Captioning producing a "flickering" effect at DVinfo.net

James Smith · August 19th, 2005, 10:37 AM

Does anyone know why this happens..

Lloyd Coleman · August 19th, 2005, 10:48 AM

Digital Video does not do well with high contrast edges. Take a look at this tutorial for some great tips on creating text over video.

http://www.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/p...les/index.html

James Smith · August 19th, 2005, 12:17 PM

Acutually i'm aware of the noise you'll get from a skinny font..I sent this video off for "captioning" and was returned to me and there were some "flickering" of the captioined letters..My client wants an explanation, i've told them that this is pretty much standard with white captioning over a changing background.

Their not happy with my explanation..

Boyd Ostroff · August 19th, 2005, 12:20 PM

You could try applying a small amount of vertical blur to the captions and see if that helps.

August 19th, 2005, 10:37 AM	#1
James Smith New Boot Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 12	Captioning producing a "flickering" effect Does anyone know why this happens..

August 19th, 2005, 12:17 PM	#3
James Smith New Boot Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 12	Thanks for the info.. Acutually i'm aware of the noise you'll get from a skinny font..I sent this video off for "captioning" and was returned to me and there were some "flickering" of the captioined letters..My client wants an explanation, i've told them that this is pretty much standard with white captioning over a changing background. Their not happy with my explanation..

August 19th, 2005, 10:48 AM	#2
Lloyd Coleman Major Player Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Salt Lake City, UT Posts: 256	Digital Video does not do well with high contrast edges. Take a look at this tutorial for some great tips on creating text over video. http://www.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/p...les/index.html

August 19th, 2005, 12:20 PM	#4
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,802	You could try applying a small amount of vertical blur to the captions and see if that helps.