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May 11, 2026
Question

Mercury Transmit does not display Cross Dissolve with alpha

  • May 11, 2026
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Hi,

We’re working on a Transmit plugin for Premiere (26.2.2 Build 3, macOS) , and it turns out that a Cross Dissolve effect, applied to fade-in a part of the picture (from black to full content over a couple seconds) instantly displays the final part of the picture, without showing the gradual alpha transition from black to the final picture.

Turns out the same happens with the “NDI output” Transmit plugin. However, the “Blackmagic Playback” Transmit plugin properly displays the same project with the correct fade-in transition correctly, gradually going from black to the full picture.

Is there some part of the Transmit plugin API that controls this, and that we’re missing? Perhaps a specific video format must be used for the final rendering to contain the fade-in transition? We’re using `PrPixelFormat_BGRA_4444_8u`, but I have tried several other formats, including v210, with seemingly the same results. Perhaps some of the suites from the API must be used to request this?
Thanks.

    1 reply

    Community Manager
    May 11, 2026

    Hi vasyls34716219,

    Thanks for the question. Since it's a little out of my purview, I let the product team know about your query.  They asked what type of cross-dissolve is being used?  can you move to the Film Dissolve and see makes a difference?
     

    I hope we can provide an answer for you soon. Sorry for the delay.

     

    Thanks,
    Kevin

    Participating Frequently
    May 12, 2026

    Hi Kevin, thanks for your reply. Originally I’ve been testing with the legacy Cross Dissolve, but have now tried both the new Cross Dissolve and Film Dissolve, with the same results - the video that Transmit outputs is instantly displayed at full opacity, except the very first frame which is black.

    Community Manager
    May 12, 2026

    OK. I’ll let the team know. I hope to get a response back to you shorty.

    Cheers,
    Kevin