Pict file shifts on fade up

[Tom Wolsky]

Are you looking at the rendered output on a video monitor? Has motion been applied to the PICT? Are you working in an interlaced format?

All the best,

Tom

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[Don Greening]

[Greg] “It has a noticible verticle shift. Any reason why?”

This happens a lot before the effect is rendered, so shift to Safe RT, make sure the fade up is fully rendered then have another look.

– Don

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[Delusions]

I see this from time to time and have no explanation as
to why it happens. I’ve worked around it by trying any
one or more of the following:

1. Fading up using keyframes on the opacity line of the clip
rather than the pre-built dissolve effect.

2. Creating a new sequence in 10-bit uncompressed, copying
the entire 8-bit sequence into it and rendering it all out 10-bit.

3. Bring the pict file into Photoshop and export it as a jpg or tiff.

Good luck.

– Michael Drucker

[Colin Mcquillan]

on that note,, check the render all drop down menu (sequence > render all) and make sure that all options are checked off (have a check mark beside it),, doing a “render all” will only render all of the checked off options. what gets alot of people is the render full option is not checked,, with this option off just about everything will looked rendered and for the most part play back fine,, but during GFX transitions and a few other instances shifting will be noticed. I first discovered this with .tif GFX over video shifting a line or 2 during transitions,, found the render all was not checked,, once fixed,, all played back perfect.

(the timeline indicator for a clip needing ‘render all’ is only a slightly different shade of grey),,

Colin McQuillan
Vancouver BC

[Peter Wiggins]

Check the field order of your clip and the sequence.

Peter

[Neil Ryan]

Have you applied any filters to the pict file?
I have seen this issue (on any type of clip – not just picts) which have a transition into a clip with a filter. . . .