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Still image flicker problem…
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When I am animating a still image, I will resize it in the canvas and use ctrl-K to set a beginning keyframe. Then I will go to the last frame of the image and move and resize to complete the animation. When I render the clip, there is a horrible field flicker problem on my NTSC monitor.
Clip and screenshot of flickering clip.
My only “fix” for this issue is to go into the motion tab of the still and change the first scale keyframe to a whole number. Re-render and then there is no problem…
Clip and screenshot of “The fix”
Is there anything that I am doing wrong, or is it the software?
Cody Alberts
Editor – TV Guide Network
https://www.codyalberts.com
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1 Reply
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If the still image is a freeze of moving video, you will likely need to add a de-interlace or flicker filter to remove the inter-frame flicker.
If you re-position graphics or any video image in FCP, make SURE the VERTICAL setting for each KEY-FRAME (start, stop or hold) is always a EVEN INTEGER (Even Whole Number). Examples: 4, not 3 / -144, not -143.27 / 336, not 335.62 / 12 not 11.
The positioning settings/info (as well as many other settings) are found under the “Motion” tab in the Viewer.
Vertical position is the number in the RIGHT window in the area called “Center” (the horizontal position is displayed in the LEFT window).I sometimes forget to check this and I can end up with images that look fuzzy when in-position.
This info applies to re-positioning anything on the Timeline: moving video, freeze-frames, internally-generated titles, and imported graphics.
It can be quite detrimental to the quality of your final output to not double-check this every time you reposition and/or re-size an image.
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