While following the Compositing and Effects portion of the Final Cut Pro 3 tutorial, you may encounter a "General Error 34" in the program. This can occur on page 90 of the Tutorial guide while trying to move Dances.psd layers in the timeline. After the alert is dismissed, the canvas window is red with white letters stating "Display unavailable. Close and reopen window to restore."
Symptom
An alert box with this message appears: "General Error 34".
Products Affected
Solution
Follow these steps to resolve the issue:
You can now continue with the Compositing and Effects tutorial.
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