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fargogogo · September 5th, 2002, 06:34 PM

For the first time, I tried to manipulate a large photograph to move across the screen in After Effects. I rendered, then exported it to Premiere, where I printed it to tape. But unfortunatley, it looks odd; like it has lots of moving grain or something. Is this the best I can expect? The original photo was imported to photoshop and is very clean and crisp. I've kept it uncompressed throughout. Any ideas I where I've gone wrong?

Maybe the type of file I was using? (Photoshop file) Would .tif be better?

Thanks.

Rob Lohman · September 6th, 2002, 01:57 AM

It is hard to say anything about this without seeing the source
picture and the resulting movie. What was the format and codec
you used to export from AE to Premiere? Does it look weird only
when playing back from your camera or also when you play the
movie AE exported?

fargogogo · September 6th, 2002, 08:03 AM

I think I figured out the problem. I got the original image from a Kodak "picture" CD, which I hadn't noticed contains only crummy, lossy JPGs.

I should have ordered a Kodak "photo" CD, which contains 5 sizes of higher resolution images for each photo.

It's always something. :(

Now I can start over from the beginning! :)

September 5th, 2002, 06:34 PM	#1
fargogogo Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 49	video in After Effects For the first time, I tried to manipulate a large photograph to move across the screen in After Effects. I rendered, then exported it to Premiere, where I printed it to tape. But unfortunatley, it looks odd; like it has lots of moving grain or something. Is this the best I can expect? The original photo was imported to photoshop and is very clean and crisp. I've kept it uncompressed throughout. Any ideas I where I've gone wrong? Maybe the type of file I was using? (Photoshop file) Would .tif be better? Thanks.

September 6th, 2002, 01:57 AM	#2
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	It is hard to say anything about this without seeing the source picture and the resulting movie. What was the format and codec you used to export from AE to Premiere? Does it look weird only when playing back from your camera or also when you play the movie AE exported? __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

September 6th, 2002, 08:03 AM	#3
fargogogo Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 49	I think I figured out the problem. I got the original image from a Kodak "picture" CD, which I hadn't noticed contains only crummy, lossy JPGs. I should have ordered a Kodak "photo" CD, which contains 5 sizes of higher resolution images for each photo. It's always something. :( Now I can start over from the beginning! :)