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Project Settings To Prevent Aliasing
Hi there,
I’m trying to create a feathered vignette for a project in AE and I’m having problems making it look crisp. The feathered edges aren’t smooth, but rather aliasy. Are there specific project settings I should use when creating motion graphic projects for HD, SD, etc?
Thanks.
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7 Replies
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How are you creating the vignette? Masking, Ramps, Circle Effect??
Try changing the bit depth of the project. An 8 bit ramp or feather will dither, the shading in the gradation will look banded, in 32 bits it should be smooth.
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Thanks Brian, I will try changing the bit depth and report back.
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I tried changing the bit depth to 32 but I’m still getting aliasing around the edges of the vignette where the black and blue solids are meeting.
NOTE: The aliasing is noticeable on the 4:3 standard definition television I am previewing with (through a Canopus box) and NOT on my computer monitor. Since I will be exported to an SD format on DVD, this will be an issue.
Any other suggestions?
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Hmm.
What are you vignetting and what method are you using to vignette. Are you sure its the vignette causing the aliasing?
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All I’m doing is creating a blue solid underneath a black solid, then using a circular mask, cutting out a hole and feathering the edges of the hole to give that “soft-edge vignette look”.
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What are your composition settings?
I find that using “NTSC DV” resulted in a rough transition. I changed the setting to “NTSC D1 Square Pixel” and I found that this resulted in a much smoother transition.
Try it, lemme know.
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Amazing…worked perfectly.
Thanks.
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