Ron Priest
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May 31, 2009, 4:29 PM
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FCP Crashes when dropping a large image into the viewer in prep for the timeline.
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Okay, I've not seen this problem until just a couple days ago but was wondering if it was just me or if everyone has this problem? I've found a work-around, but let me explain the problem first.
I'm creating a growing up photo montage. I scanned all of the pictures myself at 300 dpi and saved them as TIF files. Some pictures as relatively small, i.e. 3.5 mb and do just fine, but it appears anytime I drop a picture into the viewer in preparation for the the timeline, it will crash FCP if the picture is any larger than about 5 or 5.5 MB. Now I know there is a limit on the resolution of a still and it shouldn't be any larger than 4000 pixels in either direction, and I have none that exceed that limitation, but this problem occurs with large files. I've used large files before in past projects without any problem, so this is why I'm stumped. I've went as far as trashing my preferences, but that didn't change anything. I've even tested a still image from a past project that was something around 9 MB (or was it 19 mb?) in any case, it also crashed FCP but... I've used that picture before in past projects without any problem. I even created a new test project just in case my project file itself had a problem.
My work-around is to simply drop the still from the browser directly into the timeline, thus bypassing the viewer. This works every time without a hitch. I can even double-click on the still now setting in the timeline to load it into the viewer so I can add effects or keyframes or whatever without any problems (thank goodness). So, has anyone else experienced this problem or is it just me?
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(This post was edited by Ron Priest on May 31, 2009, 4:31 PM)
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