back again.... and thanks for the previous advice everyone - much appreciated.
so, i took two examples
www.hannakay.com/test-pics/
as stills they looked great in both 720p / 1080i+p (i'm in pal land)
then i did a simple motion move (with and without 'reduce interlace flicker') 10sec each - that panned across 'sturt', and on 'stalking', then top to bottom on 'stalking'.
in sd the results were as i expected - smooth if not that sharp.
at 720p as still they look fantastic, but artifact'ed on the pans, with some 'minor jerking'.
at 1080, again they looked brilliant as stills, but totally unacceptable with the artifactng and stuttering on all moves.
does this mean i'm going to have to stay with sd? i mean i have a pretty clear idea of creating smooth, clean moves in v6 / 7, and monitoring the effects but this artifacting on high res pictures (and i haven't even tried cross-hatched drawings!!!) is totally unacceptable.
video is great, no problems in that dept at either 720p or 1080, but my main clients are pretty serious artists who supply me with high res images - and accept the softening associated with sd - but the few i've shown the test to have all said they'd prefer sd if that's the best hd has to offer.
i would really, really appreciate some feedback about this problem....
thanks
leslie
so, i took two examples
www.hannakay.com/test-pics/
as stills they looked great in both 720p / 1080i+p (i'm in pal land)
then i did a simple motion move (with and without 'reduce interlace flicker') 10sec each - that panned across 'sturt', and on 'stalking', then top to bottom on 'stalking'.
in sd the results were as i expected - smooth if not that sharp.
at 720p as still they look fantastic, but artifact'ed on the pans, with some 'minor jerking'.
at 1080, again they looked brilliant as stills, but totally unacceptable with the artifactng and stuttering on all moves.
does this mean i'm going to have to stay with sd? i mean i have a pretty clear idea of creating smooth, clean moves in v6 / 7, and monitoring the effects but this artifacting on high res pictures (and i haven't even tried cross-hatched drawings!!!) is totally unacceptable.
video is great, no problems in that dept at either 720p or 1080, but my main clients are pretty serious artists who supply me with high res images - and accept the softening associated with sd - but the few i've shown the test to have all said they'd prefer sd if that's the best hd has to offer.
i would really, really appreciate some feedback about this problem....
thanks
leslie