PIP make picture black, or just removing colors

ErmacShazamoff wrote on 3/30/2025, 4:19 PM

Hello all!

I accidentally discovered the "Picture in Picture" mode. It seems very useful. But for some reason, when applying the effect to any image - almost all colors disappear, the picture becomes 99% black.

Original picture - https://imgur.com/a/ieDu5c6
with PIP - https://imgur.com/a/YV6xrbf

This is just for example. Anything: picture of any format, video - everything loses color to black after using PIP

Vegas Pro 22 (239)
Ryzen 7 5700x
RTX 3060
GPU acceleration - OFF

If you need any more information, I'll be glad to provide it. There is no answer on the entire Internet

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EricLNZ wrote on 3/30/2025, 4:39 PM

@ErmacShazamoff Hi, you are likely to get more response if you post your images here rather than to an external site. There's an Upload button

ErmacShazamoff wrote on 3/30/2025, 4:41 PM

@EricLNZ No problem

clear image


With PIP

 

Gid wrote on 3/30/2025, 4:59 PM

@ErmacShazamoff Hi,

You've got an RTX 3060, why do you have GPU acceleration - OFF?

It'd be better if you showed the full screen with the Picture in Picture settings in the Video Event FX window.

Does this happen if you choose a different preview option, eg Preview (Full) Good (Full) etc..

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PS. I ask because I try to replicate it but can't with GPU Acceleration on or off, so more info is needed.

Last changed by Gid on 3/30/2025, 5:14 PM, changed a total of 2 times.

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ErmacShazamoff wrote on 3/30/2025, 6:36 PM

@ErmacShazamoff Hi,

You've got an RTX 3060, why do you have GPU acceleration - OFF?

It'd be better if you showed the full screen with the Picture in Picture settings in the Video Event FX window.

Does this happen if you choose a different preview option, eg Preview (Full) Good (Full) etc..

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PS. I ask because I try to replicate it but can't with GPU Acceleration on or off, so more info is needed.


Why I disabled GPU acceleration - I read on forums that Vegas lagging when acceleration enabled. I solved the lag problem after finding out that the framerate of my videos wasn't constant like hell. Now i fixed this and forgot about the acceleration point.

Thank you all for your time, but that was the problem. I don't know why, though. I enabled GPU acceleration - my arrow no longer turns black. The issue is resolved

ErmacShazamoff wrote on 3/30/2025, 6:37 PM

EricLNZ wrote on 3/30/2025, 7:30 PM

@ErmacShazamoff Good one. Thanks for reporting back.

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