Green screen on the background of transitions

RossTaylor

Newbie Joined: Sep 13, 2017 10:54 Messages: 39 Offline

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Jan 08, 2019 12:12

Hi,

I'm wondering if I'm missing something really simple here but I can't figure it out.

I'm transitioning between two clips with the "rotation counterclockwise" transition effect.

The problem I have is that as one video leaves the screen and is replaced by the other, there should be a black back ground inbetween. Unfortunately, this is green on the actual video timeline.

Is this normal? I would have thought it would be black or at least the colour of the colour board I have on the previous track but no, it's still green.

optodata

Senior Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Sep 16, 2011 16:04 Messages: 8630 Offline

Jan 08, 2019 12:43

I'm not sure exactly what's going on over on your end. The Rotation series of transitions are fun, but like some of the other, and older transistions, they have a solid backround, rather than a transparent (Alpha) one.

On my system, I have a black background when the transition is used on track 1, and still have a black background when placed on track 2 under a color board:

I've never seen any other color besides black on these transistions, so I don't know why you're seeing green. Once in awhile, I've found that PD sometimes hangs on to an older cached image after making a change, and closing it and waiting a few seconds before restarting it usually clears the issue.

Also, if you've used the Render Preview feature on these clips, you should go to Preferences (the gear icon) General and Manually Delete the temp files to see if the issue goes away.

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RossTaylor

Newbie Joined: Sep 13, 2017 10:54 Messages: 39 Offline

Jan 08, 2019 12:54

Yep.. I'm not sure what's happening at all. It's not quite clear but you can see the green on the screen shot above.

I'm still working on the video, if I go in and delete those files manually, will that effect my edit at all?

optodata

Senior Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Sep 16, 2011 16:04 Messages: 8630 Offline

Jan 08, 2019 13:11

Quote Yep.. I'm not sure what's happening at all. It's not quite clear but you can see the green on the screen shot above.

I'm still working on the video, if I go in and delete those files manually, will that effect my edit at all?

JL_JL

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

Jan 08, 2019 13:12

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Yep.. I'm not sure what's happening at all. It's not quite clear but you can see the green on the screen shot above.

I'm still working on the video, if I go in and delete those files manually, will that effect my edit at all?

You might try turning off both options in pref > Hardware Acceleration and see if that's a short term fix for your green screen.

Jeff

RossTaylor

Newbie Joined: Sep 13, 2017 10:54 Messages: 39 Offline

Jan 08, 2019 13:13

Ok, that's good to know. Thank you.

I think I might just finish up this bit first as I'm almost done and then delete them afterwards. I can make do with different transitions for now I just spotted one bit where it would have looked quite nice.

Never mind, I shall carry on and see what happens when I've finished this bit of the edit.

RossTaylor

Newbie Joined: Sep 13, 2017 10:54 Messages: 39 Offline

Jan 08, 2019 13:15

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You might try turning off both options in pref > Hardware Acceleration and see if that's a short term fix for your green screen.

Jeff

Thanks for the suggestion Jeff but it didn't work I'm afraid. The green is still there! Pesky.