Track opacity issues

I am using 2 lines of video. When I want to fade out from a clip on the bottom line into the one on the top line, I use the pen tool to create keyframes in the timeline for opacity by simply dragging the opacity line to a diagonal shape. Most of the time if the top video's opacity is 100% then the track underneath will not show up at all, however on a few of my clips, just before the transition into the bottom clip (where there are a few seconds before the keyframe), the bottom track "snaps" in so that both tracks are visible just before its key frame to fade in. I don't understand why this is and I am having to put the 2 lines into 1 and use a pre made Cross dissolve every time this happens which is cumbersome and not as flexible.
Any ideas?
Many Thanks
Joe

Sounds like an RT playback issue. Do make sure you have the portions completely rendered.
Also - sometimes a composite mode will cause this. Not saying you are using any...
But I would check the renders.
CaptM

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Lately all cds that I've added to my collection got the wrong track order, the last song showing right after the first. I'm pretty sure all tracks share the same metadata for artist, album artist, album, etc.
So for this CD with 8 tracks the order itunes shows is 1-8-2-3-4-5-6-7. Same for two cds with 10 tracks (1-10-2-3..). I tried changing the artist/album info for the misplaced track but it always goes back to the wrong order when I fix it.
And oddly this only happens when I sort by album by artist. The order is correct when I sort by album only.
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Buck Banzai wrote:
on the iPod: there's an album that appears 3 times on iPod with exactly the same songs while in itunes it's fine! what the **** is this? Can anyone help me?
Likely you just need to do a restore on the iPod, let it format and resync and it should be fine.
Buck Banzai wrote:
since i have a 8Gb iPod nano 3G and a 20Gb AND I would like to use the automatic Sync with the iPod i created a new library in iTunes where i'll have only 8Gb of stuff. Seems like a good idea to just plug the iPod and it syncs automatically with the stuff I've already chosen,
No that is a fairly inefficient way to do it. iTunes can tell your iPods apart, so all you have to do is sync them to the same library and for the Nano, set it up to sync a playlist of what you want.
Instead of creating a whole new library, just create a playlist in iTunes with that same set of music in it. Not only will you only have one library, but you can now easily add things or delete thing from that playlist out of your main library.
Then plug in the Nano and set it up to sync only that playlist. Simple!
Buck Banzai wrote:
Just another thing... can any of you advise me on a good auto-MP3 tagger application (for free!)?? I had a really good one for WinXP - Magic MP3 Tagger - but it's not available for Mac and i think it would resolve the track ordering issues!
iTunes is free and is a pretty good MP3 tagger.
Patrick

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If you bought your Mac from Apple 10 months ago, it should still be covered by the 1 year warranty and as long as the problem was not caused by accidental damage of some sort, it should be repaired at no cost to you. Was the store aware that you were still under warranty?
You can even upgrade to 3 year Applecare if you do so before the first year of ownership is up--definitely something to do if your Mac is having troubles already.
When you see the next genius, make sure they know you are still in the 1 year warranty period, and if you can, upgrade to 3 year Applecare.
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Chris Joye wrote:
I'm having trouble with some routing issues I believe. Here's the deal:
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If I drag the audio region of Track #2 to a brand new audio track, I still don't hear anything. Is it possible this audio file(s) got corrupted somehow?
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Check the parameters, in the left side of the arrange page window.
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On a more serious note...consider the possibility that the issue may not be the iPod itself but iTunes and the way it causes things to occur on the iPod. Another guess on my part...but it's a well known fact that a LOT of problems seemed to crop up with the introduction of iTunes 7 prior to the release of the 2nd gen nano. I've been a lucky one so far and not had most of the issues others have posted about on here. I am by no means a diehard Apple customer...iPods are the beginning and end of my consumer experience with the company. All I do is assume that if and when there is a problem the company will work at providing a solution that works...even though it may take a lot longer than I would like.
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Hello,
Computer: Mac OS 10.95 - I-Mac Processor 3.4 GHz Intel Core I7, 32GB 1333 MHz DDR3, AMD Radeon HD 6970M 2048 MB
This is extremely frustrating since creating Split Track Audio files in both Final Cut and AVID are pretty much straight forward. However, Adobe Premiere's workflow has quite a few additional and somewhat unclear steps that in my personal opinion I think there should be an update where (similar to final cut) you ASSIGN each Audio Track in the Sequence Timeline along with a simple change preferences "8 tracks audio" etc... instead of the loop around workflow you have to go through. Lately I've been seeing numerous errors and bugs and glitches and flaws in the Adobe Premiere system (along with the creative cloud where there's a new glitch when your purchased software becomes a 'free trial') but that's a different story. Moving on....
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I mean for instance what you said up there is not a simple solution for the everyday person who is in a rush and cannot think of extra workarounds in order to have a final master. With this day in age everything is happening now at the speed of light that no one has time to do things the traditional way. Times are definitely changing so I'm doing my best to pick up the pace and find a standardized (semi-fair) solution.
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I truly agree that Adobe is only trying to beat their competitors and launching how it is despite the bugs and flaws that they still haven't fully developed and figured out.
I've tried the cleaner tool and every time it has been used it's always been unsuccessful for me and the other members in the studio that I work in.
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There's also the mysterious "Get Trial version" bug where a complete uninstall/reinstall has to happen.
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Here is a screen shot.
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https://www.dropbox.com/s/ql3n10f3ke3nahz/7-8-2013%202-21-26%20PM.png
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For reasons that no one can ever explain to my satisfaction... OPACITY automatically sets a Key frame as soon as you touch it (or even breathe on it). It does not matter where in the clip, your CTI is...it sets a keyframe at that point (automatically). Unlike other fixed Effects!
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It doesnt work this way in AEFX as a good example. (If its such a good idea. in PPRO .why not in AEFX ? - and arguably a more profesional app.)
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