Text resizes when cutting and pasting

Help? When I cut and paste text from one scene or area to
another, the text changes sizes and does not look uniform to the
next. How do I eliminate that or at least figure out how to make
the text the same size (re: the original text may be 32, but the
pasted text - at 32 - is much larger.)?

The only time you should see a size difference is when you
take text out of a movie clip that has been scaled. Hit Crtl-t to
get the Transform window and see if the object is %100

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I am working on a 45 minute documentary in Final Cut Pro 7.0.3.
The footage is 1080 24p and is being editing in a ProRes standard timeline (not the HQ version). I work on the documentary in chapters (separate sequences)...and then for rough cut outputs...cut and paste the chapters into a separate sequence timeline (also ProRes at the same frame rate).
However, sometimes simple text titles, which didn't need rendering in the shorter chapter timeline, show up as redlines that need rendering in the longer timeline. Which I don't quite understand unless the process of copying and pasting severs the render links...but why should it do that?
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John

Hi John,
Which I don't quite understand unless the process of copying and pasting severs the render links...but why should it do that?
Well as you noted, the titles don't actually need rendering in your shorter sequence, hence there are no associated render files ie no link is being lost as there is nothing being linked to. Do you follow me? The issue is instead related to how many of these "realtime without rendering" titles that your system can track and handle, and that in turn is related to the amount of RAM in your system and how you have assigned that RAM allocation in FCP's *System Settings...* window > *Memory and Cache* tab. In the short sequence you have fewer titles and so FCP is managing them all in realtime, but in the longer master sequence it would seem apparent that the total number of titles exceeds that which your system can handle with all being in realtime, so the latter ones will require rendering.
My timeline is toggled to SAFE RT in both chapter timelines and the overall project ... Can anyone offer some advice on how I can get those chapters into a longer timeline without the redline bar showing up?
First, I'd ask if there is any specific reason you have set your sequences to Safe RT as opposed to the far more flexible Unlimited RT option?
Second, as alluded to above, you should investigate your current Memory and Cache settings. If its at the 10% default, then try increasing your Still Cache a little (use trial and error, maybe 15% or 20% is enough) ... you should see that your system can handle more of text generator items without needing to render when you allocate more RAM to the task, but note that as you allocate more to RAM to your Still Cache then you are effectively decreasing the RAM available to the rest of FCP, eventually you will hit a tipping point so don't push the value too high.
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Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
If you find your Mac is running slowly, there are a number of potential causes that you can check.
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Result Code = -43 when cutting and pasting

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• Now you create a new project and paste in the region from the clipboard. But as I said, this region only has a reference to the audio file, it doesn't contain the audio itself - it can't find the deleted file, that's why you get the error message.
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• If you successfully transferred an audio region to a new project, immediately use the "Save as Archive" command - that way the audio will be saved in the new project too. Otherwise it only references the old project which you might delete at some time, and then you'd be in the same position.
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