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ethan_xatris
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May 14, 2020
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Black flash during transition

  • May 14, 2020
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Hello, I am have been having a problem with all the fading transitions in Premiere Pro CC 2020. For whatever reason when I fade media in it first flashes black. I am not sure why this is happening and it appears in the final reader as well. If someone could help me figure this out that would be fantastic. I have attached to this post an extreme example of this happening from one of my scenes however it happens in almost all of them only to a lesser extent. 

Thanks for the help,

Ethan

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Correct answer Steve Griffiths

It looks like you have a mask applied to your 2nd clip (the flag) and have a transition/dissolve applied to that layer.

 

Delete the dissolve transition and instead set opacity keyframes (on the flag layer) from 0-100% in the effects panel for the transition duration you want on that layer. A pain but it will solve the issue.

 

I've not tried this but you could also delete the transitions, then nest the flag layer and then re-apply the transition to the nested layer in your main sequence.

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Steve GriffithsCorrect answer
Inspiring
May 16, 2020

It looks like you have a mask applied to your 2nd clip (the flag) and have a transition/dissolve applied to that layer.

 

Delete the dissolve transition and instead set opacity keyframes (on the flag layer) from 0-100% in the effects panel for the transition duration you want on that layer. A pain but it will solve the issue.

 

I've not tried this but you could also delete the transitions, then nest the flag layer and then re-apply the transition to the nested layer in your main sequence.

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    SaltyTradesLLC
    Participant
    April 12, 2023

    Aloha, I have been having the same identical issue for years. Anytime I want to film dissolve in a gradiently masked solid color ( as back drop for a title ) I get the black flash at the start of the clip. Changing key frames from 0% to 100% opacity often times fixes it, but not always. Can adobe mabey just fix this? Instead of making us do keyfranes, etc. if we drag a film dissolve on a clip that is masked, can it just film dissolve in without a black flash please? I've wasted hours trying to fix this

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      SaltyTradesLLC
      Participant
      April 12, 2023

      Here is what the beautiful black flash looks like, the sad part is this has been an adobe glitch for a long time. Not just recently. Please fix. 

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        Sumeet Kumar ChoubeyCommunity Manager
        Community Manager
        May 15, 2020

        Hi Ethan,

         

        We're sorry to hear about this. Is this happening with any specific transition or with all of them and are there any other effects applied to these clips which have the transitions? Also, have you tried switching the Renderer to Mercury Playback Engine Software Only and checked if it's working properly?

         

        Thanks.

        Sumeet

          realzshan
          realzshan
          Participant
          February 17, 2022

          This is happening to other transitions too. I was using the Slide transition in my case. Switching the renderer does solve the issue but another transition in my sequence which requires GPU acceleration would not work.

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          Steve Griffiths
          Inspiring
          February 20, 2022

          Another workaround 😞

          For slide transistions (specifically) - you can create these manually yourself with keyframes using the motion properties in the 'Effects Controls' for the layer you want to slide.

          Annoying that you have to do this - but might get you out of your current situation.

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