Stills Shake, Audio Skips

1. M-323
   Member

   
   Guys,
   
   I just finished my masterpiece wedding. Its 1.5 hours in length.
   
   It was shot with a Cannon XL2 (some amazing footage), edited in Premiere Pro 2.0, then imported to Encore 2.0 for chapters, etc.
   
   At the beginning of the show, there are about 30 stills with cross dissolves through them. All the stills were pulled from the timeline. About half those stills stutter – making the subject look like they are either very nervous or have Parkinson’s.
   
   The rest is stunning but this really detracts from the project (also a couple of audio skips – one during the Grooms speech)
   
   Of course it played back fine during Preview on the PC.
   
   Would "deinterlacing" the stills have anything to do with it? Also, if they need deinterlacing, would this be in Premiere, as it was just one big timeline in Encore. There were no stills in Encore.
   
   And, if that’s the case, does that mean the entire Encore project would have to be started over because it would be a new import into Encore?
   
   Any ideas?
   
   Software: Premiere Pro 2.0 and Encore DVD 2.0
   
   Computer is AMD 64/4200 2.21Ghz, 2GBram, the storage drives are RAIDed, burner is LG 16x dual layer and media was RiData -R

   Posted 5 years ago #

2. compusolver
   Member

   
   In PP, right-click your stills and under field options, choose deinterlace and flicker-removal.
   
   Audio skips would have me guessing not enough power in the computer, but your system is pretty similar to mine, so while we both could do with a dual-core upgrade, it isn't so bad that we shouldn't be able to get good video production. Try defragging the harddrives (seriously!). Also, uninstall any unnecessary programs and tasks running in the background (check Task List).
   
   Back to still images that don't remain still, you'll run into this sooner or later - sometimes you'll have patterns, like maybe on a roof, etc. and you'll get moire. Just apply a softening (blur) effect to the area and the problem is solved.

   Posted 5 years ago #

3. M-323
   Member

   
   Compusolver;
   
   Thanks for the quick reply! That’s a lot simpler than the Adobe solution.
   
   http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/premiere/articles/prp15sdexprtstil.html
   
   There is also an option for interlacing consecutive frames. What’s the difference between interlacing and de-interlacing?
   
   … I forgot to mention mine is a dual core. Some people tell me that it doesn’t make much difference in rendering anyway, mostly for multitasking.
   
   Can Audio be interlaced or de-interlaced as well?
   
   I take it, this should be done to each still?
   
   And within Premiere – that means re-save the project, the re-export to Encore, then replaced the timeline? Will deleting the old timeline In Encore mean starting the Encore project from scratch?
   
   No chance this is a disk issue?
   
   Thanks

   Posted 5 years ago #

4. compusolver
   Member

   
   NTSC is interlaced video as opposed to progressive. This means that instead of displaying each horizontal line in sequence, every OTHER line is displayed then it starts over again. In still photos, especially where there is movement, this creates a feathering effect. No, interlacing does not affect audio.
   
   You can use the "replace asset" feature in Encore to avoid redoing the timeline, etc.
   
   As for your dual core - I do believe it will help in rendering and encoding tasks as well.

   Posted 5 years ago #

5. M-323
   Member

   
   IT WORKED!!
   
   You Sir are a genius!
   
   I went through all the 30 something stills, right clicked, de-interlaced and de-flickered, re-wrote the show over the original so there wouldn’t be any confusion, then used the replace asset in Encore – Encore said that asset already existed in the project so I shut both programs off, change the name of the asset and re-imported over the original and wella! Burned it and the pics are ROCK SOLID!!
   
   In retrospect, I realized that I could have even created a new “sequence” in Premiere of the problem stills only, then exported only that sequence then imported it separately into Encore which would have saved some time but heck it was all very enlightening!
   
   In future, is there a better way to import stills into Premiere? E.g. save them to a file, then de-interlace all at once (and de-flicker) as a batch?
   
   Thanks again for your expertise and quick response!

   Posted 5 years ago #

6. compusolver
   Member

   
   Once you've imported stills and have set the properties for one of them (deinterlace, de-flicker, etc.) you can "copy" that clip, then "paste attributes" to the others, saving at least a little time. Experiment a little, because images that didn't start out as video, may not need deinterlacing. Also, Photoshop has an excellent "deinterlace" feature and Photoshop allows batch commands.

   Posted 5 years ago #

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