<p>There are three things you have to get right:</p>

<ol>
<li><p>You have to have the right length of video in your sequence (which can be helped by having explicitly set in and out markers at the right place).</p></li>
<li><p>You have to export the correct sequence.  If you don't have the correct sequence selected when you render, your export might, by coincidence, render the same content you are looking at, but from from a differently defined perspective--one that has a different concept of the in and out points you have defined for the sequence you <em>should</em> be rendering.</p></li>
<li><p>In the rendering window, there are several options, including whether to render the whole clip (irrespective of in and out points), render just between in and out, or some other options.</p></li>
</ol>

<p>Try setting the correct in and out points, rendering the correct sequence, and then ensuring that your rendering actually honors the sequence's in and out points.</p>

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2015-12-02T15:48:53.597Z
2015-12-02T15:48:53.597Z
Michael Tiemann
<p>If you're having trouble getting FCPX to export exactly what you want, look no further than the range select tool. </p>

<p>Use the "r" keyboard shortcut to summon the tool, drag a marquee around everything you want to include in the export (or cmd-a for your whole timeline), then cmd-e to export (or your favorite flavor from the share menu).  In the export dialog, you can skim through the video to make sure everything you want is included and everything you don't is excluded.</p>

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2015-12-02T16:39:25.730Z
2015-12-02T16:39:25.730Z
Jason Conrad
<p>go into quick mode and drag the out points that way, thats how i got mine to render properly </p>

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2019-08-08T14:10:37.530Z
2019-08-08T14:10:37.530Z
Jake
<p>My editing area looks like this: 
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/Pb7Ny.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Pb7Ny.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>For some reason when I export I get about 2 minutes of extra black screen at the end of my movie. I tried adding <code>in</code> and <code>out</code> markers but I haven't been able to fix the problem. </p>

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Getting extra blank minutes at the end of the video
Johnston
# Getting extra blank minutes at the end of the video

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-12-02)

My editing area looks like this:
[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/Pb7Ny.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/Pb7Ny.jpg)

For some reason when I export I get about 2 minutes of extra black screen at the end of my movie. I tried adding `in` and `out` markers but I haven't been able to fix the problem.

**Tags:** editing, final-cut-pro-x


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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2015-12-02. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

There are three things you have to get right:

1. You have to have the right length of video in your sequence (which can be helped by having explicitly set in and out markers at the right place).
2. You have to export the correct sequence. If you don't have the correct sequence selected when you render, your export might, by coincidence, render the same content you are looking at, but from from a differently defined perspective--one that has a different concept of the in and out points you have defined for the sequence you *should* be rendering.
3. In the rendering window, there are several options, including whether to render the whole clip (irrespective of in and out points), render just between in and out, or some other options.

Try setting the correct in and out points, rendering the correct sequence, and then ensuring that your rendering actually honors the sequence's in and out points.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2015-12-02. Score: 1

If you're having trouble getting FCPX to export exactly what you want, look no further than the range select tool.

Use the "r" keyboard shortcut to summon the tool, drag a marquee around everything you want to include in the export (or cmd-a for your whole timeline), then cmd-e to export (or your favorite flavor from the share menu). In the export dialog, you can skim through the video to make sure everything you want is included and everything you don't is excluded.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2019-08-08. Score: 0

go into quick mode and drag the out points that way, thats how i got mine to render properly


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