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Final Cut Pro thinks my project is 360

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03 Jun 2021 04:16 #114800 by apples33ds
Final Cut Pro thinks my project is 360 was created by apples33ds
Hey all! 

I'm hoping someone can help. Final Cut think that my project is 360 video and I can't figure out how to fix it. Even when exporting it has equirectangular properties that I can't change. My clips are all ok in terms of metadata but the project settings are unchangeable. Any ideas on what to do? I have added some screenshots. 
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03 Jun 2021 18:41 #114805 by ronny courtens
Replied by ronny courtens on topic Final Cut Pro thinks my project is 360
Welcome to the forum!

Never seen that before. Try resetting your FCP preferences to see if this helps.

- Ronny

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03 Jun 2021 19:30 #114806 by TerryB
Replied by TerryB on topic Final Cut Pro thinks my project is 360
If resetting prefs doesn't work, you could try creating a new project, and specifically setting the project's frame size and frame rate specs you want (don't leave it in Automatic), then copy the timeline from the 360 project and paste into the new project.

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03 Jun 2021 19:35 #114807 by ronny courtens
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Good idea!

- Ronny

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05 Jun 2021 02:29 #114843 by apples33ds
Replied by apples33ds on topic Final Cut Pro thinks my project is 360
Thanks guys, I have tried both of these suggestions and still no luck. I thought the copy and paste idea would work but when I do it the video doesn't show, it's just black whenever I press play. It's also always rendering. Never stops. So frustrating!

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05 Jun 2021 10:56 #114851 by JoeEditor
Replied by JoeEditor on topic Final Cut Pro thinks my project is 360
Turn off background rendering in your preferences (it gets turned on when you reset them).
Open the background tasks window to verify "rendering" is what is actually happening, and not something else.

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03 Aug 2021 02:48 - 03 Aug 2021 02:51 #115612 by smashymcgee
Replied by smashymcgee on topic Final Cut Pro thinks my project is 360
I just updated from Mojave to Big Sur and now experiencing this issue out of nowhere. I have my timeline set to 3840x1920 and everything is normal but when I duplicate or create new project it makes it 360 no matter what I do. I'm still running fcpx 10.4.9.
Last edit: 03 Aug 2021 02:51 by smashymcgee.

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09 Aug 2021 10:27 #115700 by FooBar
Replied by FooBar on topic Final Cut Pro thinks my project is 360
I'm having the same issue! I've found that setting the resolution to 3840x1920 does it, not sure if I'm doing something wrong, probably I am, and nothing's coming up on Google as well!

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09 Aug 2021 11:20 #115701 by Tom Wolsky
Replied by Tom Wolsky on topic Final Cut Pro thinks my project is 360
The Video is set to 360. Can you change it?

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09 Aug 2021 12:16 #115702 by FooBar
Replied by FooBar on topic Final Cut Pro thinks my project is 360
I can change it, or at least the UI lets me change it back to Custom and then set the resolution manually, but if I set it to 3940x1920 and click okay, then clicking on Modify on the project shows it never changed :(
 

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10 Aug 2021 09:52 #115715 by FooBar
Replied by FooBar on topic Final Cut Pro thinks my project is 360
I was able to fix it by deleting the cache and resetting the format, then setting the resolution to 3840x1920 didn't convert the project to 360.

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11 Aug 2021 02:24 #115717 by smashymcgee
Replied by smashymcgee on topic Final Cut Pro thinks my project is 360
Sorry how do you delete the cache? do you mean render files and what not? I'm still having this issue.

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11 Aug 2021 11:11 #115719 by JoeEditor
Replied by JoeEditor on topic Final Cut Pro thinks my project is 360
In the browser select the library.
File menu, Delete Generated Library Files. (or something to that effect).
Select ALL render files.

Or get Final Cut Library Manager, which is super handy to have.

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16 Aug 2021 06:35 #115777 by smashymcgee
Replied by smashymcgee on topic Final Cut Pro thinks my project is 360
Yeah this hasn't worked for me. Still an ongoing issue. I know there's no point contacting Apple, they will just tell me to update to the latest version.

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16 Aug 2021 06:44 #115778 by ronny courtens
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You have updated to Big Sur already, so what's wrong about updating FCP as well if it might solve your issue?

- Ronny

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16 Aug 2021 06:46 #115779 by smashymcgee
Replied by smashymcgee on topic Final Cut Pro thinks my project is 360
Generally the advice is to not update if you're in the middle of projects, which I am consistently (wedding filmmaker) as the libraries can become corrupt during the update process. This has happened to me before so I have to choose careful windows when it's safe to update.

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16 Aug 2021 07:02 #115780 by ronny courtens
Replied by ronny courtens on topic Final Cut Pro thinks my project is 360
That's correct. But you have updated your OS to Big Sur recently, which is much more risky to do when you are in the middle of a project as FCP is very tightly integrated with MacOS. And FCP 10.4.9 dates from August 2020 (-:

If you update the OS to the latest, you also should update FCP at the same time.

- Ronny

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29 Aug 2021 08:33 #116024 by FooBar
Replied by FooBar on topic Final Cut Pro thinks my project is 360
At the time I resolved it by selecting the library, then File -> Delete Generated Library Files and checked everything, but the problem came back and I can no longer get it fixed using that approach 🤷‍♂️

I don't think it has to do with the media, I can create a new library, then a new project with 3840x920 resolution and it still converts it to 360.

It appears that as long as I set that resolution it always converts my projects to 360, which is quite frustrating.

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29 Aug 2021 10:18 #116025 by Tom Wolsky
Replied by Tom Wolsky on topic Final Cut Pro thinks my project is 360
What happens if you make the project 3840x919?

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31 Aug 2021 09:01 #116040 by FooBar
Replied by FooBar on topic Final Cut Pro thinks my project is 360
It works fine as long as the resolution is not exactly 3840x1920, so I've temporarily set the resolution of my project to 3840x1921 while I edit, not sure if YouTube will let me upload this resolution and a single pixel won't cause any issues.

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