Black Frames--PSD files the culprit?

wwaag wrote on 3/7/2015, 8:49 PM
I've never had a problem with black frames till yesterday. GPU is always on for effects processing. Current project (1080 60P) consists of pre-rendered XAVC S clips interspersed with stills. I've been using Marco's Send to Handbrake script--then QuickSync within Handbrake. On first render of the 27 min project, I found 3 or 4 glitches, which turned out to be a few black frames. On a second re-render, pretty much the same thing. During playback, I noticed that the black frame "glitches" occurred just before a PSD still, each still consisting of 10 to 15 layers. Back in Photoshop, I saved the PSD's as PNG's, replaced them on the timeline and re-rendered, This time perfect--no black frames. I have no idea whether the multi-layered PSD's were the culprit or just coincidence. Just thought I'd share since the issue of black frames surfaces with some regularity.

wwaag

AKA the HappyOtter at https://tools4vegas.com/. System 1: Intel i7-8700k with HD 630 graphics plus an Nvidia RTX4070 graphics card. System 2: Intel i7-3770k with HD 4000 graphics plus an AMD RX550 graphics card. System 3: Laptop. Dell Inspiron Plus 16. Intel i7-11800H, Intel Graphics. Current cameras include Panasonic FZ2500, GoPro Hero11 and Hero8 Black plus a myriad of smartPhone, pocket cameras, video cameras and film cameras going back to the original Nikon S.

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musicvid10 wrote on 3/8/2015, 12:27 PM
It likely has more to do with GPU than the image format.
wwaag wrote on 3/8/2015, 8:48 PM
It likely has more to do with GPU than the image format.

Agree completely. Didn't mean to imply it was a Photoshop problem, but only to suggest that if one is having problems with GPU and you have multi-layered PSD images on the timeline, then converting those images to something else (JPG, PNG...) may help, or OTOH, it may not. It did seem to work for me.

wwaag

AKA the HappyOtter at https://tools4vegas.com/. System 1: Intel i7-8700k with HD 630 graphics plus an Nvidia RTX4070 graphics card. System 2: Intel i7-3770k with HD 4000 graphics plus an AMD RX550 graphics card. System 3: Laptop. Dell Inspiron Plus 16. Intel i7-11800H, Intel Graphics. Current cameras include Panasonic FZ2500, GoPro Hero11 and Hero8 Black plus a myriad of smartPhone, pocket cameras, video cameras and film cameras going back to the original Nikon S.

rmack350 wrote on 3/8/2015, 10:53 PM
There's a setting in photoshop to "maximize compatibility" in saved PSD files. What it does is it saves a composited layer of the complete image. I think that's probably the default but if it's not you might turn it on. I don't know if it'd help but it might save Vegas from having to render the layers of the PSD (if it even does that).

Or just use a png. The nice thing about using PSD files is that you can make changes easily, but if they're glitching your render it's hardly worth it.

Rob
wwaag wrote on 3/8/2015, 11:13 PM
Thanks Rob. I'm using CC, checked, and it is set to always be on. But for years, I'd seen a message in previous versions--" do you want to maximize......" and I'd always click "yes", not knowing exactly what it meant, but too lazy to RTFM. Finally, an explanation.

wwaag

AKA the HappyOtter at https://tools4vegas.com/. System 1: Intel i7-8700k with HD 630 graphics plus an Nvidia RTX4070 graphics card. System 2: Intel i7-3770k with HD 4000 graphics plus an AMD RX550 graphics card. System 3: Laptop. Dell Inspiron Plus 16. Intel i7-11800H, Intel Graphics. Current cameras include Panasonic FZ2500, GoPro Hero11 and Hero8 Black plus a myriad of smartPhone, pocket cameras, video cameras and film cameras going back to the original Nikon S.