Cross Dissolve will not render properly

[Jeff Pulera]

Are you trimming the ends of the clips to allow room for “overlap” before applying the dissolve? If simply butting two clips together, Premiere tries to stretch the material out to make a dissolve.

Jeff

[Joshua Weiss]

Yes, there is plenty of space on each side.

Joshua Weiss

[Tim Kolb]

Is this interlaced or progressive footage?

Is the sequence set up for interlaced or progressive?

What is your playback resolution set for?

TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,

[Joshua Weiss]

Hey Tim,

I actually thought about giving you a call on this.

The sequence is an AJA compressed HD 1440x1080i 29.97

The footage was shot HDV and digitized as a cineform mov in native resolution which was 60i

Playback resolution is full and playback settings is actually 1920x1080i. I think this is because its going through the AJA Kona HDMI to TV. The glitching is on the adobe player as well.

There are several other dissolves in the video that aren’t giving any problems using the same footage on the same timeline.

Josh

Joshua Weiss

[Tim Kolb]

You have other places where you have a dissolve using these two exact clips that are fine?

Hmmm…

What else is going on at that point in the timeline? Any effects? Any titles? Other video layers?

So…you have 1440x1080i material on a 1920x1080i sequence? What happens if you take those two clips and place them on a 1440x1080i CineForm sequence?

TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,

[Rex Summerfield]

If all of your setting and footage are compatible then it may simply be a weird link or file corruption inside the program. I have solved this type of issue in the past by simply restarting Premier. Sometimes simply moving the footage to another video track solves it. I have also had to delete the clips from the time line and then drag them back onto the time line from the project bin. All meant to delete or bypass the corruption issue.

[Joshua Weiss]

Tim,

It isn’t a 1440×1080 file on a 1920×1080 timeline. It is on a 1440×1080 aja timeline. however, when you look at the player options within the aja machina software, 1920 is what it shows. I think all of that is correct. I honestly just think that cineform mov is not working properly.

I don’t believe that I have had a successful setup since I got everything a year and a half ago. AJA, Cineform, and Adobe have just never seemed to really work well together for me. If it isn’t one problem its another.

In this specific timeline, there is almost nothing else going on. It is as simple as it can be cross dissolving from 1 video clip to another portion of the same digitized tape. I have tried to troubleshoot everything I know how. I have tried multiple different kinds of timelines. I have tried to simply cut and it gives me problems. I have tried to delete render files and it still doesn’t work. I have tried to export different ways and use that footage. I have tried to tilting my head different ways too. Ultimately, I am so frustrated I am thinking I may need to just delete the 4+tb of cineform footage I have digitized and start from scratch. The problem is that when I was trying to edit in native hdv, I was having a number of awkward things take place which is why I got cineform to begin with. However, with I obviously cannot trust the quality of cineform mov files. At the same time, if I use cineform avi files then I can’t use the AJA cause it won’t work with cineform avi.

I can attempt to use cineform avi on a regular adobe hdv timeline but then I will have to render everything I place on the timeline.

I keep thinking it’s me but nobody I talk to seems to have the answers for why I keep having problems. For the specific piece I was working on, I actually ended up sending it as it was with the glitch transitions. I will simply be embarrassed when it is showed at the event I am going to but I have tried everything I know how and nothing has worked.

As Rex suggested, I have tried different tracks as well. I have rebooted the software and the computer countless times. I have double checked all updates in AJA, Cineform, and Adobe time and time again.

I’m at a loss

Joshua Weiss