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Maybe a easy/dumb question…
My situation:
I’m trying to do some simple animation in After Effects CS3. My source material consists of hand-drawn pictures that I’ve scanned into my computer, then colored and saved in Photoshop CS3. I then import these Photoshop files into After Effects.
My problem is when I move and animate a drawing within After Effects (using key frames), the drawing loses a TON of quality while it’s moving. When it’s still, it looks sharp, but the second it starts moving, it looks blurry and out of focus. It’s a very jarring transition from “still” to “moving.”
Is there something fundamental I’m missing here? I’ve tried enabling Motion Blur, using higher-res files (I usually scan my drawings in at 600 dpi), but nothing seems to be working.
Any help/pointers would be appreciated. I think the site is great, and a lot of the video tutorials have been VERY helpful (Lip-Synching for Character Animation in particular).
Thanks!
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Hi Matt,
That does sound strange. If it were me I’d try scanning them in at 300 or even less, as a test, unless you’re zooming in on a pupil or something. Just to be clear, you’re are talking about them blurring after you render right?
I’d be interested to know what the problem was when you find out. One other thing to check is if they’re scanned in as RGB?
Tom
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