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08 Apr 2013 16:19 #24050 by sonictimbo
No blade in multi angle viewer was created by sonictimbo
I'm trying to do a muti angle edit on a music video. It has worked plenty of times before, but this time for some reason, I can't get the blade tool to come up in the angle viewer to cut between angles

Have I not pressed a button or something??

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08 Apr 2013 16:27 #24053 by Tom Wolsky
Replied by Tom Wolsky on topic No blade in multi angle viewer
Can you post a screen shot of your timeline and angle viewer? Sure you're not in the angle editor?

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08 Apr 2013 16:57 #24057 by sonictimbo
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Try this

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08 Apr 2013 17:42 #24058 by Tom Wolsky
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No image appears.

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08 Apr 2013 17:55 #24060 by sonictimbo
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The screenshot is an attachment

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08 Apr 2013 17:57 #24061 by sonictimbo
Replied by sonictimbo on topic No blade in multi angle viewer
I keep attaching a screenshot, but nothing seems to post!


How do I do it??

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08 Apr 2013 19:44 #24064 by Tom Wolsky
Replied by Tom Wolsky on topic No blade in multi angle viewer


Click the Add File button and once the file is added click Insert.
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08 Apr 2013 22:11 #24081 by sonictimbo
Replied by sonictimbo on topic No blade in multi angle viewer
That's exactly what I did - TWICE!


I'll do it again on this reply...

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08 Apr 2013 22:15 #24083 by Seanus
Replied by Seanus on topic No blade in multi angle viewer
Make sure it's not too big. There seems to be a file size limit here. Open it with preview and export it as a jpeg.

Also, as to your problem did you try switching it OFF and ON again. Sounds simple but I've had similar issues before and it seems it was just FCP X slowing down to the point where it would no longer show cursors.

I have to say this seems to be happening more with 10.0.8 than it did with previous builds.
Sean Lander - Editing since 1982 - AVID 1991 - FCP 1999 - FCPX 2011

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08 Apr 2013 22:22 #24085 by sonictimbo
Replied by sonictimbo on topic No blade in multi angle viewer
AH that's brilliant, thank you.

I did try switching it off and on again, rebooting and deleting the multi angle clip and making a new one but it's behaving the same all the time. I was wandering if I had all my boxes ticked or preferences set right.

As to uploading my screenshot - I did export as a jpeg (the file is 1.4 Meg) that's pretty small I think!


Thanks again for your reply, it has only started doing this since I updated to 10.0.8

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08 Apr 2013 22:26 - 08 Apr 2013 22:28 #24086 by sonictimbo
Replied by sonictimbo on topic No blade in multi angle viewer
Try this...
Last edit: 08 Apr 2013 22:28 by sonictimbo. Reason: attachment not uploading

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09 Apr 2013 09:44 #24112 by sonictimbo
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OK new update -

All working fine up 'till dropping the multicam clip into the timeline

Then all usual functionality (blade tool etc.) doesn't work

Any ideas?

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09 Apr 2013 11:53 #24127 by BenB
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I almost always have to reformat PNG as jpeg for this site. The PNG support here is not very good.

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09 Apr 2013 12:15 #24131 by sonictimbo
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Can you see it now?
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09 Apr 2013 12:15 #24133 by Habernigvideo
Replied by Habernigvideo on topic No blade in multi angle viewer
I think I'm having the same issue as sonictimbo, it appears that in 10.0.8 you can't blade a multi cam clip or compound clip. You can, but it doesn't separate the clip into 2 separate clips, it gives you a dotted cut line, like you just switched angles in the multi cam. Then you can only use the Trim tool ][

The work around I use is just to select a small range then delete the range. It's able to break the clip into 2 separate clips with rounded edges. so then you can trim either side of the clip [ or ] independently.

I know you could do this in 10.0.6 because I probably did this about 100 times back in December.

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10 Apr 2013 10:03 #24173 by jjsanderson
Replied by jjsanderson on topic No blade in multi angle viewer
This is sounding familiar. I think the dotted clip separator is where they're going with 'show through edits', but behaviour is still a bit funky and variable. It's not clear to me why it only works with multiangle clips, for example.

If memory serves you can bash a gap clip into the storyline to forcibly break apart the multiclip. Bit of a workaround but not the end of the world.

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10 Apr 2013 11:41 #24175 by sonictimbo
Replied by sonictimbo on topic No blade in multi angle viewer
I just found it!

Apparently there's a 'viewer display' and an 'event viewer display' you can show angles in both

but you can only edit in the 'viewer display' I was trying to edit the 'event viewer display'


A ha!

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06 Nov 2013 18:13 #33785 by jefgibbons
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Hi folks! I'm baffled by this dotted line problem right now, can someone explain this to me? I'm making three synced camera clips into a Compound clip, and when I blade or CMD B it makes the dotted line, which I can't trim like a regular cut. What am I doing wrong? I don't want any multicam options here, just regular editing and this problem wasn't an issue for me before. Thanks for any tips!

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06 Nov 2013 18:19 #33787 by Tom Wolsky
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Activate the trim tool.

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06 Nov 2013 18:26 #33788 by jefgibbons
Replied by jefgibbons on topic No blade in multi angle viewer
Thanks Tom! That was a bit of a duh moment for me. That aside, why the dotted line? Is this a new behaviour? What is the benefit of it?

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