well and here is the strange thing. i thought it was the codec at first. but then i rendered two 5 second test videos to post here on the forum. one in apple pro res 422 hq and one in the original dnx hd 180 codec.
when i tested the footage the effect applied to both videos.
when i tried the full movie it did not work.
so it has to be a problem with the size.
i have split the video in 30 second segments now and i can use the effect on the footage.
so i found a workaround.
but it is not very confortable especially if i would get a longer video from the same people.
even more strange is that i never had a problem using the effect on longer videos. i tried a test on a 15 minute video coded in apple pro res 4444 with 26gb in size and the effect worked without problem.
however it is rendering now 😉