[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Dan,

Glad I could help out. I used one of the first RT hardware edit solutions in the late 90s and the included titler was Inscriber CG, and I actually had to do complex math for each credit roll and get the scroll speed just right to achieve decent results or it looked nasty, so I’m no stranger to text issues. Spent many an hour dialing in the correct rates back in the day 😉

Just thought of another tip – don’t use “pure white” for the text, go with 235, 235, 235 instead. Will look slightly gray on computer screen, but looks white on TV. 100% white is too bright for many TVs to handle and makes problems worse.

Regards,

Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

What Ann said about Presets, plus of course the title or titles can be exported by highlighting them in the Bin, then File > Export > Title

Another option would be to export a video clip, with alpha channel, and create a self-contained clip of the animated title, ready for overlay in the sequence. One codec that works is QT, Animation, 32 bit color.

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Dan,

The Export settings may not be the issue at all. Tell me more about the titles. If using Serif fonts (those with thin lines and tails on them), they’re going to flicker unfortunately. It is best to use Sans-serif fonts, as in thicker, block style text.

As you may know, interlaced TV displays split a frame into two fields, one with the odd lines and the other even. When scrolling text, the timing is very rarely perfect – the text does not move up a full scan line each frame, but rather is some in-between decimal, so when you have thin lines in the text, parts of the text appear to “turn on and off” when they fall between scan lines and therefore they flicker. That’s the most basic way to explain it.

I will use a font like Arial for credit rolls and they look just fine. Do a quick test project and see if this helps.

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Since the source video is 1080i, how come you specified Progressive for the DVD? Usually LFF. Was the project edited as 1080i or 1080p? The Progressive output is deinterlacing your video, and that could be what is hurting the scrolls, making them 1/2 resolution in effect.

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Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Good catch Ann, I didn’t think of it that way.

In Premiere, highlight the Sequence window, then at the top menu, go to Sequence > Sequence Settings and look at the Editing Mode. Should match your source footage.

In the Project panel, you can right-click on a clip and hit Properties to see what the source clip format is, for instance “1920×1080 29.97”. If unsure about how to select the correct Sequence to match your source clips, just drag a clip onto the New Item icon at bottom right of Project window (next to trash can). This will create a New Sequence to match your footage properly.

Currently, if you for instance have 1080p clips in a DV sequence, that would explain the magnified view in the Program viewer, if it is already set to “Fit”.

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Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Nick,

At lower left of Program window, you might see “100%” or some variation. Hit the drop down there and choose “Fit”.

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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Errol,

As Kevin mentioned, Telestream’s Wirecast software will do what you are asking. Was originally designed to work with DV and HDV cameras, because of 1394 input ability, and USB cameras also work. Now there is third-party hardware support, most notably the new Matrox VS4 card. It has 4 HD-SDI inputs, so you can bring in up to FOUR sources, live switch them including titles, graphics, transitions, and live-stream to the web.

Also does ISO recording of the 4 inputs so you can have edit-ready camera files at the end of the event for post-production. Can also record a “master” copy of the program, though it is limited to “web” quality. Not totally suitable for editing, but I have saved an H.264 at 1080 and looked pretty nice. Better to use the ISO recordings which are MPEG-2 I-Frame 100Mbps quality or better (adjustable).

VS4 is for PC, and Matrox Multi-Ingest is the Mac version of the hardware for Wirecast.

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Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

I believe the ability to export Dolby direct from AME is new to CS6. The “tried and true” method is to use the default “PCM” which creates a .wav file and Encore then transcodes to Dolby. Only takes seconds. Have you tried that workflow?

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[Jeff Pulera]

Since you’re the only one having this particular issue, it could be workflow-related. What is your Premiere sequence setting, and what AME settings are you using? Is it possible to post a screen grab of the AME encode settings?

There should not be any issue using the AME-generated file, but as discussed, should be .m2v. Basically, choose “MPEG-2 for DVD” and then a Preset that best matches your footage like “PAL High Quality”, and then besides adjusting the data rate, DON’T TOUCH other settings. Perhaps something is out of whack in the settings that is messing up the encode.

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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Johannes,

Your problem seems to be unique and may be a result of some step of your workflow, such as having dozens of timelines. Also, I saw your other post where you wanted to make an NTSC DVD from PAL footage. Is the current issue all PAL or are there some conversions going on? If so, that might explain a lot

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
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