[Kevin Camin]

Thanks for the response. : )

To do a lossless edit, does it matter what codec the sequence is set at as long as you export uncompressed or should you set the sequence to a lossless format to ensure this?

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[Kevin Camin]

Is it basically the ‘Arri’ in this instance? I don’t see the Arri codec anywhere in the specs on the right. How would you create a ProRes sequence from scratch or do you just need to drag and drop in a ProRes file into a blank timeline?

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[Kevin Camin]

4 hours for rotoing 10 sec is fast. Lol. Hope that helps put things in perspective.

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[Kevin Camin]

This is an awesome discussion. The bottom line is that the video has motion jitter off my iphone which is how this marketing ad will be primairly viewed. There is no way to set my phone’s settings to make this go away, let alone everyone else’s phone in the world. It is however, intensely interesting that the jitter has been eliminated or reduced on some peoples’ computer playback.

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[Kevin Camin]

Can you package your project and upload?

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[Kevin Camin]

Hi Andrew,

I’m guessing 60hz. I do have a 2nd monitor at work but it does it off my work laptop, a 2017 Macbook Pro. It also does it on my iphone when I load it up.

It’s interesting that it’s smooth on your monitor, probably the same reason it was smooth when played back on the TV. It’s unfortunately not a solve, because it’s jittering on my laptop and on my phone, the two main ways people will be viewing the video. Higher frame rate is not an option since Instagram puts the limit at 29.97 and drops anything above down. I guess all we can do is shoot sharper (faster shutter speed), shoot at 30 vs. 24, and have things move slower.

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[Kevin Camin]

The bitrate is fine. I’m viewing an MP4 in quicktime at a modest rate and also uploading as a test to Instagram and getting the same result.

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[Kevin Camin]

I think you might be underestimating how much there is too the field of motion graphics. And just understanding something doesn’t mean you can do it–just like a professional movie critic probably couldn’t make a hit movie because they are two different things. Think of trying to be a clay sculpture but you never really touch much clay, but understand how it is done; you need to get dirty and going through the motion of creating, and finding what really works in all sorts of unexpected contexts. Basically it takes experience like anything else in life.

As a motion designer, you don’t just animate graphics, you can be called on to do all sorts of motion endeavors–you are often the Swiss army knife of post-production.

This is tough love, but just how you are talking about things is unrealistic. You need to put as much energy and passion as you are in your Phd (time) if you want to be a successful motion designer. If you don’t, you probably are going to create unprofessional work and have mad clients. Motion design as an industry has a moving ground–you need to keep up with all the changes occurring or you get left behind pretty quickly. That takes time into itself.

Good luck.

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Kevin Camin

[Kevin Camin]

The weird thing is though if you play it on a TV from a computer it’s super, super smooth. I was wondering if anyone knew why that could possibly be when it jitters in After Effects, Quicktime, streaming on the internet, etc.

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Kevin Camin

[Kevin Camin]

Thanks for the response. So for people who are using the program on a normal computer monitor are not getting accurate results? You absolutely need to run it through one of their video cards and onto a broadcast monitor?

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Kevin Camin