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  • Jerky Video Outputs/Exports

    Posted by Phillr on April 23, 2006 at 4:05 am

    I have a QT Ref i exported from my Avid Meridien Xpress 4.6 timeline. My Avid is lower-field based, so I kept all my compositions and AE export settings as lower field first. I exported as a Quicktime with No Compression. Upon re-importing it into my Avid, I told Avid it’s a lower-field movie that i’m reimporting.

    Upon playing, i see stuttery playback. Hard to describe, sort of looks like it’s shaking a tiny bit. Odd thing is that some shots are perfectly fine (*i think*). Thinking that maybe it was some weird field order issue, I reimported it at upper-field first. The movie was MUCH more stuttery now. Any ideas what’s going on?

    I’m using After Effects 6.5.

    Phillr replied 20 years, 4 months ago 1 Member · 1 Reply
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  • Phillr

    April 23, 2006 at 6:27 pm

    Well I discovered a solution to this problem. I export a Quicktime with Avid Meridien Compressed codec, 2:1. I adjust my render settings to Field Render being “Off”. Then when I import, I tell Avid my footage is non-interlaced. Can anybody explain to me WHY this works?

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