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  • Ghosting/Strobing/Flickering Problem

    Posted by Troy Nelson on August 10, 2011 at 9:31 pm

    Hello, I am experiencing some unwanted effects on my after effects render. It is not footage, it is from shapes created inside after effects.

    Here is the video so you can see exactly the problem. The purple boxes around the photos are not smooth at all, the worst part is when it speeds up and moves off the screen.

    I have tried using motion blur, and turning up the sample rate of the blur. I’ve also changed some export settings, but haven’t seen an improvement.

    Thanks for any help you could give.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbWuuJCZMBM

    Michael Szalapski replied 14 years, 9 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
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  • Troy Nelson

    August 10, 2011 at 10:01 pm

    The boxes are not in nested comps because there is a little bit of a 3d effect to them and the 3D doesn’t go beyond the current comp.

    Maybe you can tell my boss it looks fine 🙂

    Actually if you make the video full screen, you can see the problem better. The quality isn’t HD on Youtube, but the problem is nearly identical to when I make it full screen HD on my computer.

  • Troy Nelson

    August 10, 2011 at 10:12 pm

    Here is another Graphic, Problem might be a little more obvious.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mNoJGiG9C4

  • Steve Blacker

    August 10, 2011 at 10:22 pm

    I have fought with this ‘juddering’ issue in After Effects for the past three years – it’s especially bad on text scrolling. There doesn’t appear to be any easy way around it other than slowing your animation down considerably (not always an option).

    Using motion blur and maybe applying a slight gaussian blur (0.3 or so) to the layer/s in question can sometimes help.

    It’s only work if you’d rather be doing something else…

  • Michael Szalapski

    August 11, 2011 at 3:01 pm

    Judder has been an issue since the advent of moving pictures. It’s not just in motion graphics either, it’s also in panning and more. Did you see Cowboys and Aliens? If not, go watch it and pay attention to the opening shot. It judders quite a bit.

    There’s a great knowledge base article on Avoiding Judder in Motion Graphics here: [link]

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