VR Reframe stops working in AE [ Edited ]

[rockyridge5088]

Hello,

I just finished a project in After Effects with the VR reframe plug-in and out of nowhere it stops working...

I have the plug in on adjustement layers above the footage which worked great but now I just get a white screen or checkerboard, or sometimes highly distorted footage when i scrool through the timeline.

HELP! I don't want to loose this much work...

Thanks,

-Jason

[igors834 · Accepted solution]

Guys, forget about Gopro plugins. They don't update them, never answer on questions. Gopro support is useless in 99%, you can read any topic on this forum to see this

I tried everything with plugins, they just don't support actual graphic cards and i am not sure that they do something to fix this. So, I used alternatives. In AE2018 there is Immersive effects VR Rotate sphere. It does the similar job. Also, I use old Mantra VR effects - Mobius Transform and Mobius Zoom - it does what I need and even more and no issues with AE

[efracken]

Hello
I guess I have at least a similar problem since yesterday.

In Premiere I have my composition, everything works nicely with the VR plugins (even with large CineForm movies). 
from some clips I would like to edit them further in AE. But there no further editing is possible without "damaging" the footage (e.g. if I add a transition or add VR plug in again). The footage is either completly black or some kind of distorted.

Is this issue known already?

[igors834]

The same problem. Video becomes blank, tried everything, installed/deinstalled, deleted all codecs, changed video playback settings in AE on all possible options. Nothing works. Adobe premiere work great, AE - not, but i prefer AE as it has much more possibilities especially for VR videos

[marksteffe482]

Not helpful ... but same problem here. Also the sphere is not right in alignment, but then scaling the videolayer helps. Unfortunately are both plug-ins (Prem Pro and AE) buggy. In Prem Pro the smooth keyframing doesn''t work properly if there are more than two keyframes for a value. In AE this is .... ahm ... was working. Maybe some NVIDIA-stuff (GTX980Ti here) ...

[captcam]

Has this original issue been sorted out as Im having massive issues with GoPro VR Reframe also?
Cheers

[marksteffe482]

The issue is very actual (if I have understood this question). These plug-ins were never updated and are produced by Kolor (owned by Gopro). Both companies have practically no direct human support. The community has to do the job... - Maybe possible, but then they have to publish the code of firmware and plug-ins :-)

[captcam]

Have just spoken to Adobe Tech Support and they suggest the following:

1) Downgrade the video card driver
2) Contact GoPro Support to downgrade the effect

3) Use Mercury Software ONLY, Not CUDA

I have attempted using Mercury Software and it does fix the glitch but renders ridiculously slow