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Mike51684
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November 2, 2014
Question

Effects Controls will not show up in source monitor

  • November 2, 2014
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I started a project last month using the trial. Now I have a paid student/teacher membership. Ever since it's been a nightmare of crashes and bugs.

All I need to do before finishing this edit is add a mosaic effect to a few clips. The effects window shows up for a few minutes randomly on reboot of the program but then soon disappears if I click off it. 99% of the time it doesn't show up at all. 

I double click the clip I want to add the effect, it pops up in the source monitor. I then click Window, Effects Controls and all it shows in source is the name of clip highlighted in blue but nothing else.

I have reinstalled twice now, nothing changes.

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    lokem34642584
    Participant
    September 30, 2017

    You can access a drop down menu by clicking on the arrows. I came to this thread and was pretty much overwhelmed. Till I randomly clicked to find a solution and I had to end this this discussion haha! I hope it helps everyone! A project from 2014 isn't too late!

    R Neil Haugen
    R Neil Haugen
    Legend
    September 30, 2017

    Intrigued that you copied my screen-grab, then pasted back. Huh.

    Those drop-arrows are a very standard part of this program, and in fact, most Adobe apps. Covered in typically the very first "How to ... " articles and tutorials on every app. I would suggest that you visit the information pages for PrPro, it's a very complex and complicated app. With many surprises unless you know how it works.

    Neil

    Everyone's mileage always varies ...
    johnrs72
    johnrs72
    Participating Frequently
    December 22, 2014

    I have the exact same problem. When I click on the Effect Control tab all I get is the name of the clip highlighted in blue. I've deleted effects, added effects etc, but still the same. I have also gone to Window and clicked Effect Control, but all that does is hide or reveal the Effect Control tab. The tab is there in the source monitor but there is nothing but the name of the clip in blue. Shooternz response was not helpful. If anyone has any idea how to get the Motion, Opacity, Time remapping effects etc back in the Effects Control tab, it would be greatly appreciated.

    shooternz
    shooternz
    Legend
    December 22, 2014

    TRY - Click on the selected clip again.

    Here is what I notice can happen.

    Select a clip in the timeline and Click on the FX Control Tab. The controls for the clip should be displayed.

    Now click on another TAB in the same pane as the FX Control Tab (eg the Source Monitor)...then try the FX Control Tab again.

    No controls displayed.

    My workspace is an Edit Default so I cant blame a customisation of TABS, panes and Windows for this.

    I have another weirdness in this same area.

    Sometimes when I am loading source clips from Bin to Source Monitor (eg dbleclick or drag) ...the Audio MIxer Pane will display briefly  before the clip displays.  Now thats really annoying.

    R Neil Haugen
    R Neil Haugen
    Legend
    December 30, 2014

    Ok, so I tried copying the sequence and opening that in a new project, but I had the same results. I also tried copying just the clips in the sequence (instead of the sequence file) but the same negative results. And I also tried copying everything in the project window into a new project, but that didn't work either.

    What did work (kind of) was to select all and do a render an replace. This defeats the purpose of editing the dslr footage natively, but the Effect Controls were there in the Source window where they are supposed to be, and I only needed to click the clip once to see the controls. But again, this is not a good solution.

    I also tried creating a new project, importing the raw assets and starting the sequence from scratch. This also worked and all Effect Controls were visible. But I'd prefer not to recreate the entire sequence/project from scratch.

    The project I am working on was created on a different computer system that was also using Premiere Pro CC2014, however, it was last worked on 3-4 months ago, and there was most likely an update during that period of time. When I first loaded the project, Premiere converted the file to the most recent version. Maybe something went wrong during this process....


    I think you've proved the issue here was an update in CC and migrating the project file forward. And yes, since that was started on the other machine, there was an update.I wish this could simply be a painless process, but as Adobe staffer Kevin Monahan posts here quite a bit, it ain't. He's a long-time pro editor and was a member of one of the FCP design teams a number of years back, and was also a certified teacher of FCP back a decade ago or so. As he notes, he's always taught keeping any project on the software version it started on if at all possible. No matter the NLE, migrating a project forward has some possibilities of working fine ... BUT ... if anything does not work fine, this is BAD. Clients screaming & refusing to pay bills for late work, badmouthing one about the "hood" ... none of this any delight to anyone. In these days where an update can come every few months rather than say every 18 months, it's a pain in some ways. So he recommends keeping each major iteration (full number of PrPro, such as 6, 7, or 8) "live" on your machine as they can exist in parallel.

    New major upgrade, start new projects on it. Keep old projects on old versions. And for continuing projects, keep working in the old while migrating COPIES of assets into a new project, testing as you go along, this way moving everything forward while still working away. When the new project is fully functional, then archive the old one & move on.

    Some work ... but dang, having major shutdowns under multiple looming deadlines is past annoying. Well.

    Neil

    Everyone's mileage always varies ...
    shooternz
    shooternz
    Legend
    November 4, 2014

    You apply FX to a clip in the Sequence.

    No need to double click it.  Just Select it ( Single Click)

    Open FX Control Window and the fixed fx and the fx you have added wil be shown to you.

    If Effects Control Window has been shut...re open it from Menu top of screen.

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