Ghost frame in timeline

Question

Adobe Premiere 13.0.3 for Mac (High sierra 10.13.6) on a MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016).

When editing a video, one frozen ghost image starts showing up in the timeline at the beginning of some sequences. It's actually the last (and dubbed) frame from the previous sequence. It happens usually when I have moved/inserted a sequence right before or when I have done some other action: trim, lift or cut for example. It stays after rendering too but not on the exported video (in mp4). It's annoying when I insert a new sequence without deleting the first "frozen" frame of the next sequence: in this case the remaining frame is of course visible when exporting. Thanks for any help.

Ann Bens · Accepted Answer

Hi Ann. Amazing. After deleting the Render files, it was OK. But then I thought I had to render again before exporting ( as I used to do on Avid , consolidate in this case) and the problem came again. Does it mean I don't have to render before exporting ? Or render first, then delete the Render files and then Export ? It seems strange. Thank you very much for your patience.

No you dont have to render. Only if if your preview codec is the same as the output codec then you can check Use Preview in the Export Settings.

As you are making a mp4 you do not use the preview files

Rendering the timeline is also done if your machine cannot handle playback.

Post a screenshot sequence settings and export settings.

Param22568590i70a · Answer

I'm using After Effects 2021 and had the same problem for a long time but I found out this simple solution.Edit > Purge > image cache memory

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