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Phil French · October 15th, 2007, 05:16 PM

I just finished a project in Vegas 6d and I notice some stair stepping in some images especialy whites like snow banks or bald eagle tails. The video from my XL1s (SD) is interlaced. My Vegas properties are set to progressive, blend fields, motion blur to gaussian. I am rendering to MPEG-2 progressive, but I can see the problem already in the avi files on the timeline. What am I doing wrong? or conversely is this to be expected and will a filter fix this issue?

Dennis Murphy · October 15th, 2007, 10:54 PM

When I first migrated from Premier to Vegas I found it very jaggy.
I remember trying everything I could to fix it from adjusting my graphics card settings to system and Vegas settings. I knew the images weren't jaggy because After Effects displayed them beautifully.

I then realised that my preview quality wasn't set to 'best'.

Hehe, I can be incredibly dumb like that.

Ian Stark · October 17th, 2007, 05:56 AM

Phil, are you changing the aspect ratio at all, or zooming in to frames using track motion or pan/crop?

October 15th, 2007, 05:16 PM	#1
Phil French Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Lousana, Alberta, Canada Posts: 146	stair stepping in Vegas 6 I just finished a project in Vegas 6d and I notice some stair stepping in some images especialy whites like snow banks or bald eagle tails. The video from my XL1s (SD) is interlaced. My Vegas properties are set to progressive, blend fields, motion blur to gaussian. I am rendering to MPEG-2 progressive, but I can see the problem already in the avi files on the timeline. What am I doing wrong? or conversely is this to be expected and will a filter fix this issue? __________________ Nature Boy

October 17th, 2007, 05:56 AM	#3
Ian Stark Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 2,237	Phil, are you changing the aspect ratio at all, or zooming in to frames using track motion or pan/crop? __________________ www.vit-media.com www.classicmachinefilms.co.uk

October 15th, 2007, 10:54 PM	#2
Dennis Murphy Major Player Join Date: May 2006 Location: Whangarei, New Zealand Posts: 396	When I first migrated from Premier to Vegas I found it very jaggy. I remember trying everything I could to fix it from adjusting my graphics card settings to system and Vegas settings. I knew the images weren't jaggy because After Effects displayed them beautifully. I then realised that my preview quality wasn't set to 'best'. Hehe, I can be incredibly dumb like that.