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Tif file problem with the wrong file showing up

Mar 7, 2012 4:05 PM

In W7 64-bit PPro CS 5.01 I have a problem that shows up sometimes on SD NTSC projects.

 

It happens when I have a number of Tif files that are used with Luma-key as graphic overlays on video clips, They are all made in Photoshop with 0-0-0 black backgrounds. They sometimes show up on the timeline as the wrong tif file. I've checked them and even reloaded them (from another computer) and it continues to happen. If I have ten files, the first few work fine, but suddenly all the rest I try to add all show up in the video as the previous tif file that was overlayed on the video clips. I've tired rebooting and to no avail.

 

Has anyone else had a problem like this?

531 Views   6 Replies   Latest reply: Bill Hunt, Mar 12, 2012 7:43 PM
 
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  • Harm Millaard
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    1. Harm Millaard,
    Mar 7, 2012 11:39 PM   in reply to CRSIII
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    Update to 5.03 and see if that resolves it.

     
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    2. CRSIII,
    Mar 8, 2012 10:44 AM   in reply to Harm Millaard
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    Last Night I discovered one moe thing. If you play the target video clip (space bar) prior to dragging the tif file overlay the probelm goes away. Once that one is keyed on the clip, if you scrub down-range to another video clip and don't play it first, the problem always crops up again. So there is a workaround. It may sound a little superstitious, but I always hesitate to update in the middle of a 90-minute project.

     

    I've owned every version of PPro since v.4.0 (1997) and this is the first version I've noticed this behaviour. I'm still wondering if it's just here, or perhaps others have seen this.Or maybe some obscure setting of some type is at work.

     
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  • Todd_Kopriva
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    3. Todd_Kopriva,
    Mar 10, 2012 4:39 AM   in reply to CRSIII
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    Open and resave the images in Photoshop, and then try again. If that works, then you're encountering a bug that has been fixed in Premiere Pro CS5.5.

     

    Regarding the updates: There are a lot of bug fixes in the 5.0.2 and 5.0.3 updates. I strongly recommend that you install them.

     
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    4. CRSIII,
    Mar 11, 2012 4:42 PM   in reply to Todd_Kopriva
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    Thanks All,

     

    If 5.03 is just like 5.01 in behaviour with just some bug fixes I think I will.

     

    But just a note: I tried 5.5 and I didn't like how it handled the red/green line render-issue. It was always all yellow and seemed slower than 5.01. So I backed it out and have been mostly happy since. It fits my workflow. The Mecury render business seems like a waste of the 800 bucks for the video graphics card I used too. I'm glad it wasn't just me noticing some little bugs in 5.01

     

    One other thing 5.03 might fix too. Sometimes if I take a long break, and come back to work, the program seems to go to sleep. When I click on a few things some of the panels go all white. Would that be a bug too? At first I thouhgt it was the external HD I use fro each new project. Maybe not?

     
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  • Harm Millaard
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    5. Harm Millaard,
    Mar 12, 2012 12:39 AM   in reply to CRSIII
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    Panels going white is a Windows issue, not PR.

     
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  • Bill Hunt
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    6. Bill Hunt,
    Mar 12, 2012 7:43 PM   in reply to CRSIII
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    For Panels going white, I would look at your video driver. Go to the nVidia (or ATI/AMD) Web site, and check for a newer driver. If there is one, download and install that.

     

    Good luck,

     

    Hunt

     
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