How to replace flashing transitions so the video is safer for photosensitive viewers
Tell Vizard Agent that flashing transitions are not allowed in this edit. It rebuilds the cut using transitions that do not flash, chooses in-points that avoid strobing passages in the source footage, and inspects the rendered frames, because the absence of a flash effect in the settings does not mean the finished video has no flashing in it.
What do you type into Vizard Agent?
State it as a constraint rather than a preference. "I don't love the flashes" invites a compromise, while saying a viewer can't watch flashing makes it a rule the edit is built to. Vizard Agent applies what you state, so "fewer flashes" and "no flashing at all" produce different videos.
Prompt
What does Vizard Agent actually do?
Flashing arrives in two places, the transitions you add and the footage you cut from, and only the first is under the template's control. A hard cut from a very dark shot to a very bright one reads as a flash too, so only the rendered frames prove anything. In the sessions behind this article it:
- Loaded a transition treatment that does not flash and rebuilt the cut with it.
- Reviewed the source clips for strobing passages and chose in-points that avoided them.
- Checked the replacement material for full-frame flashing and inspected the rendered frames rather than the settings.
- Confirmed no flashing box or card had slipped into the graphics, since a card that pulses or a text box that blinks on arrival is flashing no transition setting accounts for.
- Kept the pace with cuts and movement instead of brightness jumps, then reported what it changed so the result could be judged.
When does this not work well?
This reduces flashing; it doesn't certify anything. Vizard Agent isn't measuring against a medical or broadcast standard, so formal compliance needs a proper assessment. Some footage, like a lightning storm or a stage show, has flashing as its subject, and that can't be edited out. Very high-contrast material can read as flashing from the cuts alone.
Common questions
Can it check the footage as well? Yes. Vizard Agent reviews the source clips, which is where most remaining flashing lives.
Will the edit feel flat? Not if the pace carries it. Vizard Agent uses cuts and movement.
Does this make the video compliant? No. Vizard Agent reduces flashing; it does not certify against a standard.