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FCP text tracking exhibits jerky movement
Hey everyone,
I have a piece of text on screen and am keyframing the tracking parameter from a value of 1 to 3 over about 4 seconds. This is a 1280×1080 project @ 30fps.
When rendered, the text doesn’t move smoothly, the movement is jerky. You can tell the computer is trying to make it smooth but just not getting accurate enough with it.
I tried turning subpixel on and off, both did the same thing. Any other ideas?
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7 Replies
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Change the motion filtering quality to best.
Sequence Settings > Video processing tab > motion filtering quality – BEST.
Try re rendering it out and see if there’s an improvement.
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You might try changing the sequence field dominance to “NONE”.
Generally, FCP text tools stink. I’d use motion instead if you care about how it looks. Consider Motion as a text plugin for FCP if that helps you open it.
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Russell Lasson
Kaleidoscope Pictures
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Thanks for the idea, Unfortunately not.
I tried every combination of motion filtering quality and subpixel use, to no avail.
I should mention this is DVCProHD and listed as 1080i60 in sequence settings, even though the bin says its 30fps
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Russell,
The field dominance change actually made my text look better in the canvas. Quite a bit less pixelly and the curves on the text were smoother, however the movement is still jerky.
I won’t like rebuilding these text movenents in motion but I think that may be my last best option. I basically have to recreate them there from scratch then which is a bummer.
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Hi there everyone. I too am experiencing this exact problem. Seems like a fairly major flaw in the software tbh.
i have around 50 titles that i need to animate and im getting this effect over all of em *end rant*
just wondering if anyone has found any new work arounds to the problem?
thanks in advance.
phil.
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Use motion, or cross your fingers for a fix in the next version of FCP studio!
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Really old thread, but I stumbled on it because I was having the same issue today.
Try enabling motion blur, and cranking it: I set mine to 1000% and 4 samples. Definitely helps, but at the expense of adding a ton of render time. YMMV, depending on the exact nature of your titles.
Hope this helps,
Matt Lyon
Editor
Toronto
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