Final Cut Express, suddenly the application doesn't let me save project

Do you have available space on the disk drive you are storing on?
When FCE begins to act in unexpected ways, the usual first step is to delete the FCE preferences:
Final Cut Express: Troubleshooting Basics - Apple Support
The easiest way to do this is to download Preference Manager from Digital Rebellion (free):
http://www.digitalrebellion.com/prefman/
Your preference will be reset to default the next time you launch FCE.
MtD

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had final cut express 1-2-3 (doesn't matter) then i updated to fce4, then the old livetype data didn't feel like working...

i mean when i updated the old data did not work on the new one... (i used the upgrade version if that helps with answering.)

Does final cut express have the functionality like macromedia flash 8?

does final cut express have the functionality like macromedia flash 8? I'm looking to compile my movie for easy viewing on the internet

In the interest of not appearing like a total idiot
The link of my 3-minute video of Native American Indian dancing (above) has been changed to: http://www.goliveusa.com/MoviesFlv/PowWow.html
where it should remain for at least the next two years.
Part of this change has to do with a discontent with .Mac, thought that is certainly a topic for another forum.
Since back here at this thread, and considering the initial forum topic, I'd guess it would be appropriate to ask: "What is meant by the term: functionality?"
FCE is a a video editing program. Flash 8 is graphic animation program.
You can incorporate video into Flash 8 and do extra animation with it.
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Can i export an Imovie project with special effects as a quick time movie then import into final cut express keeping the special effects?

Hi, Can i export an Imovie project with special effects as a quick time movie then import into final cut express keeping the special effects?

Absolutely. Go to File->Export->QuickTime Movie (do NOT use QuickTime Conversion). Make sure you check the Self-Contained box. The export will be an exact copy of your Sequence, complete with any filters or other effects you've added. Import the self-contained movie back into the project (or another project) if needed.
-DH

Export to Final Cut Express with iMovie 08 doesn't work?

When i export from iMovie 08 to final cut express using the XML function it exports and when I import into FCE4 it is only one big video with everything connected. I want it to be like separated so I can keep editing in FCE4.
Could someone please help?
Thanks.

Those gurus are here:
https://discussions.apple.com/community/professional_applications/final_cut_expr ess_hd

Final Cut and Final Cut Express on the same mac

Hi again
Is there any problem or issue running Final Cut Express and Final Cut Pro on the smame mac? I doubt there is but I've been asked to check before we take the plunge.
Thanks

No.

Final Cut Express changes the video aspect

Hello.
I imported some videoes from m Sony-sr32 HandyCam with iMovie 08. The videos were captured in a wide screen format, and iMovie shows them in wide screen.
However, when I import the movie files to Final Cut Express it plays them in a normal 4:3 aspect. The video seems o be distorted (narrowed).
Why is that, and how can i Change that?
Thanks!

You have to check the anamorphic column in the Browser or in item properties to tell FCE the material is anamorphic.

Every time I import an .fcpxml file into Final Cut Pro X, the timeline doesn't get imported

So I had exported an .fcpxml file from one machine, which i had to format. So, after formatting the machine, each time I import the .fcpxml file into Final Cut Pro X, The timeline remains empty

Use MPEG Streamclip from Squared 5 (free software) to convert the media to something like ProRes 422, then import into FCP X.
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Andy

HT5103 If i have projects on my final cut trial, and the trial ends, will i lose those projects? or will they stay until I actually purchase the full version which could be weeks later?

I currently have the final cut pro x trial and i really like it... but my trial is about up and i don't have the money to purchase the full version yet and won't for a while.... If i let the trial run out and still have unfinished projects in the program that i don't have saved else where, will i lose them? or will they stay saved until whenever it is that i can actually purchase the program?

If you leave the projects and events where they are they will remain until you can use them again. Nothing will happen to them.

Since I downloaded Yosemite Final Cut Express including the manuals are in German. How do I change that into English again?

How to change language in FCE after installing Yosemite?

Try this:
Go to the Apple Menu > System Preferences
Click on Language and Region
In the Pane on the left, make sure only your desired language is listed.
Close System Preferences
Restart your computer
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Final Cut Express not opening, error says final FCE disks are missing.

Hi there,
Recently I got a WD Fire Wire 800 Hard drive for christmas so I could move all of my final cut projects over to the HD.
When I moved my final cut express documents including all of the folders it now says this error.
To preserve the integrity of the data used by final cut express, it is necessary to ensure the existence of the following paths;
- My HDD Chris is missing
Then it gives me the option to reset scratch disks, check again or quit.
So I'm not sure what I do.
Should I simply move back all the folders and documents that I moved to my hard drive (btw I tried this but it still gave the same error message). I have deleted final cut express 4.1 and re installed 4.0 to see if it works but it didn't and has the same error message.
Any tips would be helpful.
Chees, Chris.

Tom Wolsky wrote:
I can't even open FCE any more because I have moved everything onto the external hard drive including software 'everything'.
You moved the software? You can't do that. That's fatal. The software must be on the system drive as it requires system resources. Move the application called Final Cut Express back into the top level of the Applications folder. Do it move it, rename it, or put it inside a folder.
Do not assign the scratch disk to a folder anywhere. If you want the scratch disk to be on your external drive select the top level of the external drive. FCE will create the folders it needs in that location.
Hi,
When you say move the application final cut express into the application folder.
Do you mean move my folder of final cut express that I moved onto my HDD?
If so it's copying the 20GB folder as I speak. Hopefully fixes this frustrating problem..
Cheers, Chris.

Why is the playback in Final Cut Express 4 delayed by 30 seconds?

I am finding editing with Final Cut Express 4 has gotten slow and frustrating. This is a new problem. I have used this software for two years with no problems until now. I'll start out editing a project normally for about an hour. Then the playback function starts to lag. After I render a clip and try to play back what I've done by hitting the space bar, I have to look at the spinning color wheel for 30 seconds before my video will play. I have no other programs open, I have 10 GB of RAM. I upgraded my OS from Leopard to Snow Leopard a few months ago. All my Apple Software is updated. FCX has also been crashing and locking up. Is there a preferred way to save my project for more efficient editing? I also tried starting a new project with only a five minute audio mp3 clip and a 10 sec slug for video. I get the same playback delay with this project. In this case I only saved the project not "save all".

Hi Robert,
I've never unistalled and reinstalled an OS so it's a little scary for me.
I suggested uninstalling/reinstalling Final Cut Express, not the OS!
When I click on the FCE icon on my task bar to open it, which version is being opened?
Probably the one on your 1TB drive, but to be sure, you can always just open your /Applications folder on the 1TB drive and double-click the FCE application to start FCE.
Could there be a problem with a duplication of applications such as FCE on these two drives?
Highly unlikely. The system looks for applications in the /Applications folder on your startup drive, which is now your 1TB drive.
My video is 4:3 so I chose 640x480 to prevent stretching of the image.
No, you need to choose 720x480 (DV-NTSC) frame size. This is the standard 4:3 DV frame size. 640x480 is a computer monitor resolution. 720x480 is the actual, standard def, DV (television) frame size. It is 4:3. The 720 line height includes something called "overscan" which you never actually see. The image you see will be 4:3. FCE is not designed for 640x480 frame size ... do you have to render these clips after you put them in your DV-NTSC sequence?
Then after about an hour of editing, the playback delays started up again.
Well, that's bizarre, I must admit. Kinda has me stumped, except for the possibility that FCE may need to be uninstalled/reinstalled.

Can i uninstall the pre-installed final cut express?

There is the deal that when you buy a new mac you save a lot on final cut express.
The only problem is it comes pre-installed.
Could i uninstall it where i could use it on a different computer?

For what it's worth, at least over the past 3 years, each time I have purchased the 'pre-installed' FCE with new Macs, it has always been delivered as a CD/DVD bundle that I have to install myself. It has never actually come pre-installed on the HD.

Final Cut Express vs. Final Cut Express HD

I am confused between Final Cut Express and the Final Cut Express HD. All the time I though I am using Final Cut Express HD version 4.0.1 which should be capable to capture HDV tapes (to my understanding) until lately I try to capture a tape shoot by a HDV camera (miniDV tape shoot by Canon) but was NOT successful. When I check back my application by opening a final cut project window >,About Final Cut Express, it shows I am using version 4.0.1, but I can’t capture the HDV tape shoot by the HDV camera. I went back to my application folder, I found I have 3 different Final Cut Express versions there which is including version 1.0.1 size 11.7 MB created Jan 25/03;version 3.0 size 160.3MB created Jan 25/05 (this version having HD wording at the end) and version 4.0.1 size 239.4MB was created Nov 6/07. Do I have to delete the version 1.0.1 and 3.0 to make the version 4.0.1 work well or something else in the system that I don't understand such as some kind of configuration should be set/change? Thank you in advance folks. By the way, some one can walk me through how to connect an old Mac 17” monitor to my new 27” iMac so that I can move the Canvas window over (I don’t know if it’s appropriate to ask this question here, if not, I apologize)? Thank you guys.
PS

Thank you Tom
How everything connected: : Using Firewire 400 from Sony HC52 to the tower firewire port.
What setting on the media: Format: – NTSC Use :- DV-NTSC
What setting you’re using in Final Cut: : I look into Final Cut > System Setting but don’t
know which tab containing the answer. please
give me direction.
Version of the software of the OS: OSX 10.5.9
Quick Time 7.6.6
I hope I got most of the answer. Thank you again
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LiveType and Final Cut Express 4.0

I have used Final Cut Express since the beginning. I updated to 3 then to 4. Now I just recently gotten a new intel iMac. I used the quick and easy method to transfer my old computer onto my new one. When I went to try to use LiveType, it wanted a serial number. I put in my version 3 serial number. It's the only one I have because the first version I got of Final Cut Express was preinstalled on my computer. I don't have any install CD's for the first version. The problem is LiveType will not recognize these numbers. Any suggestions? It doesn't seem possible that they will make me buy a whole new version of Final Cut just to get LiveType to work. HELP!

The bad news is that if you only have Upgrade versions of FCE and do not have an Original Full Retail version there is nothing you can do.
You must have a Full Retail serial number.
If you had it registered, you could contact Apple, but I wouldn't hold out much hope.
Incidentally, there is no +"quick and easy"+ way to transfer FCE. You have to install from the DVD or a .dmg.

Final Cut Express, suddenly the application doesn't let me save project

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