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April 29, 2023
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Essential Graphics title flashes to black with mask applied

  • April 29, 2023
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I've had this problem for some time. I create a simple title in Essential Graphics then use an opacity mask on the layer to fade out the bar on one side.

 

Initially, the title is fine when it dissolves in. Once I render the timeline and play back all areas where my titles are, there is a single frame flash to black before the title dissolves in.

 

Things I've tried:

 

- using blending modes

- inverting the mask and repositioning

 

Inverting the mask creates a flash to black over the entire screen, except where the title dissolves in. Not inverting the mask makes the flash to black exactly where the title dissolves in.

 

Using a mask on a title makes the effect unusable.

 

Working on a PC, Windows 10, Premiere Pro version 23.0.0

 

Any help would be appreciated.

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    Correct answer Stan Jones

    PreProMedia,

     

    Since there are posts about  how to "fix" this, I'll call it a "known issue." I suspect it might be considered "as designed" rather than a bug, since a one-sided transition starts from black. But no matter, that does appear to be a limitation on using this workflow. See this video on "how to fix it":

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNIW6gkZIJU

     

    The fix is to use opacity keyframes to fade in/out and not the transition. I'd create a preset. So you didn't have to wait forever for someone to replicate (lol), but MyerPJ is correct about finding another way.

     

    At first, I did not think I could replicate this. That was because it happens so fast that sometimes the screen may not be redrawing fast enough. I could not see it happen when using a screen recorder. It exports with the flash, so it is easy to check.

     

    I tested the option of putting the graphic with the feather in a nest, but adding the dissolve to the nest creates the same problem.

     

    Stan

     

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    Stan Jones
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    Stan JonesCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    May 1, 2023

    PreProMedia,

     

    Since there are posts about  how to "fix" this, I'll call it a "known issue." I suspect it might be considered "as designed" rather than a bug, since a one-sided transition starts from black. But no matter, that does appear to be a limitation on using this workflow. See this video on "how to fix it":

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNIW6gkZIJU

     

    The fix is to use opacity keyframes to fade in/out and not the transition. I'd create a preset. So you didn't have to wait forever for someone to replicate (lol), but MyerPJ is correct about finding another way.

     

    At first, I did not think I could replicate this. That was because it happens so fast that sometimes the screen may not be redrawing fast enough. I could not see it happen when using a screen recorder. It exports with the flash, so it is easy to check.

     

    I tested the option of putting the graphic with the feather in a nest, but adding the dissolve to the nest creates the same problem.

     

    Stan

     

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      PreProMediaAuthor
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      May 1, 2023

      Hey Stan,

       

      Thanks very much for your concise response to my issue.

       

      On my initial searches in YouTube for any fixes, I was fixated on the fact that it was an Essential Graphics layer. It never dawned on me to simply make my search about the mask issue. I've never had that issue with only video layers, so I thought the issue was with the EG layer.

       

      Much appreciated. Be well.

       

      Todd

      MyerPj
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      MyerPjCommunity Expert
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      April 29, 2023

      Are you editing in 4K? 3840x... You're graphic seems to be in HD, can you scale it up? Why do you need a mask? Isn't the graphic just going to cover whatever it covers?

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      PreProMediaAuthor
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      April 29, 2023

      The timeline is HD. My footage is 3840x2160. Also, this black flash only happens during the dissolve transition I placed on the beginning of the clip. There is no black flash when there is no dissolve.

       

      As I mentioned in my post, I want the mask there to fade out the end of the title for effect. Does this question have something to do with a solution?

      MyerPj
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      MyerPjCommunity Expert
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      April 29, 2023

      Do you just want the graphic to fade up and then fade out over the video? I would just use the opacity control, put in a four keyframes on at beginning one at end, and two in the middle, they go to 100% and then end ones are at 0 zero. 

       

      If the mask is to create a background for the graphic, then create the background in the graphic.

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