[Cin] Fade black flash

[Camille Harang]

Hi Phyllis, thanks for your reply, I think you see no black flash
because you don't have a black background. I'll make a screen record.

Thanks again,

Camille.


Le 09/03/2021 à 00:48, Phyllis Smith via Cin a écrit :
> Camille,
> Honestly, I never see a flash and I have tried several variations
> based on your description with the "fade in text parameter" being the
> easiest.  I did do a recording of it and planned to show that but the
> recording does not do a precise capture job so you can not tell it is
> working correctly.  There was no flash when playing at normal speed
> and then I tried single stepping and still no flash.
>
> Andrea,
> I will try attaching a screenshot of how to set this up easily with
> the hopes that you can try that.  Basically, I just created about 3
> seconds of nothing and added a Title plugin making sure to set the
> Fade parameter on the Title menu to 3.0 seconds (I use the reset
> button first to make sure there are no leftover weird settings).
>
> On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 8:22 AM Camille Harang via Cin
> <cin at lists.cinelerra-gg.org <mailto:cin at lists.cinelerra-gg.org>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Sam, thanks for your reply, yes the fade line works, however
>     it's not suitable for what I want to do, I want to fade many
>     snippets of text and transparent PNGs on the same track, with
>     always the same video transition filter set to the same duration.
>     Otherwise it's too complicated to combine them on two tracks and
>     adjust manually the fade curve for each. I posted the example of
>     fade in text parameter as it's simpler than transition do explain,
>     but it produces the same "black flash" bug.
>
>     Thank you,
>
>     Camille.
>
>
>     Le 08/03/2021 à 13:55, Sam via Cin a écrit :
>>
>>     Hi Camille,
>>
>>     Could it be that you used a transition to fade in the text? I
>>     think that might be the reason. I would try fading in and out of
>>     text using the fade line instead of a "normal" transition. Using
>>     the "Window" menu and then "Show Overlays" will open a new
>>     window. The fifth option "Fade" should be activated, so you can
>>     see the fade line in the timeline, with this you can fade in and
>>     out. You only have to set a keyframe and drag the line up or
>>     down, this changes the visibility of the text. This variant
>>     should be more suitable in my opinion. Maybe you can try it, I'm
>>     curious if it helps.
>>
>>     Sam
>>
>>     Am 08.03.21 um 04:42 schrieb Phyllis Smith via Cin:
>>>     Camille,
>>>     I do not know what the problem is or how to fix it and viewing
>>>     the video on my phone is not working.
>>>     Hopefully, Andrea can look at this tomorrow and maybe he knows
>>>     if it can be worked around or if it is a bug.  ...Phyllis
>>>
>>>     On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 1:47 PM Camille Harang via Cin
>>>     <cin at lists.cinelerra-gg.org <mailto:cin at lists.cinelerra-gg.org>>
>>>     wrote:
>>>
>>>         Hello, when I put a fade in the title video effect (here the
>>>         white
>>>         "Hello" text https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJLj0w6NUSo)
>>>         you can see
>>>         that letters appears as a black flash briefly in the first
>>>         few frames,
>>>         then goes back to transparent, then the fade starts normally
>>>         with the
>>>         white color. Does anyone know how to fix this? I have the
>>>         same problem
>>>         when using transparent PNG images with fade video
>>>         transitions, first
>>>         black, then normal transparency.
>>>
>>>         Thank you very much,
>>>
>>>         Bests,
>>>
>>>         Camille.
>>>
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