Help! - Still Getting Interlace Flickering

tygrus wrote on 5/29/2003, 9:13 PM
I read thru a number of posts about this and then found the 'reduce interlace flicker" switch and ran some test encodes. When you put professional level photos into the time line and use this function, the end result is remarkable. Very little flickering at all. However, if I use my own digital pics, the flicker is not reduced as much, so this leads me to think the pics have too many jagged edges to start and when they roll across the scan lines, I get extreme flicker.

So I think the solution must be either anti-alaising them, softening, feathering or some sort of further interlace flicker reduction. I dont want to go and have to do every picture in photoshop cause that would take forever. is there an Media FX that will do this for me across the entire clip as it renders? Or perhaps some other way. This is a big drag in this program cause the final product can be horrendous if I cant solver this.
thx.

Tygrus

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BillyBoy wrote on 5/29/2003, 9:36 PM
There is a media FX filter. CAUTION it is VERY SLOW, in fact SoFo says it is the slowest of all their filters. It does work nice though. You're on the right track. If you can put up a small sample the guys can "see" the exact problem and offer more precise solutions.
tygrus wrote on 5/29/2003, 10:10 PM
Billyboy, what is the media FX filter you are referrring to and what are the optimum settings? I will try anything at this point no matter how long it takes. I am not sure how to post a piece of my video on here, but you wouldnt notice the effect on a PC anyway, its only visible on a TV.

Tygrus
BillyBoy wrote on 5/29/2003, 11:13 PM
Its part of Vegas and its called the media filter. Find it under the Video FX tab. I would just try it on a small 20-30 second time span to see if it does what you want. I tried it at the the lower settings like between 10-25% there are some presets and it cleared up the image pretty good but I used it for noise. Like with some of the other filters it is a trade off. The more you apply the softer the image will get.

Good luck. You asked for that filter specifically by name, why I responded, I don't know if or not it will help much if any with interlacing. Won't hurt to try I guess.
MarkWWWW wrote on 5/30/2003, 8:02 AM
Actually it's called "Median" rather than "Media".
SonyDennis wrote on 6/3/2003, 4:00 PM
What's the resolution of the photos? Are you using "Best" for the "Full resolution rendering quality" (Project Properties)? If not, do.

If you want to try filters, I'd suggest a tiny amount of Gaussian Blur (0.002 or 0.003).

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craftech wrote on 6/3/2003, 4:26 PM
"Reduce Interlace Flicker" introduces motion blur. Basically you have a choice......smooth pans with flicker or blurry pans which are flicker free.

John