Video Filters

I have some DV footage which is "over exposed".
To adjust the exposure I have followed the following directions:
1. Drag a clip from the Browser to a video track on the Timeline.
2. Position the Timeline playhead anywhere on the clip so that you can see the clip in the Canvas window.
3. Select the cl;ip on the Timeline, and apply the Brightness and Contrast filter and the Proc Amp filter to it.
4. Double-click the clip on the Timeline to open it in the Viewer.
5. In the Viewer window, click the Filters tab.
6. On the Filters tab, adjust each of the filters you just applied.
7. To see how the newly color corrected clip plays, select it on the Timeline, choose Sequence -Render - Both. Then after Final Cut Pro completes the rendering process, position the playhead just before the clip on the Timeline and press the spacebar to play and view the clip.
Nothing happened when I adjusted each of the filters, nor when I Rendered or Played it back.
What am I missing?
I ran Onyx to "maintain and organize things" but that didn't change anything.

This is really really mysterious.
In FCP HD/4.5 There's a little button on the top-left of the timeline that says "RT"...the setting is under there, but to be honest, I find it unlikely that this is the source of your problem. You should be able to see changes to your clips instantly reflected in the Canvas window. Is it only filters that don't seem to be working? What happens if you double-click a clip in the timeline to open it in the Viewer, and then adjust the size or crop settings under the Motion tab? Are those changes instantly reflected in the Canvas window? Do the bars at the top of these 2 windows in which you are working say "Viewer" and "Canvas"?
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I have looked through the forums and haven't found the solution to my problem. I am having problems with video filters on clips in the timeline. I have footage that needs color correction. In the viewer I created a 3 way filter for one clip, saved it, and applied to all clips in the browser. They all open corrected in the viewer. (I did this because i was reviewing the clips with my client).
When I put the clip in the timeline it does not indicate it needs a render, the filter does not appear on the clip, but when I double click and open the sequence clip in the viewer the color correction tab is there. I've removed attributes and tried again several times, both using the menu with the clip selected, and by doulbleclicking the clip into the viewer and apply the filter there. The tab is always there but the filter does not appear on the clip. It only appears when the process is done to clips from the browser inthe viewer. I've checked the RT for unlimted, I've done a render all video, I've checked settings under the render tab and filters is checked. I've gone into another project and have the same problem in a different project with different clips. I had a recent project where I used a blur effect and it worked fine. My video is DV and my sequence settings are DV NTSC.
I've run out of my ideas and comments from ither threads. What is my next troubleshoot? Should I delete preferecnes? I haven't done that with FCP, can I do it myself or use Rescue? Could that create other problems for me? Any other ideas?
I work in Afghanistan and have no resources here for any Mac support besides books and forums.
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Hey Catrina
Not sure what the issue is with your application of the 3-Way Color Corrector in the Browser. My guess, is that perhaps you only thought you applied the "saved" instance of the 3-way corrector but instead applied a default neutral instance of the corrector. How did you save the correction you applied to the other instances? A good method is, having applied and tweaked it as needed to a sample clip instance, you can drag a copy of it out of the clip's Filter tab and drop it directly into your Browser window. To check, then double click that Browser instance of the corrector to open it in the Viewer window and see if has the corrections settings as expected and no the default ones. If so, go ahead and drag it to another clip instance in the Browser and then drag that clip to your sequence ... has the correction "stuck" bow? But while we figure it out, for now, why not just apply the saved correction directly to the clips in the sequence? Regarding trashing your preferences ... download Preference Manager from Digital Rebellion. Very straightforward to use.
Cheers
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Video filters screen setup

Hello All,
Help please...
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[aviheader] Video stream found, -vid 0
[aviheader] Audio stream found, -aid 1
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VIDEO: [MJPG] 800x600 24bpp 15.015 fps 11713.4 kbps (1429.9 kbyte/s)
Clip info:
Name:
Software: guvcview-0.9.5
Comments: Fri Nov 28 06:58:53 2008
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
Selected video codec: [ffmjpeg] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg MJPEG decoder)
==========================================================================
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [pcm] Uncompressed PCM audio decoder
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 1 ch, s16le, 705.6 kbit/100.00% (ratio: 88200->88200)
Selected audio codec: [pcm] afm: pcm (Uncompressed PCM)
==========================================================================
AO: [oss] 44100Hz 1ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
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[swscaler @ 0x89d5f50]SwScaler: using 1-tap MMX "scaler" for vertical scaling (YV12 like)
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Video filters not working anymore in FCE 3.5.1

My video filters (i.e. color correction, levels, RGB balance) don't seem to be working anymore. The only things I've done lately are upgrade to 3.5.1 and also OS 10.4.8. I believe this problem started happening after the 10.4.8 upgrade.
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Tom,
First:
I did trash my prefs, first thing. However, I might not have gone deep enough with this. I only trashed User > Library > Preferences > com.apple.FinalCutExpress.plist.
I produce a 10-minute weekly announcements DVD and as such have very little downtime for my apps. The project I'm working on now is much more important, although only about 6 minutes, but it's crucial and I didn't want to risk downtime if I screwed up by trashing something else and possibly causing me more work. So I've had a feeling maybe more should have been trashed.
Second:
To better explain my incorrect workflow, I've created some movies you can find here:
http://little-works.com/sepia_ex.html
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I burned a rough cut of this project yesterday and it looks fine, but I've worked as an art director for too many years and am very picky! I know it's fine for my audience but a) I know it could look better b) I want it to work right.
I appreciate any and all help on this. I've been a Mac user for over 20 years, but am a newbie to FCE and am learning on the fly. So far my results have been great and very much appreciated by my audience(s), but I want to go much deeper into the program, as I am only touching the tip of the iceberg and don't want to develop bad habits from the get-go!
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I add the filter the same way I've always done which has always worked in dozens of projects before:
1. Put the cursor over the clip in the timeline so it shows in the viewer.
2. Double-click the clip in the timeline and it opens in the canvas.
3. Use the browser to locate the brightness filter, drag that brightness filter to the clip in the canvas (from step 1).
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This process works fine in a new sequence, but will not work on the same clips in their existing/"bad" sequences. No process works to add a filter to a clip in one of the "bad" sequences. I can even:
1. Use the browser to locate my original clip,
2. double-click it there to open it in the canvas,
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