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Hi all...I'm having a weird problem today. An associate just pointed out to me that some of our clips are missing the video fade-ins and fade-outs that we traditionally use. I've revisited the timeline for one recent example, and I can see that the Cross Dissolve transitions are present at the beginning and end, and that they're having the expected effect when viewed in Premiere. However, when I export as ProRes, the fades are completely missing in the resulting .mxf clips.
The odd thing is that various other recent clips, which I created with the same exact workflow, don't have this problem. So far I have not been able to determine a pattern as to which clips are affected and which are not. Any suggestions would be much appreciated!
Looking at your export settings you are exporting to Prores 4444 XQ with an alpha channel.
I'm guessing here - but the fades in this case may be carried in the alpha channel of the export rather that the video information of the clip. So when you view the export (in VLC etc.) you would not see the fades. But if you place the clip back into a Premiere Pro blank timeline the fades will be back as Premiere Pro will 'see' the alpha channel.
If this is the case, then use Prores HQ (which does not car
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Maybe try resetting preferences:
With the app closed click on the icon and...
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Thanks, Rob. Good suggestion, so I'm sorry to say that it didn't solve the problem. My test case, which still has visible and effective cross dissolves in Premiere, still exports as an .mxf that has none.
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Is it only in this project or in others also?
Neil
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Thanks Neil, another good thing to try. I created a new project with the same source clip as my test case, added the transitions, and exported the same way. But once again, the problem persisted.
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Aha: it turns out that exporting to either DNxHR/DNxHD or MP4 rather than ProRes produces the correct results with my test case. Of course, to ensure that this wasn't a red herring, I then switched back to ProRes, and the problem returned.
Using a different format will be an acceptable workaround, but I'm inclined to submit a bug report, since this definitely seems like one.
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Hi Ann,
This does not look ideal. We'll get this checked. Could you share a screenshot of the export settings you're using?
Looking forward to your response.
Regards,
Shvangi
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Looking at your export settings you are exporting to Prores 4444 XQ with an alpha channel.
I'm guessing here - but the fades in this case may be carried in the alpha channel of the export rather that the video information of the clip. So when you view the export (in VLC etc.) you would not see the fades. But if you place the clip back into a Premiere Pro blank timeline the fades will be back as Premiere Pro will 'see' the alpha channel.
If this is the case, then use Prores HQ (which does not carry an alpha channel) to export. Or if you have to use Prores 4444 XQ with alpha, place a 'black' clip under the fades in your sequence and re-export ... or turn off alpha channel when exporting (though not sure if that's possible).
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Aha! That's got to be it. Thanks Steve.
There's no reason we would need XQ or the alpha channel, and I don't recall ever switching the default to that setting, but clearly it ended up there...and that would explain perfectly why some clips are affected and others are not.