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mbpm
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October 10, 2015

P: Morph cut - Analyzing in Background never completes

  • October 10, 2015
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I have a simple headshot cutting to the same head, same everything a few seconds later.

All other transitions work find. I try morph cut and see 'Analyzing in background.' Never see sign of progress - should I see it chewing through frames somehow?

I have gone to project settings. Tried both rendering settings. One thing - When I do GPU acceleration my still frames look like garbage - example:

http://www.screencast.com/t/rPiWL6yL

Software acceleration looks fine. No idea if these items are related.

Have run through all preferences. Don't see anything that might be turned off. BTW - working with MBP 15" late 2013. Latest OS.

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    hustlenhardwork0101
    Participant
    January 28, 2021

    CUT RIGHT BEFORE THE MORPH ON FIRST CLIP THEN RIGHT AFTER MORPH SECOND CLIP WORKED FOR ME 4K FOOTAGE

    laura_cmg
    laura_cmg
    Participant
    October 22, 2019

    Thank you for this! It definitely helped. I also realized you can do the same thing with "render and replace" on just one of the clips 🙂

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    allenb77779565
    Inspiring
    March 21, 2019

    I'm having a problem with morph cuts not rendering.  The sequence had been rendered and all the morph cuts where integrated.  I made a change to other clip in the timeline and then the morph cuts became unrendered.  Now I'm getting the banner "Analyzing in the background" forever.  I actually left the computer on all night to be sure that I was giving it enough time, but no luck.  I've changed the length down to 3 or 4 frames, reset the preferences and workspace, all to no avail.

    Is there a way to see what the progress is in the rendering process for the morph cut?  I'm trying to figure out whether the program is hanging up, or where the issue may be.  I'm on a deadline, and don't want to remove the morph cuts if at all possible. 

    MacBook Pro 15" 2017, OS 10.13.6, 2.8GHz Intel Core i7, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Radeon Pro 555 2048MB, Intel HD Graphics 630 1536MB.

    Harold Silva
    Community Expert
    Harold SilvaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 21, 2019

    In version 2016 or 2017 there was the option to see the progress by frames of the process. in 2019 (which is what I use is no longer available)

    Harold Silva B.
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    allenb77779565
    Inspiring
    March 21, 2019

    Thanks for the reply. I'm using 2019 as well, so it's a bit frustrating.  I've tried moving from 6 to just 2 frames for the morph, but still after an hour the banner saying "Analyzing background" is still on screen.  What so strange is that all five of these had rendered just a couple of days ago.  Now none of them will.

    joricke98865423
    joricke98865423
    Participant
    March 12, 2019

    Running the current version 13.0 Premiere & Morph Cuts are not working. Once the effect has been analyzed and rendered, I export.

    The export file contains 'analyzing in background' overlay text at every Morph Cut transition in the sequence.

    Anyone else experiencing Bugs/Issues with Morph Cut on v13.0?

    Morph Cut is usually a great help with interview footage but just a headache right now.

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    bsbeamer
    Inspiring
    March 12, 2019

    Unfortunately, it's been this way for awhile.  Easiest "fix" is to force render sections, export matching sequence, then stack that "render" on top layer.  Nesting makes this problem worse.  Multiple instances on same timeline make this worse.  Multiple stacked effects with morph cut makes this problem worse.  Until version 2.0 of Morph Cut is released, I'm sure nothing will change.

    joricke98865423
    joricke98865423
    Participant
    March 13, 2019

    Unfortunate. Thanks for the input!

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    debbies67999099
    Known Participant
    March 2, 2018

    I tried a bunch of other things first and this was the only thing that worked. Annoying. But the workaround did work for me.

      imcaleb
      imcaleb
      Inspiring
      December 6, 2017

      Hi, I've been having this problem for a few months now and couldn't find any solutions.

      I've been working on a fairly large project within the last few months consisting of 21 final sequences in total. I've applied multiple morph cuts to the final edits and they look fine in Premiere, but when I export them (either using AME or straight out of Premiere) the "Analyzing in Background" banner is burned into the export. It's incredibly inconsistent so I don't know how to troubleshoot it. Sometimes it burns into the file, but then I'll re-export it using the exact same settings, and it works fine.

      I can say that I've had more success exporting straight out of Premiere rather than using AME but again, it's super inconsistent and I have to double check everything and often re-export.

      Given the scope of this project and the fact that these sequences need to go through multiple revisions, this issue is becoming unnecessarily time consuming (especially when I can't use a render queue). I was curious if this is a known bug, or if there are work-arounds via project settings or something that I can use to fix this issue.

      I've done a couple of similar projects earlier this year, and late last year and didn't have this issue at all.

      I'm using the latest and greatest in terms of Premiere versions (v12.0)- I just upgraded yesterday in hopes of this being fixed / solved but was sadly disappointed.

      Here are my computer specs if it helps at all:

      MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014)

      macOS Version 10.12.6

      Processor: 2.5 GHz Intel Core i7

      Memory: 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

      Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2048 MB

                       Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB

        brian704
        brian704
        Inspiring
        December 6, 2017

        I've not had the problem but - you could try setting your preview codec to be the same as your render codec and clicking the "use Preview" box on render. This will speed up your renders as well.

        imcaleb
        imcaleb
        Inspiring
        December 6, 2017

        This definitely works, but it seems more like a band-aid rather than an actual fix. The previews that Premiere generates are great for viewing edits in real-time, but I'd rather have the final exports for these projects in full resolution.

        Trickooo
        Trickooo
        Known Participant
        June 12, 2017

        Hi. After applying a morph cut transition on two videos and exporting, there is still the line in the middle. I don´t know why, but I have to get rid of that as soon as possible.

        This is a first time I have a problem with a morph cut transition like this. Thanks for replies.

        Kevin-Monahan
        Community Manager
        Kevin-MonahanCommunity Manager
        Community Manager
        June 12, 2017

        Hi Trickooo,

        It might be the kanji character behind the head. You want a very simple background, that artwork makes it not so simple.

        Thanks,
        Kevin

        Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community & Engagement Strategist – Pro Video and Audio
        Trickooo
        Trickooo
        Known Participant
        June 14, 2017

        But the camera is static so I hoped the morph cut can render that. Nah, thanks for reply

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        DuctTapedGoat
        Participant
        October 19, 2016

        I had that same issue.

        To most effectively use morph cut you literally have to :

        Export the first clip to morph, export the second clip to morph, import the 2 new separate files and apply morph cut.

        Adobe Premiere should do this automatically, however it runs into one of two issues.

        Issue 1: The source file is too large. (my source files are 500mb - 25gb)

        Issue 2: The MORPH CUT is being applied to the same clip, which causes the ANALYZING IN BACKGROUND error.

        The best way to solve it is to reduce the source file size, export and reimport your clips, and morph between two different source files.

        Adobe should do this automatically, but until then this is what we have to do. It's inefficient and redundant - I'm using a Morph Cut between two cuts, I should not have to cut before and after the morph cut in extreme attempts to reduce my source file size.

        Michael James Webb

        310 Digital Sales And Service

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          dfdunbar
          Participant
          January 5, 2018

          This seems to have been the source of my problem, but I inserted a cut on both sides of the transition and it analyzed within seconds.

          Thanks!

          -- Dan Dunbar

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            JonathanThiang
            Participant
            October 18, 2016

            Hello,

            Morph cut on Premiere is not working, it analyzes in the background indefinitely. Has anyone else experienced this issue? If so, how did you resolve this error?

            Thanks.

            J

              petergaraway
              Adobe Employee
              petergaraway
              Adobe Employee
              October 18, 2016

              Hey Jonathan,

              A few things to try:

                1. Modifying the duration of the morph cut transition

                2. Clear your caches/preferences.

                3. Create a new project and  import the old project into that.

              Let us know how that goes.

              Peter Garaway

              Markus Scheibenbauer
              Markus Scheibenbauer
              Participating Frequently
              May 29, 2019

              This is so frustrating. The problem seems to persist, even after several updates. Workarounds like nesting, trimming and joggling everything around are ok for the moment... but in the end workarounds are NOT the solution. Is petergaraway Adobe actually adressing this problem?

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                yoavp94359601
                Known Participant
                February 23, 2016

                I have same issue. Can someone solve this?

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