I seem to be unable to see and adjust more than 3 layers of text on a fine cut project without having to changes projects and back to get the program view to update. I have a Mac Studio M1 ultra with the specs below and I'm on Ventura but also having the problem before upgrading to Ventura. any thoughts? I feel like 4 layers of text is not uncommon and I can understand why a native application would struggle wit this?
Mac Studio
[Loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (Google LLC - installed 2022-10-26)
[Loaded] com.google.keystone.xpcservice.plist (Google LLC - installed 2022-10-26)
This is a problem. You have Chrome and its keystone daemons. They kill video applications by hogging the system videotoolbox. See https://chromeisbad.com for why this is, and how to remove them completely. After removing them you will need to delete and reinstall FCP.
The other issue is that your system drive is overloaded. It's effectively full. You really need to have a minimum of 15% free space.
If you have background rendering on in FCP, select the library and use File>Delete Generate Library Files. That might get you back a bunch of space. Be really careful of space on the system if it fills up. The way the OSs have been working with snapshots and not releasing them when applications need them can be a real problem.
[Loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (Google LLC - installed 2022-10-26)
[Loaded] com.google.keystone.xpcservice.plist (Google LLC - installed 2022-10-26)
This is a problem. You have Chrome and its keystone daemons. They kill video applications by hogging the system videotoolbox. See https://chromeisbad.com for why this is, and how to remove them completely. After removing them you will need to delete and reinstall FCP.
The other issue is that your system drive is overloaded. It's effectively full. You really need to have a minimum of 15% free space.
If you have background rendering on in FCP, select the library and use File>Delete Generate Library Files. That might get you back a bunch of space. Be really careful of space on the system if it fills up. The way the OSs have been working with snapshots and not releasing them when applications need them can be a real problem.
So for example, I have 4 layers of text I dissolve each one on and off. If I put my play head in the middle so that I see all 4 pieces of text, then try to adjust one by moving it using the transform Y adjustment, the screen the "program window" won't refresh and show the adjustment unless I close the timeline and reopen it or click on a different timeline and then back. I just copies all and pasted it into a new timeline and it's not doing it now which I'm thinking means that the timeline has gotten corrupted. I seem to have this problem a lot more lately. I'll consider this resolved though.
Wait I was looking at the wrong set of titles.. it appears the titles themselves have gotten corrupted. I have had to. delete them and re-add them.
I don't have an M1 Ultra (alas...) but obviously it should more than capable of doing that - we're talking about a machine that can play several streams of 8K video simultaneously...
I am not sure what you mean by having to change projects and back: are you opening another project, then opening the one you were working on again?
I'd start by deleting preferences - always a good thing to try if the application is misbehaving.
What is your OS and what is your FCP version?
Are these built in titles or plugins? Which titles exactly are you using?
Please post an EtreCheck report https://etrecheck.com giving the application Full Disk Access in Privacy System Preferences. Copy the report and use the Add Text button to paste the result into reply box.
I can't say I've ever heard of titles becoming corrupted. I don't never see how that's possible. Your system should handle those titles over video with no problem at all. Maybe there's something unusual about the underlying video, assuming there is some.
I was using a basic title. but I think the problem is that the timeline has corrupted.
The report won't paste because it's too long.
Use the additional text button
I saw the video. There's something wrong because any basic Mac that can run FCP can do what you were trying to do without even pushing it.
Final Cut can't handle more than 3 layers of text on an M1 ultra?
