Black Screens Post-Production

mullen119

Newbie Location: North-West Joined: Feb 06, 2009 11:23 Messages: 26 Offline

Solved by

Oct 30, 2013 18:02

Hi everyone,

I've just produced a five minute segment of a wedding video that I'm working on, and when I watched it back, there were several points where the screen went black for a second between scenes. No picture, although the audio is unaffected.

It doesn't happen between every scene, just 3 or 4 of them. On the workspace there are no gaps between the scenes - indeed, when I watch the pre-production video it all seems to flow as I wanted it to.

Has anyone else come across this and can they explain what I can do about it? I'm on a deadline with this and it's really frustrating me!

Thanks in advance. Kind regards,

Chris Rule-Mullen

mullen119

Newbie Location: North-West Joined: Feb 06, 2009 11:23 Messages: 26 Offline

Oct 30, 2013 19:25

If it helps, the screen goes black for the last second of the affected scenes. There are no transitions between these scenes and it happens roughly every 20 seconds. Kind regards,

Chris Rule-Mullen

mullen119

Newbie Location: North-West Joined: Feb 06, 2009 11:23 Messages: 26 Offline

Oct 31, 2013 15:02

Please can anyone help me with this?

Have any of the senior contributors or more experienced PD users ever come across this? I'm completely at a loss with it and would really appreciate some advice. Kind regards,

Chris Rule-Mullen

mullen119

Newbie Location: North-West Joined: Feb 06, 2009 11:23 Messages: 26 Offline

Oct 31, 2013 17:17

If it helps, I've noticed that where I've applied a fade transition between two scenes, the following scene is the one which has a one second black screen.

I've set the default transition to Cross rather than Overlap so I still don't understand why I'm losing a second of film. I've used this setting on earlier segments of footage without any problems.

The answer is probably obvious but I just need someone to help me to see it!

Please? Kind regards,

Chris Rule-Mullen

Longedge

Senior Contributor Joined: Apr 28, 2011 15:38 Messages: 1504 Offline

Oct 31, 2013 17:28

Try going back to your project and at a point where you know that there is a momentary black screen, go to the timeline and stretch it out by dragging it. I'm certain in my own mind that you will find that you have got a small empty gap between the neighbouring items on the timeline whatever they are.

I've experienced this situation myself in the past.

p.s. Re the fades, what you (and I in the past) are seeing is a fade to black i.e. the unwanted gap rather than a cross fade to the next item.

This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at Oct 31. 2013 17:30