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Still Images In FCP Interlaced
I have a sequence in Studio 2 with the following settings:
720×480
DV/DVCPRO – NTSC
NTSC – CCIR 601
LOWER (EVEN)My video footage looks very nice, but when I import a JPEG into the sequence, it looks all jaggy like it is being interlaced. It’s very off-putting.
Can someone please help me solve this issue?
Thanks very much!
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6 Replies
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Change your sequence codec to DV50 or 8b Unc. In a DV sequence you can hardly make look good nothing. The DV compression is killing your JPGs.
There are few thousands of posts in this forum explaining how to improve the look of the movie, graphics or still when working with DV. Make a search. Loads of interesting information.
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If your system cannot playback 8 bit, you may need to live with DV Compression. However, since 99% of all of those new to FCP do not use an external monitor, my guess is that you may not be either. You need to look into the external video monitor to see your real quality, the Canvas does not do that. It will fool you as it’s fooled many, many people. You can put the Canvas at 100% and get a reasonable facsimile of your graphics, however. Try that and see if they look acceptable.
Another thing, you should never use JPEG formats for video graphics. The only time you should use a JPEG is if it is the format of the original file.
Kevin Monahan
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Author – Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro -
Make sure your center value is a whole even number.
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but it’s not going to be on a whole number while it’s moving… that’s where the jittering happens
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[joseph Wilkins] “but it’s not going to be on a whole number while it’s moving… that’s where the jittering happens”
AS long as your start and end keyframes begin and end on a whole number, you should have no problems with the interpolation in between.
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[joseph Wilkins] “but it’s not going to be on a whole number while it’s moving… that’s where the jittering happens”
Joseph,
Check out the mini-tutorial at the link below. I think it will solve your problem.
David
https://www.drwfilms.com/Flicker%20Filter%20vs%20Directional%20Blur/Site%20Folder/untitled.html
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