[Daniel Monskey]

It may seem big, but the VIDEOS/REELS pages says tha tis the max acceptible size. It is a 3:29 minute piece. It doesn’t have “.H.264” as an ending, but the format is in that form. The other does have the “.mpeg” in the title.
Dan

Daniel Monskey

[Daniel Monskey]

Hey Everyone,
Thank you for all the help and troubleshooting with this jagged edge issue. Mark—thanks specifically for your continued attention and suggestions.
Here’s what I came up with for a solution:
I reordered my BEHAVIORS/FILTERS in the LAYERS window—specifically I moved the EXTRUDE behavior above the SPHERE & OSCILLATE effects. Immediately when I did this the jagged edge smoothed out.
I am a fly by the seat of my pants, learn as I go guy—get’n the work done just as I need. So, I am not professionally trained with the proper procedures to use and I don’t always go to the books before I get my hands dirty—-I just go and experiment and see what I get (trial & error). I am now assuming the order the layers go in the column affects how they interact with each other.
I’ll post it soon under DAN MONSKEY ADVENTURE HOST to show my final result. Someone recently on the COW gave me some real positive feedback form a video, so I know people look at examples people post.
This is a great resource of talented individuals generous with their time and knowledge. Thanks again for all the help.
Dan

Daniel Monskey

[Daniel Monskey]

Thanks Mark, however going through your recommendations and your article I am not able to make any improvements to my project. There must be something else that I can do. Below are some of my settings and preferences for the program and project. Perhaps looking through them will reveal a solution.

It is a 603 frame project (3 frames over 10 seconds). IN the MOTION Preferences tab the General Settings are as follows for a project:
DVCPRO HD 720p 60 (which is what my video & FCP project are set to)
960 W
720 H
8 bit depth
59.94 Fps

Render settings in Preferences:
8: samples
360°: Shutter Angle
Reflections:
2 Maximum Bounce

In the MOTION Program project window itself the Settings are as follows:
Render: FULL
Quality: BEST
LIGHTING-check
SHADOWS-check
REFLECTIONS-check
FRAME BLENDING-check

In my project the selected text is:
Blend Mode: NORMAL
Font: PLAYBIL REGULAR
150 pts

Behaviors/Filters:
DAZZLE
SPHERE (475 Radius)
EXTRUDE
OSCILLATE-Sawtooth set to -40% amplitude, speed is .20
SCALE is 100% in the TEXT tab and 110% in the PROPERTIES tab

The text is set to a 10° to 12° angle and the edges of the font have that stepped edge appearance. In AFTER EFFECTS there used to be a rasterize or something setting that would smooth this edge out. I’m looking for that magic easy solution—or any solution. I should be able to make an angled straight line.

Any solutions, Dr?
Dan

Daniel Monskey

[Daniel Monskey]

I did before. And I hit render in the “render” drop-down button in the upper right. But I’m actually not sure I am rendering. I also went into the top bar and hit “render preview and let it process it frame by frame so the green bar appears in the timeline window. But perhaps I’m not actually rendering my project.
What is the proper procedure so I know it is happening?
I’m also linking my MOTION project directly through FCP as the HELP info says this is the best way rather than outputting a contained project. Is this how you suggest I import my project into FCP?
Dan

Daniel Monskey

[Daniel Monskey]

THANK YOU EVERYONE!!!! for all your attention to my original inquiry message. I did not get what I wanted because MOTION is not a 3D program. But because of those limitations I became more creative and actually got a much better design than I was envisioning—KILLER!!!
Thanks again for all your help!!! This is a great resource!
Dan

Daniel Monskey

[Daniel Monskey]

What true-3D programs are there?
Dan

Daniel Monskey

[Daniel Monskey]

Thank you for your suggestions. A QT Compression output—then output in Mpeg-2 streaming again worked fine. However (as with all of my other Compressor Streaming output videos), there is a loss of audio range. I am wondering if your suggestion of going to a 96 kHz or other output format would maintain the original audio range better for uploading to Youtube?
Dan

Daniel Monskey

[Daniel Monskey]

I am now using a Panasonic AJ-SD93 deck and it is still getting some of the visual noise on some of the tapes.
Still looking for answers on this now that I;m having problems with the deck.
It is a multi-use deck so I am using a carousel to slide the tape into the deck—but it is meant to do this.
Dan

Daniel Monskey

[Daniel Monskey]

I’m finding DESKSTAR & ULTRASTAR drives on the Hitachi website—some at speeds as high as 15,000. But I don’t know anything about the SATA, SCSI or SAS or FC interface. I don’t have the computer yet—I am placing bids on them, so I probably have to have the CPU first, right? Also, where do you buy these higher end components? I’ve only used MacMall.
And video editing and production IS my bread & butter, so this might be the direction I should go.
Dan

Daniel Monskey

[Daniel Monskey]

No. It had the extension “.WAV”. I changed it to lowercase “.wav” and had no effect.
It sounds difficult to deal with from the other responses. I’m going to have him reformat it and resend it if he can.
Thanks for the help.
Dan

Daniel Monskey