It's a system problem, not a FCP problem. Try resetting your display to something else, then set it back to normal and see if that clears it up. You didn't do anything wrong, and it's not FCP being installed improperly. sb On 1/19/03 7:32 PM, "Spud0812 at aol.com" <Spud0812 at aol.com> wrote: > Ive just installed FCP 3 in my Mac...trying to do tutorial and I cant seem to > play the captured clips back. They just appear in orange on the screen. When > I scrub through the clips without playing them I can see them ok. What am I > doing wrong? was the software not installed properly? > Thanks, > Vikki