please tell me what the best settings to use when compressing to quicktime or if infact it has to be done at all?
Matt has already told you twice; his first response (above) gave you step-by-step instruction.
I'll spell it out for you again but with slightly more detail:
1. In FCP, render the Sequence fully, then go to File->Export->QuickTime Movie. (do NOT use "Using QuickTime Conversion). In the export window, do NOT Recompress All Frames. You can chose to make the movie self-contained or not.
2. Use the resulting file in Compressor, where you will chose a DVD preset appropriate for your video's duration. If needed, you can duplicate then modify any preset to better suit your needs. Compressor will create two files; an MPEG-2 video file (.m2v) and a Dolby Digital audio file (.ac3).
3. Use the two files created by Compressor in DVD Studio Pro to author and burn a DVD. Do NOT author an HD DVD as these will not play in DVD players.
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http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/finalcutpro/specs.html
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I just got Final Cut Express and I a having so much trouble. First of all I can’t get videos to import from my camera, so I put them into imovie and converted them to xml files. When I bring the xml files into final cut all it says its media offline. I went and located them still the same. So then I just exported the videos from imovie to my desktop and dragged them into final cut. This worked but it takes almost two hours to complete this process. Now I have a clip final cit and I render it, but if I move the clip the slightest bit the clip says it’s un-rendered. I hear all about how I need to match the rate sizes but I cannot figure out how to do this. Please help me I am getting so frustrated.
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Don't bother rendering a movie out of LiveType, simply save the project file and import it into FCP.
LiveType outputs in the Animation codec only, so you will always have to render. Using the project file has another advantage -right clicking and choosing "Open in Editor" will drop you back into LiveType where you can quickly make adjustments, save and return to FCP with the changes in place.
To set project properties, you can use the Place Background Movie function in LiveType. Drop a short clip in and it will automatically adjust the properties to match. You can delete it once you have the settings. If you have Anamorphic video, you will still need to adjust the pixel aspect ratio -exact settings depend on the format, you haven't told us that yet.
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If your titles are white, reduce the brightness to around 90%. Apply a shadow or border to distinguish them from the background. While it might sound counter productive, applying a tiny amount of blur can help too.
One more thing: Don't put your email address in the body of your post. The forums are open to anyone who wants to read them and by extension, web bots. They will harvest the address and bombard it with spam. We don't do personal email on the forums anyway -we share information amongst all users.

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