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  • How do yo adjust the speed of an animation precisely in px/sec so that it is an even amount to prevent jitter?

    Posted by Scott Clements on October 28, 2014 at 3:27 pm

    Hi,

    I have an animation, in which text flies screen right to left over a very long period of time. Unfortunately, there is a fair amount of jitter and the text is hard to read, despite moving slowly. I read that this is probably because I’m not moving an even amount of pixels per second.

    I went onto the forums here and one fellow was saying that he had the same problem with an element of his moving at 59.97 px/sec, when it should be moving 60 px/sec.

    Unfortunately, I do not know how to see what speed my animations are moving in by px/sec – I simply adjust speed by moving keyframes further away or closer towards each other. How do I make this calculation properly and reduce jitter?

    Film Editor, London UK
    http://www.scottclementseditor.com

    Scott Clements replied 11 years, 11 months ago 4 Members · 5 Replies
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  • Todd Kopriva

    October 28, 2014 at 4:27 pm

    > I read that this is probably because I’m not moving an even amount of pixels per second.

    That is confusing two different issues.

    The flickering that occurs in fine details from _vertical_ movement in interlaced media is technically called ‘twitter’.

    The strobing or flickering from _horizontal_ movement is called ‘judder’.

    They have different causes and fixes.

    See this article about preventing judder:
    https://kb2.adobe.com/community/publishing/908/cpsid_90843.html

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  • Cassius Marques

    October 28, 2014 at 5:13 pm

    you can see the speed if you select the position property and click on the graph editor switch (shift +f3) and switch to curve speed (if it ain’t there already) OR right click the keyframe and select keyframe velocity…

  • Scott Clements

    October 28, 2014 at 8:38 pm

    Thanks a lot Cassius! That’s exactly what I wanted to know.

    Film Editor, London UK
    http://www.scottclementseditor.com

  • Richard Garabedain

    October 29, 2014 at 4:17 am

    I used to get it a lot when i started off. Now it never happens ever. Maybe its because i work in 29.97 fps.

  • Scott Clements

    October 30, 2014 at 12:45 am

    I’m working at 25 fps.

    Film Editor, London UK
    http://www.scottclementseditor.com

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