• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Flicker related to motion filtering quality?

  Posted by Nick Ryan on November 30, 2006 at 10:12 pm

  Hey all,

  I’ve got a simple targa file that flickers like crazy. No motion, just lots of flickering. Deinterlace and flicker filter are doing nothing. Through trial-and-error, I’ve discovered that if I turn the “motion filtering quality” under the “video processing” option to “fastest”, the flicker goes away and it looks nice and clean. I HAD motion filtering quality set to high, because, of course, who wants less than the best? But if either “high” or “normal” are selected, it’s flicker city. This bothers me though, because now I’m sacrificing the quality of all of my motion effects, correct?

  Is this the only solution?

  Thanks.

  FCP 5.0 (waiting for crossgrade to arrive!)
  G5, 2 GGB RAM, AJA IO, 1.5TB Medea VideoRaid

  Nick

  Bret Williams replied 19 years, 5 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Nick Ryan

  November 30, 2006 at 10:19 pm

  Ah hah! If I remove the drop shadow, the graphic is fine as well. The flicker goes completely away and cleans up very nicely. So, I guess I’m limited to not using drop shadows? That doesn’t seem like a very good deal…

  Don’t tell me, this is fixed in the crossgrade…

  Nick
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  Chris Tompkins

  November 30, 2006 at 11:34 pm

  Ya, drop shadow really affects clips. It’s a shame really. If I animate a still and animate the drop shadow – it’s not a smooth move. This is where it can be called Final Cut Prosumer
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  Bret Williams

  November 30, 2006 at 11:53 pm

  The shadow thing is a bug that seems to come and go with different versions. Right now, it’s busted.

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