Clip goes black after stabilization

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Clip goes black after stabilization

PostMon Sep 17, 2018 4:30 pm

After I apply stabilization the clip goes black in both the color window and the editing timeline.

Please help?

I am not good at any post production stuff. I primarily direct but this is for a small client a family member. So I may be doing something obviously wrong and not knowing.

I am using resolve 15 (Free)

I watched multiple tutorials and read some stuff on the subject but I am still lost.

Please help!
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Re: Clip goes black after stabilization

PostMon Sep 17, 2018 6:59 pm

Which computer specs you have?
Which file you're handling?
Resolution?
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Re: Clip goes black after stabilization

PostMon Sep 17, 2018 7:15 pm

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Re: Clip goes black after stabilization

PostMon Sep 17, 2018 7:20 pm




When I click to bypass the stabilization I can see the clip without stabilization.

However no matter what formula of Zoom, Smoothness, I get a black screen when the clip plays on the time line and in color window.
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Re: Clip goes black after stabilization

PostMon Sep 17, 2018 7:45 pm

Hi NoahAWatersIII, I had a similar issues as you have on a recent project. It came after Stabilizing and Flicker Removal (heavy GPU-tasks), but it disapered only partly after reverting those tasks.

I think it's missed frames during playback or render/export.

Is it during export or also in timeline? Do you use Render cache? (Setup format from Project Settings -> Master settings, and activated through the playback menu; User).

What I ended up doing to finally export a the result was to choose "render from cache" on the export tab. But then you should have set a lossless cache format to not loose quality.

Still I think this have to be a bug. Read somewhere that it could be because of a slow mediadisk (SSD is recommended), but I think rendering should slow down to "wait" for slow loading of the files.
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Re: Clip goes black after stabilization

PostMon Sep 17, 2018 7:51 pm

Yes I am getting GPU warning's left and right.

I don't know what Render Cache is.

SO is this just a play back issue? When I export he final 4k file it will all be correct?
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Re: Clip goes black after stabilization

PostMon Sep 17, 2018 8:20 pm

Maybe I misunderstood your issue.
Is it in some frames, one clip, all clips? Can you play the clips on the source monitor (left playback window on editing tab as default)?
Have you tried to revert the stabilization (circle with an arrow pointing anticlockwise in upper right corner of the Tracker/Stabilization window)?
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Re: Clip goes black after stabilization

PostTue Sep 18, 2018 1:04 am

If you are getting GPU memory exhausted warnings, that's the problem.

What GPU is in your system and how much VRAM does it have?
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Re: Clip goes black after stabilization

PostTue Sep 18, 2018 10:15 pm

morten[at]oppifra wrote:Maybe I misunderstood your issue.
Is it in some frames, one clip, all clips? Can you play the clips on the source monitor (left playback window on editing tab as default)?
Have you tried to revert the stabilization (circle with an arrow pointing anticlockwise in upper right corner of the Tracker/Stabilization window)?
Dwaine Maggart wrote:If you are getting GPU memory exhausted warnings, that's the problem.

What GPU is in your system and how much VRAM does it have?




These details and questions are beyond my understanding. Sorry Again I am not a post production guy I know the bare basics for 4k. What I ended up doing is opening the source in FCP and using it;s stabilizer. Then replaced the clip on the timeline in Resolve.

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Noah
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Re: Clip goes black after stabilization

PostWed Sep 19, 2018 2:02 am

Since you use a Mac, it's very easy to find out:
Go to "About this Mac" in the upper left and read the line above the serial number. What does it say?
No, an iGPU is not enough, and you can't use HEVC 10 bit 4:2:2 in the free version.

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Re: Clip goes black after stabilization

PostSat Feb 09, 2019 12:17 am

Was this problem already solved. I am having the same issue as the original poster. Video turns black after applying the Stabilizer in the Color page. The audio is not affected. My system is under-powered for anything Fusion but everything else usually runs fine.
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Re: Clip goes black after stabilization

PostSat Feb 09, 2019 2:23 am

The OP never answered the question about VRAM. I doubt you'll get more of an answer without telling us.
No, an iGPU is not enough, and you can't use HEVC 10 bit 4:2:2 in the free version.

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Re: Clip goes black after stabilization

PostTue Sep 10, 2019 4:09 am

I'm having the same issue. If I stabilize in the "inspector" or on the "Color" page, same result. Stabilized footage is black. Turn it off or bypass, footage plays fine.
Generate Optimized media doesn't help.
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Re: Clip goes black after stabilization

PostWed Sep 11, 2019 6:44 pm

CinBrandon wrote:I'm having the same issue. If I stabilize in the "inspector" or on the "Color" page, same result. Stabilized footage is black. Turn it off or bypass, footage plays fine.
Generate Optimized media doesn't help.


1) which system you have?
2) are you caching the result?
3) os?
4) cache files and drive?
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Re: Clip goes black after stabilization

PostSat Nov 02, 2019 2:46 am

SOLUTION: I use macOS Mojave, Memory 8 GB, I have found a solution that works for me.

All the videos I take are .MOV files

1) Import .MOV clip into DaVinci Resolve

2) Immediately Export as and Mp4 file

3) Import the new Mp4 into DaVinci Resolve

Now you can stabilize the Mp4 with no problems no black screen Hooray!!!
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Re: Clip goes black after stabilization

PostTue May 11, 2021 5:44 pm

Hey folks, found a solution. If on DR17, right click then render in place, then works fine
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Re: Clip goes black after stabilization

PostTue May 16, 2023 6:23 pm

Try using an adjustment clip. That seems to be the only thing that works for me. DR 18.4

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