distortion on image when panning

Hi there,
I have a problem with panning shots as they have distortions. Is there a filter I can use to clean the shot up? I have attached two images, one when the camera is still and one when the camera is panning.





Does anybody have any advice? Is there anything in the setting that could cause this problem. (Shutter was on a low level so I don't think it has to do with shutter speed).

Many Thanks

It just looks like motion blur to me.

Why is it important that the image look crisp when stopped on a still frame? A certain amount of motion blur helps smooth the quality of motion. Shooting with a higher shutter speed will make each still frame sharper, but at the expense of having the overall motion look more choppy. If you shoot a panning shot with a high shutter speed, you will see more motion judder.

A classic example of a high shutter speed in film would be the beach landing sequence in Saving Private Ryan. If you were to look at each frame individually, they would be sharp, but when played back at normal speed, the quality of motion is very choppy, almost stroboscopic. If that's the effect you want, then try a higher shutter speed.

At what frame rate did you shoot?

It's just motion blur. Poor lighting.

Chris Tompkins
Video Atlanta LLC

Another shot in the dark (couldn't resist).
Was the camera set to a slow shutter speed to make up for the dark scene? 15 fps? If this isn't a reference to interlacing, is the blur caused by shooting at a non-standard frame rate?

E=MC2+/-2db

its rolling shutter - Dave and Michael have the answer!

you can buy or rent an After Effects and Nuke plug-in for correcting this from http://www.thefoundry.co.uk/products/rollingshutter/

I have not used it so cannot comment but they do make some amazing software.

adam

Adam Taylor
Video Editor/Audio Mixer/ Compositor/Motion GFX/Barista
Character Options Ltd
Oldham, UK

http://www.sculptedbliss.co.uk

The main artifact (if you can even call it that) comes from motion blur due to camera movement. "Low shutter speed" I can only read as a "slow shutter" - i.e. you've probably shot the footage at 1/30th or something. I think rolling shutter has little to do with the issue here, given this does cause some distortion also.

Solutions are few really. It depends if you want to simply salvage 1 moving frame or if you want the sequence of frames to look more crisp. For the single frame, smart sharpen in Photoshop sort of does the trick. For motion I'd have to see the clip.

See link below.

http://www.uptownmedia.se/move_correction.jpg

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Erik Lindahl
Freecloud Post Production Services
http://www.freecloud.se

Jap, that was the problem. There weren't ideal lighting conditions there. Does anybody have an idea if I can increase the quality in FCP or in Motion?
Thanks for your help.