Working with JPEGs in FCP

[Darrin J]

Yip, add a ‘flicker filter’.

Highlight the clips in the timeline, then go EFFECTS / VIDEO FILTERS / VIDEO and chose Flicker Filter. I think deinterlace also works, but hopefully somebody more knowledgable than I pop’s along soon to verify that (or the difference between)

Also check the images are the correct size. See Ken Stone’s site for loads of good tutorials:

https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/fcp_homepage_index.html

Powerbook 17 1.67 512meg 100gig FCP HD

[Gunner Jones]

Typically, it is not a good idea to use JPGs unless that is their native codec. PICT, TIFF, PSD or PNG are good choices.
Other than that:
What is the frame size of these JPGs? Are they larger than 2 or 3 times of the DV Frame?
If so, you need to resize them in PS to be just that.

Use the flicker filter or a little bit of gaussian blur to attack the “shimmer”.

G.

[Lee Burrows]

Rob,

Flicker Filter works great on Freeze Frames from video and will help stills but the best filter to get rid of the shaking is to go under the effects tab or the way Darrin told you. Under Video Filters and open the Quicktime folder(4th from the bottom, I believe) and choose the blur filter, drag this over your shaking, strobing images and this will help. Double click the clip in the sequence and click the filter tab of the clip. You can choose how harsh to make the blur. 1 being the least and 7 being the most(you’ll probably never use this high of a setting). I usually have to use between 3-4 and that seems to still gives me a nice image without the shakiness. You have to choose what will work for you that doesn’t blur the image to bad or hurt the quality while getting rid of the shakes. In the future try to have the images resolution scaled down a bit to avoid this problem. Its those good ol’ photos prepared for print that are to strong for broadcast:)

Good Luck

Lee

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[Jp Driscoll]

Also use your scopes to check the levels of the pictures. If the bright spots are too bright, you can get a lot of strange effects. You may need to knock the luminance down just a bit.

JP Driscoll

WDAY TV
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[Rob Gee]

Thanks for all your answers, guys. VERY helpful. A Quick Time blur/FCP Flicker did a nice job of bringing it down.