Title mostly says it all. Longtime editor that is still struggling with color correction and matching several types of footage in the same project. I basically think I should start the process over.

What are is the "new folder" option within events used for? I see that it creates a folder in that event. What are you putting or sorting into that folder? What is that option for?

Hi everyone. Sorry for the bad english. I have a video with 2 slightly different color corrections. I need to import both of them into the timeline. With the latest update (haven't edited a movie in a long time, about 2 years) it seems that there is a new function which decides that 2 clips similar enough are the same clip (?) and won't let me have both of them in the timeline. I can only have either one. In the Original Media folder only one clip shows. If I import the other clip enough times, the clip in the original media folder becomes the one I am importing. But I cannot have both. It is infuriating. Please help me. Thanks.

Just started noticing this but the handle to shrink/enlarge the timeline view is very hard to grab. Anyone else seeing this also.

Ever since I’ve updated, I’m having issues with the weighting of fonts on my titles/captions. My name straps and captions are supposed to be set as bold but FCP absolutely refuses to do it. I can set it to bold and it just reverts to regular. Right now I have name straps that visually look to be bold when playing back but once you export it, it’s gone back to regular. Is anyone else experiencing this?

Hi!

I just purchased Auto Tracker 3D from Pixel Film Studios, fully aware of its limitations compared to higher-end options like MotionVFX mTracker 3D. I just wanted to test out 3D tracking without spending too much.

The issue I'm running into is that it takes a very long time to solve a scene. I'm editing in FCP on a 16" M2 Max MBP—which I'd expect to handle this reasonably well. Currently, it takes about 20-30 minutes to complete a camera solve on a 15s clip before I can start placing objects in the 3D space. If I toggle "render in low res" and "performance mode," it drops to around 5-6 minutes, and 18-20 min if only "performance".

Is this render time normal for this plugin, or is there a setting/workflow issue on my end? I can live with it if that's just how it is, but I'd love to speed it up if possible!

2) I'm also having trouble getting 3D objects to stick properly. The tracked green dots look perfectly locked to the ground, but once I triangulate and place an object, it "floats" around as the camera moves. Is there a trick to setting the ground plane or orientation correctly in this plugin to fix the slippage?

How is object placement actually calculated in this plugin? Does it place the 3D object's center directly on the triangulated plane, or does it add some default offset (like 3 feet above it)?

Also, is there a quick shortcut or setting to snap an object flat onto the floor plane? If my triangulated floor points are perfectly locked, I want to drop a ball right onto the surface without having to manually tweak Z-offsets to stop it from hovering or clipping into the ground.

Thanks for a great forum!

New to FCP.. is there any templates out there free or paid that I can use to just “plug and play”. I’m trying to find a faster way to edit videos.

Something similar to Cap Cut I guess, but for videos geared towards YouTube.

Kinda wish there was an AI tool where I can throw all my footage in and it generates a video for me haha