Menu Flickering? - What graphics format to use?

organism_seven wrote on 6/20/2003, 2:44 PM

Hi,

I have produced a graphic images and imported them to DVDA for use on the menu pages. But when I play the finished product on a TV, I can see a flickering effect on the graphics I produced. The graphics supplied with DVDA look fine.
So what graphics file format should I be producing, Gif, Png, TGA ?
The SF graphics are png and gifs.
I tried saving in these formats in Photoshop but they still flicker.
What am I doing wrong?

This used to also happen in Ulead DVD Workshop.
But in version 1.2 they introduced a "eliminate flicker" check box.
I used to select this, and the problem was solved.

Regards
Organism Seven

Comments

DJFreaq wrote on 6/21/2003, 7:49 PM

I always use bmps, that seems to work fine everytime... although I haven't been able to get DVD architect to freaking burn a single disk so far!

check out my thread called Error:... see if you can help me out?
i'll let you know how to fix that error if i can ever burn a disk to see what happens

adam

PeterWright wrote on 6/21/2003, 11:19 PM

It may be the graphics format, but it may just be interlacing - are there thin lines in your pic, particularly horizontal?

These are to be avoided for this very reason - and they recommend not using serif type fonts or anything too thin and fancy ...

If your stills were grabbed friom video and there was fast movement, again there may be interlacing causing flickering - you could try deinterlacing, either in Vegas before you make the still or in a graphics app.

organism_seven wrote on 6/22/2003, 2:37 PM

Hi,

Yes, I am creating my own graphic frames for the thumbnails.
Is the solution just to opt for interlace whan saving the files as pngs?

Regards

Organism Seven