[Nelson Phillips]

That was it! Increasing the frame rate got rid of the ‘judder’ on the photos! Thanks to all who answered, with a special thanks to Wayne. It’s a cool group of people who’ll take time to help newbies and part timers learn, and it’s much appreciated.

[Nelson Phillips]

Here’s a screen grab of what I’m talking about, paused from the rendered m2v file:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8QoMOigz8XBRGNZcGVXb0pPRnc/view?usp=sharing

[Nelson Phillips]

Thanks for the quick replies! The photos I’m using were sent to me by the families, and are scans of prints, about 500kb in size at most.

The issue isn’t in the preview, which, other than the stuttering, looks clear. The issue is in the actual rendered production. When I pause a photo in movement you can clearly see (ghosting?) blurred pixels.

I used to be able to get these fairly clear and crisp with Vegas 4, but that was at standard resolution onto a DVD. These new HD formats (mp4, m2v) are kicking my butt.

I guess I’m just asking those of you who are gurus at Vegas what the best render settings and formats are to minimize blurring in HD?