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FCP7 SmoothCam Interlacing Problems
Aloha to All:
I’m finding a BUG with FCP7’s smoothcam filter and interlaced video.I’ve been having problems with jittery exported footage when the smoothcam filter is applied. Here is my post for more info:
https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/8/1121972I’m now seeing that stating that the rendered footage looks pristine in Canvas, isn’t entirely true. When the clip is viewed at any percentage in the Canvas OTHER than 100%, then the footage looks good. If Canvas is set to 100%, then you can see the “jitters” that will be created in export. I suspect that because 100% is interlaced, and any other %age is de-interlaced, and exported video I believe is interlaced, then maybe there is something not connecting in the smoothcam and interlacing language?
I found this on another forum and tested it empirically myself. The forum was old and archived so I wasn’t able to reply to it. I re told the story and my experience here to see if anyone might know a solution.
Again, thank you for any and all help.
Aloha!
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5 Replies
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Hi,
Did you try a roundtrip to Motion?
Better results in my experience.
Also Motion does not analyze the whole clip, but only the part of the clip you want to stabilize.Best Ben
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This is indeed a bug in the latest Final Cut Pro update.
The issue is not with progressive footage.
If you deinterlace the footage the problem is gone.Not that it’s a solution to the problem but It’s definately a 7.03 bug.
Maybee if we scream loud enough Åpple will hear us. -
Are you able to de-interlace in export? And still keep the footage in 1080i for blu ray purposes?
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Deinterlacing means your making the footage progressive.
I’m sure this plays good on BluRay but deinterlacing degrades quality.
So i don’t think this is a solution.
It’s a bug that needs fixing..Meanwhile try Motion instead of FCP.
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Yeh applying de-interlace filter seems to cancel out the smooth cam and makes it jittery again.
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