Video File Broken

Avencia

After I render my video, if I watch it it is completely offset and fixated on a single corner. The other corner gets cut off and it completely ruins the video. There's no zoom effect and I don't know what the problem is.

borate

The easiest way to sleuth this is to upload the project and share it. That's not difficult.

Here's how... http://nch.invisionzone.com/topic/23659-tips-for-getting-help-on-this-forum/

If it contains sensitive material you can link it in a personal message (PM) to me, via the envelope above. Be sure to FILE|SAVE PORTABLE PROJECT AS, not simply SAVE PROJECT, and don't forget to share it.

Avencia

borate wrote:

The easiest way to sleuth this is to upload the project and share it.

But then it won't be rendered and the quality will be low?

borate

If you share it we will see the project just as you do on the timeline and can export it in a number of quality settings.

You might also mention just which scene/s, specifically, don't look right - if that isn't readily apparent. What version of VP is being used?

Avencia

borate wrote:

If you share it we will see the project just as you do on the timeline and can export it in a number of quality settings.

You might also mention just which scene/s, specifically, don't look right - if that isn't readily apparent. What version of VP is being used?

First off, it is the entire video. Second I am using VP Version 7.30.

borate

When you save a PORTABLE project the result will be a dated/numerical folder, as instructed above.

Sign up with MS OneDrive, Google Drive or the like, upload and share that folder there. It's free. Post the shared link here or in a personal message to me.

If you already have an MS or Google account your ID/Password sign-in will be the same for all their services.

https://onedrive.live.com/about/en-us/

https://www.google.com/drive/

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Did you see the same problem when you previewed your project before it was exported? What effects have you actually used? It's difficult to assess what the problem might be without seeing it.

Nat

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"...I can't save it as a portable project because there is no file where I can put it...?..."

For version 7.30 ......

Load your project to VP
Click the green Menu button at the top left of the toolbar (If present) ....If it is not present....
Click File
From the menu that appears select Save Portable project As
Navigate to and select a folder to Store your files to. You could for example simple use the desktop.
Select the chosen destination
VP will automatically create a named and dated folder in/at that destination (e.g. on your desktop) and save all the project files plus a vpj file to that selected destination. The folder will have a name such as....2020-02-09 13-28-33 Which is a creation date and a reference number

It is the contents of this folder (or even the whole folder) that you need to upload to Dropbox/One drive/ or any similar hosting site. Make it public, and post the link to it on this forum. Posting just the exported project is not a lot of use as one needs to recreate your project from its constituent parts. That way we may be able to see what you did incorrectly.

Nat

Avencia

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1_3n1kZM0RD_4XxUiGV4YfpzD3h9VHlUO

Just don't question what I'm editing 🙂

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1_3n1kZM0RD_4XxUiGV4YfpzD3h9VHlUO Try that.

borate

You're getting closer, but some files in the package appear to not be used in the project and others are missing.

Be sure that the complete project is on the timeline when saving PORTABLE PROJECT AS.

Try again, and make the link public.

Avencia

https://drive.google.com/open?id=10sGWQE_YIB1YtlP_tz7LS-YxwEdCTxu3

borate

Somehow, a PAN & ZOOM has been applied to the full Sequence.

Above the bin (top-left of the window) click the SEQUENCES tab.

Right-click the Sequence 1 folder and click EFFECTS.

Remove the PAN & ZOOM effect by clicking the red X.

Now it should export correctly.

Avencia

It worked! Just a question - how come I couldn't see the zoom on the preview?

borate

Don't know that answer. ^_ Glad it worked out for you. File a suggestion or bug report by clicking the chevron at the top-right of the VP window.

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Hi Avencia

This a really odd one.....

The timeline showed no pan or zoom.....

e.g. Frame from near start.....

Frame from near end...

All the HUD data is present. Further...The time line is a series of separate clips extracted from one big one and is not a reloaded sequence BUT when exported it shows a Zoom........Which is wrong!

What seems to be happening......and it is probably a bug (as I don't think it should do this) is that somehow you have clicked the clip in the clip bin or indeed, Sequence 1 in the sequence bin and applied a Zoom effect to it. This does not show in the timeline or the sequence preview but seems to be active in the export which is very odd.

Another oddity is that neither the clip or the sequence in the freshly loaded project show that a zoom might have been applied. (If you actually apply a zoom to them and re-click it will show up as an effect window.) The loaded project doesn't show this.

If, on the other hand, you DO apply a zoom to the clip in the clip bin and then check the Clip preview you will see it zooming. . Conversely the timeline does not show that zoom (Although if VP is meant to work in this way it should.)

In this project however the clip bin clip does not show a zoom in it's preview....so where has it come from?

The export should always reflect what the timeline is showing. IMHO you should not be able to apply effects to clip bin clips unless the software can also place those effects onto the same clip if it is already on the timeline (chopped up or otherwise) and certainly not export them if the timeline does not show them. WYSIWYG should always be the rule. and the final say before export should be the sequence preview.

Seems there is a bug here...

Nat.

borate

Yes, a bug. v7.02 does it correctly, where preview displays the global effect applied to a Sequence (in the bin).

Now works correctly in this beta version.