Flicker in imported AVI files
by Knut Högvall
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Jun 8, 2009 at 11:15:47 am
I have taken motion screen dumps in SnagIt in AVI format. The original dumps look great. But when I import the AVI files into AE, using the original's resolution and frame rate, I suddenly get the most horrific flickering, lags, jumping cursors, you name it. A perfect AVI file looks positively horrible after being imported into AE.
Re: Flicker in imported AVI files by Kevin Camp on Jun 8, 2009 at 3:26:37 pm
i know a lot of people use camtasia to make many of the video tutorials you see here. i'm sure they have a free trial if you wanted to check that out...
as far as the footage issue, the avi container is usually not a problem... do you know what codec snagit is encoding the screen captures as, and can you set it to use a different codec?
usually the first step in troubleshooting footage problems is knowing as much about the footage as you can. knowing the codec can go a long way to fixing footage issues. if it is recording using a codec like mpeg-2, mpeg-4 or h.264, then it is probably using interframe compression. this type of compression will create problems for ae. you should be able to convert it using an nle or another media utility to codec that uses only intraframe compression or no compression.
other potential issues with footage could be how ae interprets the footage. select the footage in the project window, choose file>interpret footage>main. since it is a screen capture, make sure that ae is not separating fields. also make sure that the frame rate is correct.