Premiere 24.3 - Cross Dissolve Issue

[Avid Fan]

Having an issue after updating to premiere 24.3 with cross dissolves - instead of fading to black or up from black smoothly, it fades to gray and then to black or picture. This only happens in playback, does not translate to renders.

Anyone else seeing this?

On a mac

[Ishan Y]

Hey there,

Sorry for the issue. I couldn't replicate this problem on my end. Could you try clearing your Media Cache (https://adobe.ly/3VXsZbz) and check if that helps? If you still see the problem, try using the effect in a new project. Let us know how it goes.

Thanks,

Ishan

[Peru Bob]

Try pressing Enter to render the timeline and turn the red line above the timeline to green.

[Peru Bob]

Try unchecking Composite in linear color in the sequence settings.

[ali-d]

I'm having the same problem with version 24.5. Attached is a screenshot showing that gray when I simply apply a cross dissolve transition to a black video. It disappears when I render the timeline but I would like to be able to work without rendering everytime.
I tried clearing Media Cache and unchecking Composite in linear color in the sequence settings. It didn't solve the problem. 

[MyerPj]

ali-d, I see it clearly in your screen shot, but I'm unable to duplicate that in 24.5. I have a yellow render bar on that black clip, but it looks black all the way thru. I can simulate that by adding a brightness effect to the black video, or raise the shadows in lumetri, etc.

[Ann Bens]

Please post screen entire UI

With timeline properly showing.

[ali-d]

Here's the entire UI with sequence settings:

[Ann Bens]

Use a different preview codec such as Quicktime.

[ali-d]

I tried QT with different codecs but it didn't change, the gray is still there. 

[Averdahl]

Attached is a screenshot showing that gray when I simply apply a cross dissolve transition to a black video.

By @ali-d

It seems that you have a video filter on the Black Video. The fx-icon to the right of the Black Video in one of your screenshots is white and that indicates that you have one or more video filters on it. On my screenshot i have Lumetri on the Black Bideo and have the blacks adjusted and thus got the same/similar result as you.

The black video you have is 1920x1080 while your sequence is 3840x2160 as well. You want the Black Video to be 3840x2160 as well.

To hopefully fix it:

1.  Click on the black Video on the timeline
2.  Go to Window > Effect Controls
3.  Delete all video filters underneath Time Remapping

How does it look now?

[ali-d]

I have deleted all fx and I still see it gray. Please see the screenshot below. 

I did the black video 1920x1080 while my sequence is 3840x2160 in order to see this 'grayness' more apperent. 

[MyerPj]

I tried it again, on both beta 24.6 b75 and 24.5, I can't duplicate it. Any other hints that might help?

[ali-d]

Interesting. I didn't have this problem in the earlier version I used. Maybe that's a clue? 

[MyerPj]

I'm on Windows 11-23H2

[Averdahl]

I have deleted all fx and I still see it gray. Please see the screenshot below. 

I did the black video 1920x1080 while my sequence is 3840x2160 in order to see this 'grayness' more apperent. 

By @ali-d

Are you an Mac as well? (The TS is)

Have you tried to create a brand new project and if yes, can you reproduce it in that project?

[ali-d]

Yes, I have an Apple M2 Pro.

[ali-d]

Yes, brand new project, I attach it if that makes sense. 

[Averdahl]

Yes, brand new project, I attach it if that makes sense. 

By @ali-d

O.k! 

I opened the project here and have no issues with it, everything is black and not grey so it must be an issue that "only" happens on a Mac.

What happens if you go to Project Settings and change the Renderer to Mercury Playback engine Software Only?

[ali-d]

Thank you for checking. 
I can not change the Renderer on Project Settings, why might that be? 

[ali-d]

I have figured out on this thread that "The renderer in the Apple Silicon-native version of Premiere Pro is permanently fixed/locked to the "Mercury Playback Engine GPU Acceleration (Metal)" mode, and cannot be changed at all - not even to the software-only mode. Unfortunately, it is also the default behavior in Adobe programs for all Apple Silicon Macs."

https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-discussions/gpu-render-error-and-mercury-playback-engine....

[MyerPj]

I just played with it for awhile. Nothing I did could duplicate the low level gray in the program monitor, 24.5 and 24.6 b75