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  Tips? – Rendering for DVCPRO HD 23.976 Project

  Posted by Jason Connolly on February 22, 2008 at 8:27 pm

  Hello the COW!

  I’m about to start comping for a FCP project where the settings are:

  DVCPRO HD 720 23.976
  960W, 720H 4:3
  DVCPRO HD 720 (1.33)

  I took a clip from my client’s project and dropped it into AFX and here is the screen grab showing the comp settings:
  https://homepage.mac.com/jasonconnolly/.cv/jasonconnolly/Sites/.Public/jc/output.jpg-zip.zip

  I’ve done a few tests with my client, and despite my explaining that motion graphics at 24p could and probably will “step,” he’s convinced they can be smoother.

  In my comp is a Cinema 4D element that I originally rendered at 30fps, but re-rendered at 24fps once I found out my client’s settings.

  I know this is a much debated issue, but thought I would ask the COW for input. I’ve also searched “judder” and “shutter” here and found some great info.

  Anyway, any tips, thoughts are appreciated!

  Cheers,
  Jason

  Kevin Camp replied 18 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Kevin Camp

  February 22, 2008 at 11:09 pm

  well, you are correct…. lower frame rates = jerkier movement; higher frame rates = smoother movement….

  you can try to smooth the movement of rendered footage with an effect like reelsmart motion blur. it will try to add soft motion blur to footage and it can often help soften the c4d rendered movement.

  if you don’t have rsmb, you can try ae’s timewarp. make the speed 100 (you don’t want to change the speed of the footage) but then enable motion blur within timewarp. timewarp will then try to calculate a soft, smooth motion blur by pixel motion from frame to frame, similar to rsmb. there are some limitations, but you can tweak several settings to try and get smoother motion.

  Kevin Camp
  Senior Designer
  KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW

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