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Shake on a border for DVD project
HI, I have created a menu in After Effects, exported my QT file and put this into DVDSP (Final Cut Pros DVD authoring software). When my DVD is played through the television a picture frame graphic I used, with movie running inside of it has a shaking effect happening around the frame/border.
The QT file does not show this at all, and it doesn’t show up when played in AE. When it loops in DVDSP at the loop point as the video goes around, the shaking stops for a second then starts up when it plays again.
Is there anyway to stop this? Is it something I have to do in After Effects?
Hope you can help.
Thanks, Margie -
4 Replies
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This is most likely due to the interlacing on the display device (TV). Small details that are close to a pixel in height will jump between fields causing flicker. You can try to remedy this by blurring your footage vertically a small amount. AE even has a filter available for this: Blur & Sharpen > Reduce Interlace Flicker.
Darby Edelen
Designer
Left Coast Digital
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HI
Thanks so much for the advice. I have AE 6.5 – just wanted to ask you where I find the Blur and Sharpen funcion in there?Thanks again.
Cheers
margie -
Aside from blurring it, you could also try to make the border thicker. If it’s just a graphic from Photoshop, it could be fairly easy to do..
But Darby is right and it’s something for you to think about in the future. Anything close to 1 pixel will always jump around like that. It will even happen if your fonts are too small, especially with serif fonts. So basically, the thicker the better when it comes to TV display. If it’s only intended to be viewed on the computer, it’s not such an issue.
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Thanks so much for your advice. I put a bit of blur on it, as suggested and that did the trick.
Cheers, Margie
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