FCP HD 3.5 Problem

[Ragnaros]

I'm not entirely sure what I did but I must have pressed something then the timeline dissapeared. When I went into Windows to see if I could turn on to see the Timeline, instead of being a black text it was grey so I couldn't select it. So then I tried closing the program and reentering it, which only made it so I can't see both the timeline and the canvas. Now both are greyed out so I'm unsure of what to do. Any help is appreciated. Thanks guys.

I'll edit this post once I get the screenshot up.

Edit:

Also a correction... it is Final Cut Express 3.5 HD

 

[Heb1228]

If I'm reading your post correctly, I think you just need to open up a new project. If thats not, it, could you post a screenshot of your whole screen?

And did you mean FCP 4.5? I don't think there was a 3.5. 4.5 was the one that added the "HD" name on the end.

 

[Ragnaros]

Yeah it's Final Cut Express 3.5 HD, sorry about that.

So I tried opening up a new document but now part of it is untitled project and part of it is the original.

Here it is with the untitled project and the original.

 

[huntercr]

Did you try the "auto arrange" option? I don't remember what the actual name is, but there is a menu item that resets your windows into the "standard" preset arrangements. I had something very similar to what you're describing happen to me with FCE 2. I blamed it on having dual monitors. But that's really just my guess. Changing the window arrangement brought the windows back out of the "nowhere" they were.

Hope this helps!

 

[OldCorpse]

yep, huntercr has it. It happened to me also, and the autoarrange brought back the window. What I did immediately, was to arrange the windows the way I wanted them, and then saved that arrangement in FCP (look under windows), with a name. That way, if it ever happens again, I can just pick my saved arrangement, and everything should come back.

 

[Drizzt]

I did that once with FCE when I was first learning it and it was because I had deleted the Sequence file in the media browser window.

 

[Ragnaros]

I did that once with FCE when I was first learning it and it was because I had deleted the Sequence file in the media browser window.

Yeah I'm pretty sure that was it because I tried the auto-arrange prior to posting on the forums. Oh well.

Thanks guys for all the help!