[MacDV] Re: FCP favorites

[James Asherman]

On Feb 25, 2005, at 11:04 AM, sb wrote:

> It's a bug in FCP 4.5
>
> You can't use the Make Favorite from the menu, you have to either drag 
> it
> (the altered transition) from the Viewer (using the hand) or from the
> timeline into the Effects>Favorites folder.

The ones I did last night this way work now. But thanks.

>
> As for saving favorites in case of re-install or upgrading, a good 
> trick I
> learned from Tom Wolsky:
>
> Create a new empty project called Favorites. Drag the favorites folder 
> from
> the Effects Folder of the project with the modified and saved 
> favorites into
> the Browser of the new Favorites Project. Save it.

Damn wish I'd though of that.

>
> You can also apply favorites (effects and transitions) onto video in 
> the
> timeline.
>

Hey that's what they're for.

> Keep this project. You can open it up anytime you create new Favorites 
> and
> add them. This way all your custom work will be readily at hand.
>
>  HTH,
>
>  sb
>

a bug huh ? cheez.
Thanks
Jim