[Bob Gilman]

Hello from sunny Seattle….right.

I just had a new system built by a pro. He suggested a GeForce GTX 460 768 for my graphics card. What is the opinion on the forum for this product in relation to AE? Has anybody had a problem with this card?

Thanks,
Bob

[Bob Gilman]

So I thought you might like to know the solution to the stairstepping problem I was having so you can avoid the problem in the future. The problem was operator error.. The Avid can have multiple input presets. You can create a new one, set all the parameters, and give it a name. That way if you want to change input settings you can just select the preset instead of having to change all the parameters each time.

After all other tests had failed to fix the problem, on a whim I took a look in the Avid’s preferences and noticed that the input preset “WMV” was selected. Since I wasn’t importing WMVs I got suspicious and opened the preset only to discover that for whatever reason it had been set up to import things upper field first. This wreaks havoc with images in terms of stairstepping.

How the WMV import preset had gotten selected is a mystery to me, but the solution was to switch to the import preset with the settings dialed in for what the Avid wants, in this case lower field first. End of problem. I have to re-import all the QuickTime movies I made in AfterEffects and re-lay them in the Avid timeline, but at least everything looks fine.

And now I know to check to make sure I’m using the correct import preset before starting to digitize or import effects files. Live and learn.