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Still photos in FCP and I’m getting a “hitch”
I’m using still photos in FCP and using a little movement with the stills (pan, zoom, etc.). Durning the course of the “move” in FCP, I’m getting a “hitch” or jump in the move and it’s not a smooth move. It’s something that’s happening infrequently and not on all still photos. This “hitch” is also showing up in the QT versions and the “hitch” is occurring in the same spots that it is in FCP.
I’ve chatted with a buddy that’s familiar with FCP and we talked about images being over large (images are running in the 30% to 75% range), not enough ram (10 gig) or processor (3 gig Octo), so were stumped.
I’d really appreciate any thoughts ideas that the forum might have to solve this problem!
Thanks so much!,
Kev
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7 Replies
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In the sequence setting you can check “Motion Effects Rendering:BEST” this should help.
Have you increased the Still Cache?
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Thanks for the help Rafael and it’s a lot better then it was, but it’s still there in spots. I would say that by using your suggestions, I’ve reduced the “hitch” by 60%, so it’s much better. If you’d have any other thoughts, it would be greatly appreciated by me!!!!!
Thanks again!
Kev
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Kev,
Still images should be “optimized,” in Photoshop and the most popular recipe around here is make them twice your frame size at 72 DPI, tiff files. You still may have to add the flicker filter or a bit of vertical or gaussian blur to get rid of artifacts caused by hard thin edges and/or a scale or move.
Have a wonderful day.
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Hi Guys,
Sorry it took a couple of days to get back to you.
Rafael, I’ve got the sequence set to “Best” as you said.
Chris, I’ve not tried tif verses Jpeg. I’ll have to give it a go and see if it makes any different.
I’ve upload a small clip and you can see the “hitch” that I’m getting in this pan.
Thanks again guys, the help is greatly appreciated!!!!
Kev
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Playing that clip in QuickTime I can’t see what hitch you are talking about.
Most important in optimizing your images is the size and dpi.
Have a wonderful day.
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