[Devon Brown]

Hi Perry!

I took your advice, but it still yields a choppy animation. Now, I have done two things:

1) When I exported, I exported in progressive rather than interlaced.
2)I also tried exporting into a full DV AVI clip, deinterlacing it and
then exporting CBR, progressive and so forth.

The second option got rid of the stutter, strobe type shakiness, so I that suggests it is the interlaced fields in the animation that cause the issue. However, whenever there is a black screen, it looks really bad. Almost like columns that contain blocks that are different shades of black. This is especially noticeable with titles against the black screen, as the titles create a type of ‘ghost streak’ across the screen.

What I haven’t tried is leaving everything interlaced, then exporting to MPEG2 progressively. I also haven’t tried deinterlacing the whole project and then exporting it interlaced.

Does this shed any light? Thanks once more, Perry!

[Devon Brown]

I transcoded to VBR, with min BR being 4, Max being 9 and target being 6. I would then use encore (all still in NTSC).

I do have to correct myself. I just looked at the footage I exported on the computer (pre encore) and it is reacting in the same, blurry many on those animations.

Maybe it would be easier, Perry, to ask what the best practice is in animating video footage in the manner I described in my OP? Thank you for all the help, though!

[Devon Brown]

Both. When I view the mpeg in WMP or in Encore itself. I initially thought it was a render issue and once put onto DVD it would disappear. But it is the same way on the television set. I view all in NTSC, by the way. I guess I should mention that.

The result is comparable taking an image and not treating it before animating it in PP.

[Devon Brown]

Thank you David! You have been more than helpful!

Ven