HD credits on SD TV

[Jeremy Belzer-adams]

We use static cards for all of our broadcast credits these days, anything else ends up looking crappy when down converted.

[Aaron Neitz]

What format of HD are you working in? How are you creating your downconversion?

There are a variety of things that could be happening. Need more input!

[Karen Gall]

Hey,

It is a general question. The job was actually cut on AVID & has already been broadcast but what I’m wanting to know is that is it possible it is just the way HD is displayed on SD TV or is it likely be a field reversal issue? The credits are rolling over motion 2D graphics…

[David Heidelberger]

After years of calculating roll speeds that were an even number of pixels per frame and still having the credits look jittery on both crossconverts (720p to 1080i) and downconverts, I’ve finally started taking my credit rolls (usually tall TIFF files) and animating them in After Effects with motion blur. Looks much better, I don’t need to think about the speed of the animation, and it renders a lot faster, too.

– David

[Karen Gall]

Great tks…not a bad idea. I just thought of applying a shift fields filter or deinterlacing the graphics etc.

[Dean Sensui]

From my limited experience, any element in the credit roll should take at least 7 seconds from the bottom to top of the screen.

Somewhat similar to the “non-stuttering-pan” rule/recommendation/suggestion.

By the way, ever wonder why credits don’t roll -down- the screen?

Dean Sensui — Hawaii Goes Fishing

[Mark Raudonis]

Despite everyone’s efforts to create the best looking credits, all that work is often in vain.

Networks can and do employ “time compression” boxes which will totally trash anyone’s careful
calculations for “best speed” crawls. This is most typically done for syndication runs where they’re trying
to squeeze in more commercial time.

Then there’s the “no credit” policy that some cable networks have elected. You can’t win!

Mark

[Karen Gall]

…cause it’s harder to read!