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I hope this is the correct section to ask questions about using TVPP. What am I doing wrong with the multiplane camera?

I made a 300 frame project with all the frames as instances using just one layer, in the timeline. I put a key on # 1 frame with X = 0, Y= 0 and Z = 0 for a starting point.
Then, on the last frame, being # 300, I made X = 100, Y = 50 and Z = 750, it looked good to me, when I previewed it.
Then, I highlighted all the frames and hit apply FX effects. After that, I watched it play, beautifully.
Then, I saved it as a tvp file.

I go to open the file later, open it and it shows one blank frame in the timeline. Why would 299 frames vanish?
I've tried to get this to work numerous times but, I keep getting only one blank frame in the timeline...
I've read through the forum searching for someone that has had this problem and somehow no one has...


I'm using: TVPP 10.5 64 bit
HP pavilion Elite HPE-18t computer, Win 7 Home 64 bit
CPU: Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.67 GHz
RAM: 24 GB (16 GB usable)
CD/DVD drive: Sony 16X max DVD+/-R superMultdrv
Storage: 3 TB internal and 3 TB external

hi Kathy,
did you save it as .tvp file or .tvpp file (clip or project) ?
maybe you have worked (your multiplane fx) on a second clip, the first one being blank (empty),
in the timeline panel, go to the project tab and see if you have only one or several clips,
(if your project starts with an empty clip, delete it).
if it's not that, it could be a saving error, or something else, I don't know ...(? )

Thank you so much, ZigOtto, for your help!

You're right about looking at the "Project Tab" on the TL. When I read your answer, it didn't sink in, because I never used that section. I usually used the "Clip TL."
After a lot of MPC practice projects, I looked at the, "Project Tab" and, there it was, right in front of me the whole time, on the "Project TL" just like you suggested
WHEW!