Having trouble making accurate cuts

I'm trying to get through the steep learning curve for FCP X but I'm finding just the effort to make a cut exactly on the time line indicator is tricky. The blade tool doesn't seem to cut right where I need it to.
Am I missing something here?

Thanks for responding. I do know about zooming in and out, but what I was questioning Ian was this: did he mean zooming in by his usage of the term 'enlarging'.
BTW I do not also understand what you meant by:
go2rba wrote:
Oops. Never mind. Got it. Snapping.
As far as I know, snapping in FCPX is a feature by which a clip being added to the timeline is magnetically drawn to lie adjacent to the last clip already on the timeline and that this feature can be turned on or off. My question to you is this: Is there any other 'snapping', a 'snapping tool' for that, operating which one can cut a clip on the timeline accurately?
For my need I have done this when I had wanted to edit some video clips of an audio song of mine 'accurately':
I selected and opened up the audio clip in the timeline when you get an isolated view of only the audio track on the timeline. Even after zooming in to the maximum, I still used to find it difficult to accurately cut the track at the desired point.
Now, after learning something more of how FCPX functions, I guess that next time when I need to accurately cut an audio track I could do this: while the playhead is moving over the playing audio, I will OBSERVE the dashboard carefully and not the exact time on it when the cut is called for. Next I will tap on the dashboard and enter the exact time I have need of and press 'enter'. This should cause the playhead to stop at the exact place where the cuts needs to be made. Hitting command B should get my work done. Would like to hear from you both about this method I propose to do to get an accurate cutting of audio.

Similar Messages

  • [SOLVED] Having trouble making QT apps use GTK theme

    Hello everyone, I'm having trouble making QT apps use my GTK theme in openbox.
    Some apps seem to work just fine but others don't.
    ^Such as above, as you can see VLC is working, as is qtconfig, but k9copy and k3b are not.
    I've did the suggestions that are listed in the wiki. (http://tinyurl.com/ybhb7yr)
    And even rebooted after I did them, still no go.
    My .gtkrc-2.0 file simply contains:
    gtk-theme-name="Clearlooks_blackblue"
    gtk-icon-theme-name="Tango"
    Does anyone have any ideas why it's not working with k9copy and k3b/how to fix it?
    Thanks.
    Last edited by tgblb (2010-03-22 02:39:31)

    anonymous_user wrote:k9copy and k3b are KDE apps not Qt.
    Yes, but don't they use QT?
    And if not, what do they use? lol. And is there anyway to make them use my GTK theme?

  • Im having trouble making some changes to our webite. Im using DW CC 2014, 8.1 , HP Pavillion pc. Id be happy to pay someone to help.

    im trying to make some changes on our website (oilfiltercrushers.com). Im using DW CC 2014, 8.8, HP Pavion pc. The problems include:trying to move an image farther to the left & also to remove too much vertical  space, trying to remove "AAAs tht show up on a webpage table even they don't show on the local file that was put, a webpage that I cant see on the website even though it was put & appears in the remote files folder. Id be happy to pay someone to help me fix these problems. Thanx, Paul ([email protected], 4146514636)

    Hi Nancy
    Thanx for your response and commenting on our homepage. I wasn't aware of the problems you mentioned. However it has ranked on the first page of Google, etc for 20 years, so that's not my concern at this point.
    The 2 most immediate things are getting rid of the  A"s showing up on the table on oilfiltercrushers/truck_ofc.aspx and on /defaultnew.aspx , (the intended home page when I get it fixed,) I get a server error highlighting line 293 
    &nsp;
    . Im not sure what to do about that...
    I hope you can help me with this. If its more convenient, you can call me at 414-651-4636. I'll pay you for your input.
    Paul
    I look forward to hearing from you.
    Paul
    "Nancy O." <[email protected]> wrote:
    Nancy O.  created the discussion
    "Im having trouble making some changes to our webite. Im using DW CC 2014, 8.1 , HP Pavillion pc. Id be happy to pay someone to help."
    To view the discussion, visit: https://forums.adobe.com/message/7034503#7034503
    >

  • I am having trouble making TM work with my new iMac.

    I'm having trouble making TM work with my new iMac.  I have an external drive, Freeagent GoFlex Drive, that is recognized on the desktop and in the drive utility.  Time machine just "spins it's wheels" and doesn't seem to transfer any information.  I have run repair disk on both drives and repair permissions.  Any ideas how I can make this thing work?

    Did you format the HD first. It has to be formatted to Mac OS Extended (Journaled). If you're not sure how to do this please read:
    http://www.cultofmac.com/92845/formatting-external-hard-drives-in-os-x-video-how -to/

  • Hi, I am having trouble opening Final Cut on my Macand opens only when in the Administrator account. nyone know why please? Thanks

    Having trouble opening Final Cut on my Mac and opens only when in the Administrator account and not when in Guest account. anyone know why please? Thanks

    Yes... I can confirm this too...
    If I load up my clips with no audio into the timeline, stuttering is there immediately.
    Then I add an audio track to the timeline and the stutter vanishes.
    Then, if I turn down the volume of the audio to zereo or - 46 dB. The stuttering reappears.
    If, however, I place the cursor (Skimmer) in a clip prior to hitting play, the stutter vanishes yet again...
    I adore FCPx and after getting to know it, there really is NO going back for me. This app is more than a decade ahead of its time and it's new. And still in a sort of beta-phase. At least that is what I tell myself so that I can deal with it ;-)
    At least now we know ONE reason why stuttering appears and by identifying the problem, we can solve it !

  • Having trouble installing Final Cut Studio...

    So I recently bought my pal's Power Mac G5 dual 2.2GHz, reinstalled the OS (ver. 10.4.11), and am now installing all the software I use, including Final Cut Studio 2. Everything installed fine thus far, until FCS 2, which gets past the audio content portion of the install before stopping. All it says is "Please try to install this software later." (or something to that effect). The discs are good (new), I have a working serial number (it installed/operated perfectly on my old machine before I switched out), and as far as I know this machine is in better shape than my old one (a dual 1.8GHz G5, late 2004 model). My current machine is NOT an Intel model.
    Any ideas, brethren? I really need to get back to video editing, and this is slowing . . . me . . . down. Mahalo.

    I am having the same problem. I have read many postings and the solutions are not working. I had a hard drive fail in a G5. I am running OS 10.4.11. I replaced the drive with a 250 gig (top bay) loaded the OS and install FCP 5.1 upgrade by using the 4.5 key when requested. Just like Mr. Dirctor stated:
    the install asked for the FCPStudio disc to be reinsert after the "audio loops" disc was loaded. The install fails immediately and states: Errors during install - please try again. After another go, skipping audio install, the other install disc Motion, DVD 4, LiveType produces the same error.

  • Having trouble making an in app purchase on iPhone, Help?

    Having a problem making an in app purchase off a game I have downloaded on my iPhone.
    Using my TD VISA DEBIT too make the purchase (basically works as a pre paid visa credit card).
    The price of the in app purchase is $19.99, and I've entered in my billing information 100% correctly (have re checked about a dozen times as it kept saying its invalid!).
    Now that I've tried to make the purchase around 10 times, a pop up comes up on my phone that reads somewhat along the lines of "Your Payment method was declined, please contact iTunes support to continue your purchase".
    Which well.. Brings me here as the 1-800 number that I can call for my area is currently closed!
    (And yes, I do have the enough money on the card lol just so that's out there!)
    Please help me figure this out, even if there is a way I can make it get billed to my phone bill (ROGERS) then I don't mind doing it that way either. Just want to make this purchase and be done with it!
    Thanks.

    There is no telephone support at all for itunes.
    http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact/

  • TS3367 I'm having trouble making Facetime calls with my iphone 4s.  I can receive them; however, I can not make them.  Any ideas of how to fix this? PLEASE HELP!!!  Thank you!

    I am having a problem making phone calls using Facetime.  I was able to use it on two separate occassions; however, now I can not.  I can receive calls, but can not make them.  Not sure what to do.  Any ideas?  Any help would be greatly appreciated.
    Thank you VERY much!

    There are a lot of posts in the forums today with people having problems with iMessage.   There was also a published outage yesterday, so it's possible there are still some issues that may be impacting you both.
    I would just wait it out - I'm sure it will be sorted out soon.

  • Having trouble making DVD

    I made this great movie in Imovie. It was made of photos and video run together of a trip I took recently. I had trouble figuring out how to make a DVD of the project. Finally I imported it to IDVD. The photos and music came through but the video that was in Imovie did not. Is there and easier way to burn the project to DVD?

    The prescribed method for producing DVD's from imovie projects is to export them to the media browser and then open them by clicking on the media button in iDVD.
    You may however be experiencing other issues and it may be that the source video you imported into imovie may be incompatible with imovie. What was the compression type of the video files you have used?

  • Having trouble installing Final cut pro from Final cut studio 2

    hi,
    I have just recently got a new mac pro and first installed Logic Studio and all it's components.
    I just tried to install Final cut studio 2 and all it's components.
    I was able to install most of the components - Live type, cinema tools etc but not Final cut! the tick box is grayed out on the menu! the hard drive is fresh and I've not installed a previous version on that drive ever, when i move the cursor over the final cut option i get a yellow box and it says:
    "TT NEWERALREADYINSTALLED"
    Help!
    Thanks

    From this support article, http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1110
    Take the following steps to resolve this issue:
    1. If it is still running, quit the Final Cut Studio Installer.
    2. In Finder, navigate to /Library/Receipts/.
    3. Locate the file named ProMediaIO.pkg and drag it to the Trash.
    4. Run the Final Cut Studio Installer again.

  • Having trouble reinstalling Final Cut Express after uninstall with FCS remover.

    I just had to uninstall Final Cut Express in order to remove my daughter's Final Cut Studio from my computer using FCS-remover. Now Final Cut Express installs but will not run.  I urgently need to get Final Cut Express running and hope you can help. Here is the error message:
    Process:         Final Cut Express [1978]
    Path:            /Applications/Final Cut Express.app/Contents/MacOS/Final Cut Express
    Identifier:      com.apple.FinalCutExpress
    Version:         ??? (???)
    Build Info:      FCPApp-807301041~29
    Code Type:       X86 (Native)
    Parent Process:  launchd [116]
    Date/Time:       2011-11-27 21:29:08.003 -0800
    OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549)
    Report Version:  6
    Interval Since Last Report:          1376095 sec
    Crashes Since Last Report:           5
    Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   5
    Anonymous UUID:                      ED5D84E0-9BAA-43D1-9555-CD6D72A3D477
    Exception Type:  EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
    Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
    Crashed Thread:  0
    Dyld Error Message:
      Library not loaded: /Library/Frameworks/ProFX.framework/Versions/A/ProFX
      Referenced from: /Applications/Final Cut Express.app/Contents/MacOS/Final Cut Express
      Reason: image not found
    Binary Images:
    0x8fe00000 - 0x8fe4162b  dyld 132.1 (???) <749D24EE-54BD-D74B-D305-C13F5E6C95D8> /usr/lib/dyld
    Model: MacPro5,1, BootROM MP51.007F.B03, 12 processors, 6-Core Intel Xeon, 2.66 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.39f11
    Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5770, ATI Radeon HD 5770, PCIe, 1024 MB
    Memory Module: global_name
    Need some help and thanks.

    After reinstalling with FCS Remover, you need to update everything to the latest version including ProKit.

  • Having trouble making background image editable in template

    Hello this is my first time so here goes...
    I would like to make a template from a page I have created,
    the trouble is the background image is url background image placed
    in css with text over the image, the problem I have is on further
    pages I would like to keep same divs
    but would like the freedom to change text and bground image.
    I have tried to make text an editable region which works and
    bground image make attribute editable but I do not really
    understand how this works any ideas would be much appreciated here
    is my site address
    http://www.andysite.prohost4u.co.uk
    cheers

    I'm confused, I dont see that you have a background image in
    your css.
    "WILLO THE WISP" <[email protected]> wrote
    in message
    news:[email protected]...
    >
    Hello this is my first time so here goes...
    > I would like to make a template from a page I have
    created, the trouble is
    > the
    > background image is url background image placed in css
    with text over the
    > image, the problem I have is on further pages I would
    like to keep same
    > divs
    > but would like the freedom to change text and bground
    image. I have tried
    > to
    > make text an editable region which works and bground
    image make attribute
    > editable but I do not really understand how this works
    any ideas would be
    > much
    > appreciated here is my site address
    http://www.andysite.prohost4u.co.uk
    > cheers
    >
    >
    > Here is my css
    > * {
    > margin : 0 auto;
    > padding : 0;
    > }
    > body {
    > background-color : #ffffff;
    > text-align : center;
    > font-family : "Square721 BT", "Staccato222 BT", Courier;
    > font-size : 100%;
    > background-position : center center;
    > }
    > #container {
    > font-family : "Square721 BT", "Staccato222 BT", Courier;
    > background-color : #ffffff;
    > width : 780px;
    > }
    > #header {
    > width : 780px;
    > height : 280px;
    > margin-top : 10px;
    > margin-bottom : 10px;
    > }
    > #content {
    > background-image: url(images/content_bground.gif);
    > float: left;
    > height: 400px;
    > width: 430px;
    > }
    > #content h1 {
    > font-size : 115%;
    > width : 390px;
    > color : #00ccff;
    > text-align : left;
    > padding-left : 60px;
    > padding-top : 40px;
    > padding-bottom : 10px;
    > }
    > #content p {
    > font-size : 80%;
    > width : 310px;
    > text-align : justify;
    > text-indent : 20px;
    > color : #66FFFF;
    > }
    > #content h2 {
    > font-size : 80%;
    > width : 420px;
    > color : #00ccff;
    > text-align : left;
    > padding-left : 60px;
    > height : 70px;
    > padding-top : 10px;
    > }
    > #sidebar {
    > background-image : url(images/sidebar_bground.gif);
    > width : 340px;
    > height : 400px;
    > float : right;
    > }
    > #sidebar ul {
    > font-size : 60%;
    > line-height : 22px;
    > list-style-image : url(images/bullet.gif);
    > list-style-position : outside;
    > text-align : left;
    > color : #66FFFF;
    > padding-top : 45px;
    > padding-left : 62px;
    > }
    >
    > #clear {
    > clear : both;
    > }
    > #footer {
    > background-image : url(images/footer_bground.gif);
    > width : 780px;
    > height : 80px;
    > margin-bottom : 10px;
    > margin-top : 10px;
    > position: fixed;
    > }
    > #footer p {
    > text-align : center;
    > font-size : 75%;
    > color : #66ffff;
    > padding-top : 24px;
    > }
    > #footer ul {
    > margin : 2px;
    > }
    > #footer li {
    > display : inline;
    > margin : 0;
    > }
    > #footer a:link, #footer a:visited {
    > color : #00ccff;
    > margin : 2px;
    > }
    > #footer a:hover, #footer a:active {
    > color : #00FFFF;
    > text-decoration : none;
    > background-color : #33cccc;
    > }
    > a:link {
    > color : #00ccff;
    > text-decoration : none;
    > }
    >
    > a:visited {
    > text-decoration : none;
    > color: #00CCFF;
    > }
    > a:hover {
    > text-decoration : underline;
    > color: #00FFFF;
    > }
    > a:active {
    > text-decoration : none;
    > color: #006699;
    > }
    >

  • Having trouble making a Facebook "Like Us" plugin look good.

    Hello.
    I'm having troulble getting a Facebook "Like Us" link to look good on a site I built. It seems that no matter where I insert the code for the plugin it just doesn't fit or look right.
    Here's the site: http://friendsoflafayette.org/index.html
    If I put the plugin in the rightside div it extends past the box. If I put in in the footer it isn't centered. As you can tell, I'm not a master with code and aren't sure how to make this fit properly. Ideally I'd like to put it in the rightside div but is there a way to line-break the text "American Friends of Lafayette" or somehow shorten the width to make it fit the div box? Alternately, how can I center the plugin in the footer so at least it looks presentable?
    Any suggestions welcome.
    Best Regards,
    John

    In code view, try changing this:
    <div class="fb-like-box fb_iframe_widget" data-href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-American-Friends-of-Lafayette/168772073195787" data-width="292" data-height="200" data-show-faces="false" data-stream="false" data-header="false">
    to this with an inline style noted in red:
    <div class="fb-like-box fb_iframe_widget" style="margin-left: 35%" data-href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-American-Friends-of-Lafayette/168772073195787" data-width="292" data-height="200" data-show-faces="false" data-stream="false" data-header="false">
    Nancy O.
    Alt-Web Design & Publishing
    Web | Graphics | Print | Media  Specialists 
    http://alt-web.com/
    http://twitter.com/altweb

  • Got a second hand G4, wiped it, having trouble reinstalling final cut pro

    my mom and i are working on a second hand G4 with superdrive. we wiped it, reinstalled the basics (3 disc boot series), and moved on to install OS X. everything seemed cool. then i put in the final cut pro disc (we have both 2 and 3 discs for 'upgrades' but i started with the basic one). i put it in, i start to install, it loads almost the entire way and then it gives me an error of 'MDB (or MBD?) was not written. Continue?' i have no idea what i'm doing wrong. i said continue, then once it finishes, i try to open it and nada. does this have to do with Quicktime? it's just a guess but i really don't know what's up. the main reason i got the mac is so i could make slideshows for my family in final cut. help?

    Sorry so long in responding to your comments. I have FCP 1 CD with 2 and 3 upgrade CD's. After installing FCP 1 a comment box requests MacOSx.1.1 update. Downloaded it from Apple website - won't let me install it. I get to select a destination - then it wont' allow me to pick one. Becca and I did not get this error last week, when we started this.

  • I want to create a document/spreadsheet (whichever) that I can send to agencies to type in information for work projects. Any ideas? I have an Excel file but it does not convert over very well and I am having trouble making changes to it.

    Need to create a new spreadsheet or be able to edit the one I have.
    I use this spreadsheet as a work order form for social service agencies. They enter name address etc., and then there are various work projects that they can select as well.
    The one I have from the organization I work with is an excel file but it does not convert over very well. Instead of being 7 pages it is more like 11 or so because things run off the page.  I am trying to delete certain things and move them over but not working out very well so thought it might be easier to start over fresh.
    Is numbers the program to use? If so, any useful tips?

    If the form is going to be used on an iPad, Numbers is the only game in town.
    Numbers is available for Macs only (and iOS devices). Excel is available for PCs and Macs. If you are in a mixed environment of Windows PCs and Macs and you are using this document as an electronic form, Excel is probably the better choice. Otherwise you will need to export to Excel for the PC users then import from Excel to retrieve their data. The import/export process is not perfect. A file that has been exported then reimported will not be the same as the original file. I would assume social services agencies are almost entirely PC-based. 
    If the form is to be printed or turned into a PDF for distribution and use by the social services agencies, either Excel or Numbers would do the job but right now Excel might be the better choice. I would have recommended Numbers '09 but I cannot recommend Numbers 3 for anything thsat requires printing until they give us the layout and printing functionality we used to have (editing in Print View, ability to set margins, etc).
    If everything else in your department/operation/agency is Windows PC and Microsoft Office based, you would be better off sticking with the standard.
    I hope that helps.

Maybe you are looking for