Titler Bug with the UNITE Effect?

JamalG

Newbie Joined: Aug 23, 2018 15:37 Messages: 15 Offline

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Sep 04, 2018 20:16

Curious if anybody else has seen this or can re-create:

Problem: there's a bump/glitch in my title during the end effect when using the UNITE effect as the starting effect.

Steps:
Add a Title
Add UNITE as starting effect
Add FADE as the ending effect
Click option for Motion Blur

Preview or Render and see if there is a one frame "UNITE" glitch near the end (ie during the FADE effect).

I've noticed this only appears when the Motion Blur option is checked.

Can anybody confirm, or is it maybe something on my end?

Thx.

This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at Sep 04. 2018 20:17

The Shadowman

Senior Contributor Location: UK Joined: Dec 15, 2014 13:06 Messages: 1831 Offline

Sep 05, 2018 11:55

Quote Curious if anybody else has seen this or can re-create:

Problem: there's a bump/glitch in my title during the end effect when using the UNITE effect as the starting effect.

Steps:
Add a Title
Add UNITE as starting effect
Add FADE as the ending effect
Click option for Motion Blur

Preview or Render and see if there is a one frame "UNITE" glitch near the end (ie during the FADE effect).

I've noticed this only appears when the Motion Blur option is checked.

Can anybody confirm, or is it maybe something on my end?

Thx.

Sorry, but it works perfectly well for me.

ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Sep 05, 2018 13:51

Hi JamalG -

I can't see the issue either. Take a look at this packed project & to see whether it previews properly on your PC.

The project has 3 titles, based on your instructions:

Unite - Fade with no Motion Blur

Unite - Fade with default values Motion Blur

Unite - Fade with maximum values Motion Blur

I can't see that using Motion Blur makes any visual difference anyway. A produced file is packed too.

Cheers - Tony
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JamalG

Newbie Joined: Aug 23, 2018 15:37 Messages: 15 Offline

Sep 05, 2018 19:26

Quote Hi JamalG -

I can't see the issue either. Take a look at this packed project & to see whether it previews properly on your PC.

Cheers - Tony

Thanks for checking you guys.

I loaded that project and everything worked fine. So... I dug a bit deeper.

Now I think it also has to do with short clips and/or changing the duration. Here's what I did:

1) Opened your project
2) Did a "Set Duration" for each clip to 2 seconds

After that the 2nd and 3rd clip exhibit the glitch on first frame of the ending effect.

ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Sep 05, 2018 20:00

That I can confirm!

With duration set at 2 seconds, there's a 1 frame abberation during the ending fade. It's like it's trying to use the "Unite" effect applied to the start.

Oh well - since Motion Blur has just about zero impact in that case, just leave it out.

Cheers - Tony
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JL_JL

Senior Contributor Location: Arizona, USA Joined: Oct 01, 2006 20:01 Messages: 6091 Offline

Sep 05, 2018 20:19

Or, if you really want 2 seconds, change the ending fade duration from 6 frames to like 10 frames and you should be ok, no frame abberation. Appears like one needs some minimal finite length for the effect to be transitioned over correctly. 6, 7, 8, 9 frames can yield different but sporatic results, above that, appears stable I think.

Jeff