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joeleo321
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December 27, 2022
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Auto Reframe Sequence making strange decisions

  • December 27, 2022
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Hi there! 

I'm using auto-reframe sequence to change a 16x9 sequence to a 9x16 sequence for social media purposes. I've used auto-reframe sequence before in the same way and have had good results with it but for the past 5-10 or so times I've tried it I've got these strange results where it doesn't track with the subject's face. 

I'm attaching a clip so you can see its behavior. It's a pretty straightforward clip, a face is clearly in view and I've done this in the exact same setup before but I can't figure out what I'm missing. I know I can overwrite generated keyframes, which I've done before for the occasional hiccup, but it's like it sees a ghost in the clip and is off the whole time. Obivously, if I have to overwrite all of the keyframes it's not worth using it.

 

To add more details, I'm right-clicking on the sequence in the Project panel and selecting Auto Reframe Sequence, not applying the effect to individual clips. 

I'm really hoping it's just a bug that will get sorted soon or I'm doing something wrong, that would be even better, because I really like this feature for quickly pulling selects and reframing for social media.

This is my first time on these forums so be gentle with me. Any help is appreciated!


 

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    Correct answer joeleo321

    Hey all, I'm checking back in on this after reporting it back in January and can also confirm that updating my GeForce Studio Drivers to 531.41 has solved this curious case. Auto reframe sequence is working like a charm and I couldn't be more chuffed to have it back in action in my projects. 

    I have a RTX 3070ti, running Windows 10, and 23.2 for Premiere.

    I will probably be making a YouTube video about this to help out folks who don't use the forums. This was my first time joining in on a forum discussion and really enjoyed getting this solved.

    Thanks!
    Joel

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    ryancgreen
    ryancgreen
    Participating Frequently
    March 22, 2023

    Same thing happening to me. It only writes the first couple keyframes and shifts the video over, and that is it. Used to work great. Windows 10

      Stan Jones
      Stan Jones
      Adobe Expert
      March 22, 2023

      Quick test. Not fixed as of Beta 23.4.0.15.

       

      Stan

       

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        Lance Pellerin
        New Participant
        March 13, 2023

        Same problem, at times it doesn't even center the subject.

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          Openairkino
          New Participant
          February 10, 2023

          Hey,

          Since about Dec.22 i got the issue, that my "Auto Reframe" always detects my video wrong. As you can see in the attachment, on the video i wanted to analyze there is a clear subject which it could follow easily before Dec.22.

          Please help it takes ages to frame it manually 

           

           

           

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            RobShultz
            Adobe Expert
            February 10, 2023

            Sorry to hear. FYI you can download previous versions of Premiere through the Creative Cloud if that is helpful.

            Kevin-Monahan
            Community Manager
            Kevin-MonahanCommunity Manager
            Community Manager
            January 13, 2023
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            Hi have the same problem, now the editing time became double due to this bug on the auto reframe. When will you adobe fix it? @Kevin-Monahan 

             

            I am sorry for the frustration, michelle. How frustrating. I cannot say when the issue will get fixed, as I am not on the Premiere Pro Team. Hopefully, we can get a response. Thanks for upvoting the issue. I will continue advocating for the fix on behalf of the community.

             

            Kevin

            Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community & Engagement Strategist – Pro Video and Audio
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              michelle27336938wqky
              New Participant
              January 12, 2023

              Hi have the same problem, now the editing time became double due to this bug on the auto reframe. @Kevin-Monahan when will you adobe fix it?

               

                Stan Jones
                Stan Jones
                Adobe Expert
                January 6, 2023

                joeleo,

                 

                I can see how Auto Reframe could be a massive time-saver for social media work. And how this odd behavior would make it useless.

                 

                I have never used it. So I gave it a try, using a clip from an Adobe Beta tutorial related to the work on "assemble rough cuts from transcript":

                https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-beta-discussions/text-panel-enhancements-part-2-assemble-rough-cuts-from-transcripts/td-p/13110343

                 

                The Kerstin interview is the perfect material: the interviewee is mid-screen, head and shoulder shot, very little movement, none of which moves the head very much at all. Auto Reframe settings at default.

                 

                The general result is excellent: Frame is maxed vertically, and I could not crop horizontally any better doing it manually. EXCEPT that 9 times in the 3 minute 46 second clip, the frame moves completely off the subject (onto a wall with 4 pictures) and then back again. Each move is only a few seconds. I don't see any setting that would help a problem like this, but I did not experiment. I see there is a keyframed option for offset, which I assume can make adjustments. But in this material, I'd be better off just making the whole adjustment manually.

                 

                So in my one sample, I get results just like yours.

                 

                No need to be gentle with you! You provided very good information, and a good illustration of the problem. Always good to also provide operating system and exact version of PR.

                 

                I'm Win10. I thought I tested on PR 23.1.0, but I didn't: I am on Beta 23.2.0.48 - that's why I had that clip handy.

                 

                A moderator may change this to a bug report: that's what I think is warranted. In the new bug/feature system, you just make a regular forum post, and select the option for bug.

                 

                Is this a known issue? Can anyone provide a workaround? @Kevin-Monahan @Trent Happel 

                 

                Stan

                 

                 

                  Kevin-Monahan
                  Community Manager
                  Kevin-MonahanCommunity Manager
                  Community Manager
                  January 8, 2023

                  Moved to Bug Reports. Thanks, @Stan Jones, for verifying.

                   

                  Kevin

                  Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community & Engagement Strategist – Pro Video and Audio
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                    edwin.grospe
                    New Participant
                    December 27, 2022

                    I've updated to version 23.1.0 of Premiere and I noticed that Auto-reframe does not work like it used to. On previous versions, it works most of the time, now it just scales up the clip/s and does not do any automatic keyframing  It did some automatic keyframing, but the adjustments are no more than 1pixel. There was also a time that it did work but the subject is not centered so I have to offset the reframing.

                     

                    Windows 11 22H2

                    Premiere Pro v 23.1.0

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