[Johnny]

Thanks for the advice, guys. I really appreciate it!

The job is out the door and all is well.

Time for a cold one…

John

[Johnny]

Stuart,

Jeff’s suggestion to use the “Reduce Interlace Filter” effect may help.

I have a good deal of experience doing camera moves on photos and/illustrations. By camera moves I mean replicating in After Effects what used to be done with a Motion Control Camera Rig. This sounds like what you’re doing.

In my experience the best way to combat the ‘jitter” (or moire as it’s sometimes called) is to use the gaussian blur filter and blur tool in Photoshop.

If a photo/illustration contains fine lines and/or certain bright colors a moire will appear on the “camera move.” Usually, I will do a “save as” on my original image and bring it into Photoshop, saving it as a hi-rez TIF. Where the moire is most prevelant I will use the blur tool (on a low setting). I’ll blur only the areas which are jittering. I also may use a slight gaussian blur on the whole image. Afterwards, I will replace my original image with the new blurred one in After Effects.

As long as the image is a high resolution this should help. However, be spare. A little goes a long way.

Some things to keep in mind:

1. If you are zooming in to a specific area, obviously you want to be careful not to blur the image in this area too much.

2. You may want to try slowing down the move. The faster the pan/zoom/tilt, the more potential for jitter.

3. Things to look for in photos are herringbone patterns, stripes, etc…Again, a little blur on these goes a long way.

These are some suggestions which may work for you. I’ve worked on many documentaries and “cleaned up” thousands of images that were causing jitter/moire this way.

Cheers…

Johnny

[Johnny]

I’m sure you’ve thought of this…but, are you sure your AI image doesn’t have a small (1 pixel or smaller) stroke on it?

Johnny