about track color correction and fade out

bullshark wrote on 11/10/2005, 2:55 AM
Hi,

had some underwater footage that needed heavy color correcting, so I inserted the color corrector plugin with a general setting on the track that had all the underwater footage, so then I had to make very small tweak to each clips.

The problem is that when I have clips that fade to black (the lowest order track is all black), the clip turn a deep bluish purply thing color while fading. It seems the color corrector act like an overlay, and it doesn't fade at the same speed as the clip. Is this a bug?

What I did for now is add a track above and insert black media that I fade in instead of fading out the actual footage, but it took me quite a while before finding that solution. Is that the best thing to do and have I stumbled upon a known issue?

Thanks.

Comments

farss wrote on 11/10/2005, 4:14 AM
I don't have the manual with the required diagrams in front of me to confirm this so please bear that in mind.
I suspect this isn't a bug, it works that way by design.
I think the 'fade' which is actually track composite level is prior to the FXs. Result is as the overall levels decreases during the fade, that totally alters the way the CC is working.
What one would logically assume the way it happens is the reverse of that but it certainly isn't on audio tracks and that is a BIG trap. I really should post that separately as I've seen a number of posts that indicate not many are aware of this.

Bob.
bullshark wrote on 11/10/2005, 2:18 PM
I am willing to qualify it as a "limitation" of the program instead of a bug, but "by design" I think is doubtfull. I can't see any situation where this would be desirable, but a whole lot where it can create problems.

In fact, I am now reviewing all my latest project to find if I have used track effect, hopefully not a whole lot as I tend to use clip effect more, and see what kind of problems it might have caused.

I have yet to see what kind of effect it has when crossfading 2 clips, especially for uneven crossfade type, but I'll keep my eyes open.

Anybody with suggestion for working around this "feature", apart from the one I'm using now, please don't be shy.
Former user wrote on 11/10/2005, 2:24 PM
Workaround. Don't fade out the clip.

On a new video track, add a black video, dissolve that up. It will look the same as a fadeout but without the artifact.

Dave T2
GlennChan wrote on 11/11/2005, 4:12 PM
It would be really nice if the pre/post toggle triangles in the video FX window could default to applying filters pre-fade out.

Maybe add a new button or something with like a double arrow icon... and maybe do that globally too (so even video preview FX can apply pre-transition).