Re: Still image flicker by moldyboot on Apr 30, 2007 at 9:47:44 pm
if the entire layer is flickering (maybe more like strobing), and you are rendering with the intent to display on tv, try rendering with fields. to set ae to render fields, send your comp to the render queue (via make movie or add to render queue). click 'best' next to render settings to open the render settings window. set to render with fields (use appropriate dominance, lower for most ntsc applications).
if only parts of the surfer are flickering, like fine detail or patterned areas, then this is usually called field judder or jitter. this can be fixed by applying a slight vertical blur to the image in ae, or even better to do it in photoshop... there is an action set called defickerator (google should return the link) that is designed to soften the details that lead to judder, it works well.
Re: Still image flicker by Ari on Apr 30, 2007 at 10:30:09 pm
Hi
I've tried the suggestions you offered.
Nothing really worked. The directional blur didn't help.
Field rendering (I tried upper and lower) only made it worse..
I would describe the problem as a strobing effect...
And it is happening only to my surfer.
I wasn't able to find that photoshop action set on google...
Re: Still image flicker by moldyboot on May 1, 2007 at 3:59:45 pm
i take it the surfer is moving very fast... how many frames is the surfer moving across the screen?
you can crank up the shutter angle to 720, which will increase the motion blur effect. go to the composition settings for your comp, click the advanced tab, set the shutter angle to a higher value.
just to make sure... you are using both the motion blur switch for your surfer layer by clicking the motion blur checkbox in the switches for that layer AND enabling motion blur by clicking the motion blur button at the top of the comp window, correct?
