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Betsy Moore · May 16th, 2006, 06:43 PM

I'm an editing newbie still and have gone through all the provided tutorials, and searched through the manual but I still don't know what to do when I accidentally hit the wrong button and some of the FCP windows disappear. Is there a short cut to putting the Final Cut screens back in their default mode?

Thanks all:)

Glenn Davidson · May 16th, 2006, 06:56 PM

WINDOWS at the top bar, ARRANGE then select from the pull down STANDARD. That should get you back. I ran into this too on my first project. I am still a novice at FCP, so perhaps someone else has a shortcut or alt idea.

Betsy Moore · May 16th, 2006, 07:05 PM

Thanks Glenn, that's perfect. Beautiful!

Boyd Ostroff · May 16th, 2006, 07:30 PM

A common problem is accidently closing the canvas window and then not being able to figure out how to get it back. You'd expect it to be somewhere in the windows menu, but it isn't!

If this ever happens, just go to the browser and double-click on your sequence. It will open up in the Canvas window and all will be well again. :-)

May 16th, 2006, 06:43 PM	#1
Betsy Moore Major Player Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 444	Disappearing windows I'm an editing newbie still and have gone through all the provided tutorials, and searched through the manual but I still don't know what to do when I accidentally hit the wrong button and some of the FCP windows disappear. Is there a short cut to putting the Final Cut screens back in their default mode? Thanks all:)

May 16th, 2006, 06:56 PM	#2
Glenn Davidson Major Player Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Nevada City, California Posts: 499	WINDOWS at the top bar, ARRANGE then select from the pull down STANDARD. That should get you back. I ran into this too on my first project. I am still a novice at FCP, so perhaps someone else has a shortcut or alt idea.

May 16th, 2006, 07:05 PM	#3
Betsy Moore Major Player Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 444	Thanks Glenn, that's perfect. Beautiful!

May 16th, 2006, 07:30 PM	#4
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,797	A common problem is accidently closing the canvas window and then not being able to figure out how to get it back. You'd expect it to be somewhere in the windows menu, but it isn't! If this ever happens, just go to the browser and double-click on your sequence. It will open up in the Canvas window and all will be well again. :-)