[Michael Leibson]

. . .render in Vegas at the highest level you can afford . . . and then render using another programme.

Thank-you, Nick!

[Michael Leibson]

I actually rendered the video at about 1/4 size of your posted one and it looked nice and smooth. I think the jitter is caused by the renderer trying to match the larger movements with the smaller screen

I really appreciate this, Nick — thank-you!

Although I left this technique out of this particular file, your observations and solution will come in handy in future projects!

[Michael Leibson]

>I played your mp4 and except for one little jump at about 3 seconds just when “Bb minor: i” shows on screen, the zoom is smooth as on VLC media player, and also Media Player Classic.

Thanks, Nick!

I think I just found what has been wrong:

all this time, I’ve been having it play at 1/4 its size (to approximate how it will appear as a Facebook post), and — now I see! — that it actually does NOT have much jitter when played at original size!

Thank-you for letting me know that it worked fine for you!

[Michael Leibson]

Hi, Francois! I’m sorry, but I hadn’t realized that you had replied — thank-you!

>You’re talking about that single jump mind way as if some frames were missing ?

Hmm. . . No, when I view it, the lines of the musical staff continually ‘jitter’, as the staff moves down.

>Is there any way for you to upload the .veg file and the image files so we can take a better look at it?

I’ve just uploaded a .veg file that contains only this problem — the file contains the three images used in the animation. Here’s the download link that Creative Cow created for it: 13552_staffjitter.veg.zip

As I posted — prior to finding your reply — I eventually gave up trying to find a solution, and went with a different approach. However, it would be good to know what the problem is, and whether there are any solutions, if you (or anyone) know of any.

Thanks again, Francois!

[Michael Leibson]

(After several days of silence) I abandoned the attempt, and went with a different approach.

[Michael Leibson]

(Many days later) I found that one solution is to create and animate a negative mask over that image, that begins by totally obscuring the image and ends — at the other side of the image — with complete visibility. Applying maximum feathering (both inside and out) contributes to a smooth-looking effect.

[Michael Leibson]

Thanks, George!

[Michael Leibson]

Hi, George;

However I have another that would be much quicker to test, if you think it would work.

As it turns out, 4K was one of the renderings I did, over the past couple of days. I was hoping it would work, but all it seemed to do was make the distortion more “defined” — for example, it made what looked like pixelation more ‘crisp’!

I really appreciate your kind help, George, and I’ll be happy to try any other ideas if you think they are worth it.

I realize that, although the Vimeo route seems to offer better results, it’s quite possible that that route may also mean slower loading times for viewers. . .

If no other ideas come to mind by morning, I’ll pay Vimeo to let me upload the entire video, and then see what kinds of loading times it presents.

What a great community this is — thanks, again, for all your help!

Best,

Michael

[Michael Leibson]

Hi, George — thank-you very much for your kind help!

you can load up your project and before you do anything, save it to a different name with maybe the suffix ‘Test’.

Not to worry! I always do that.????

If bandwidth is not an issue with you . . .

If you mean in terms of uploading, no, it’s not an issue. Even tho’ I have very slow upload capability where I live, I have patience too. . .

I would try rendering your project in the appropriate Sony XAVC Intra format template, or under Video for Windows format., select Sony 10 bit YUV which will render a lossless file in the ‘.avi’ container. . .

I would certainly be up for trying this, if you think that there’s a substantial chance that the result will be as good as what Vimeo (see above) seems to provide. If it’s more a matter of trying to do the best available for YouTube, so as not to have to go the Vimeo route — but not necessarily expecting Vimeo quality, I think I would have to pass for now – despite your very kind and generous offer – because I’ve tried about eight different renderings — at 2 hours a rendering, and then another hour or so to upload — and I’m a bit whacked by it. ????

I realize it’s probably hard to predict, but I’ll go with whatever makes the most sense to you.

Again, thanks so much for your kind help!

[Michael Leibson]

It certainly seems that way! Thanks for your input, Dimitrio.