Let's discuss a phenomenon, a familiar sting in the tail of many of our editing sessions.
I'm referring to the art of setting an output point at the end of a clip, expertly skipping along with the use of arrows.
It's quite routine for us to scroll through our edits, checking every clip, and indeed, that extra frame when navigating clips proves useful for previewing. But here's where the drama unfolds.
This method, though handy, can become a thorn in our side when setting an output point. Optimistically, we may assume that using arrows can get us quickly to the end of our edit. But then Adobe, in its infinite wisdom, adds an extra frame for the sake of previewing, and suddenly, we're staring down a black frame.
This problem is noticeable when rendering RGB, but it becomes a serious headache when alpha channels come into play.
It's not uncommon to find ourselves scrambling back to the editing suite during a broadcast rehearsal because an unexpected black frame has crashed our intro or outro.
I'm certainly not alone in this experience, and I know many of my fellow editors can relate.
We're all familiar with this problem, and we all know the solution.
But when deadlines loom large and the pressure is intense, it's all too easy for this issue to creep back in
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Why can't Premiere Pro recognize an empty timeline simply as an empty alpha?
Even after all these years of using Adobe, this still baffles me.
So, can we please please pleeeeease draw attention to this issue and highlight the importance of frames?
An empty timeline should equate to an empty alpha.
It's high time we tackled this head-on!!!
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