Deinterlaced export causes artifacts in still images

When I export to Adobe Media Encoder and select the "Deinterlace" option it does a great job of deinterlacing my interlaced footage. However, any still images in the mix and they immediately pick up artifacts. Any workarounds?

Premiere is actually a horrible deinterlacer. I'd do that outside of Premiere first, and edit in a progressive sequence.

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Exporting video results in still image with original sound background

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Would it matter if the very first file from the camera was an AVI file? I first had QT convert that file to an MOV file which plays just fine.
As long as the MOV file plays in QT, it shouldn't matter at all. In fact, placing it in a known "space" should indicate it is convertible to other target formats even if only on your system configuration.

CS4 doesn't allow Export Frame as a Still Image??

In CS3, I could create a still image of a frame (tiff file) by placing the CTI on the frame in the Source Monitor and then choose File>Export>Frame. This would create the file and place it in the Project I could adjust the default of the length of the still image through Preferences>General>Still Image Duration.
The File>Export>Frame option is no longer in CS4.......???
Can anyone tell me the quickest way to create or export a still image from the Source Monitor in CS4??
Thanks a TON!
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How do I export HDV, DV and still images as one HDV sequence?

Hi, my sequence (HDV-PAL) contains mainly HDV footage but also a few DV shots and stills that have a few applied effects. I want to export the whole thing as HDV (because it will be shown on a big screen) and don't mind a bit of lost quality on the DV sections, but would like the best possible outcome. I know it's difficult to mix DV and HDV together, but I've done it, the project is complete, I can't recapture anything (will take too long) and I need to export this thing as beautifully as possible. At the moment any exporting (I've tried lots of different codecs) makes the different fields go crazy, and if I try dump the whole project on a DV50 sequence then all mixed media ratios freak out and become huge. I haven't tried frame blending or blurring yet because I don't know anything about it...
Is there a way to export this project to DVD and also to a DV TAPE without trashing my DV and still images and conserving the high res HDV footage?
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To make the MPEG for the DVD and the DV version: Choose file/export/QuickTime Movie... then check ON the "make self contained" option. Open that file in Compressor and choose the lowest time preset you can. Then select another preset to use for that same compression session... from the Advanced Format conversions, choose the DV NTSC preset. The resulting movie will be a DV file you can record to DV tape.
It's pretty likely this will take quite a while to do...
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Exporting a 16:9 still image

I imported some video using the anamorphic setup and now I want to take a still frame from it. When I tried it squished it down to 4:3 but I was it to be 16:9 what do I need to do to acheive this. Thanks

the anamorphic flag is just there to tell the clip to display as 16:9 even tho its true aspect ratio is really 4:3 ... this flag doesn't exist for still image formats hence when you export a still and then open it up it displays in its true 4:3 aspect.
just resize/scale the image in photoshop or other image editing app so that the height is reduced by 25%
alternatively:
you could mark in/out a few frames around the frame you want to export, then export using Export > Quicktime Conversion, and in the Options set the size to a true 16:9
[ if original is 720 x 576 then you need 720 x 405 ie (width * 9) / 16 ]
reimport the clip and use that to export your still

How do you export a still image from a sequence ?

I could easily export a frame as still image in CS3 (File / export / ...)
But how do you do this in CS4 ??... Adobe found another way of making something simple so difficult !... I try to export media, then select a still image format, make sure ''export sequence'' is *not* selected, but when I look at the output, what I get is not where I had stopped the cursor and appeared on the monitor, but I get the first frame of the sequence instead.
What am I doing wrong here ?
Thanks,
Rob

Your way should work, it worked for me.
Try reading this:
Select a clip in the Project panel or a Timeline.
Choose File > Export > Media.
In the Export Settings dialog box, select a still-image format from the Format menu. See Export Settings Format options.
If tabs are not visible below the Summary pane, click the Advanced Mode button.
On the Video tab, deselect the Export As Sequence option (if it is selected).
(Optional) To deinterlace the frame, select Progressive from the Field Type menu.
(Optional) To correct the pixel aspect ratio for display on computer screens, select Square Pixels from the Aspect menu.
Click the Output Name hot text.
Browse to the location where you want to save the still-image file, type a filename for it, and click Save.
In the Export Settings viewing area, drag the playhead to the frame you want to export as a still image.
Click OK.
Check no.10 did you drag the playhead in the export settings viewing area? Or did you do that on the timeline?
Good luck.

Export length of still image not adjustable?

I'm trying to export a bunch of still images as .psd files that I will archive and use repeaedly in future projects. The files will always be 2.5 seconds when used in the future.
The problem is that the images don't want to export as 2.5 seconds.
I adjust the length to 2.5 seconds and Export As QT Conversion > Still Image > PSD. However, when I import the file is always 10 seconds.
Alternatively, I load the clip into the viewer. Adjust the time to 2.5 seconds and Export As QT Conversion > Still Image > PSD. But still the file is 10 seconds upon import.
Any ideas?
Is there a default setting somewhere I'm not seeing?
Cheers,
Curtis

Perhaps you're overlooking the setting in your User Preferences for Still Image Duration?

Exporting high quality still images?

Is it possible to export a high quality still image from video? I have used the export using qt conversion, exported it as a photoshop document and when I bring that doc into photoshop the image quality is poor at 300 dpi. It comes in at 10 inches X 6.67 inches at 72 dpi, but when I make it 300 dpi the image size is only 2.4 inches by 1.6 (this, of course, is when I turn off "resample image")
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Is it possible to export a high quality still image from video?< </div>
Yes and no. it is no better than your video camera shot it. Generally, for conventional DV, that's roughly 500x800 pixels at a shutter speed of 1/30th second. HD formats and special frame rates, of course, produce other still images.
720x486 at 72 DPI.< </div>
I beg to quibble, or at least to be a pedant. The 72dpi is an artificial construct imposed by Photoshop. There is no dpi or lpi in video. You only get the raw pixels. You can make the pixels bigger by scaling up or you can throw some away by scaling down but, without additional work like resampling or applying a tool like Genuine Fractals, you cannot get any more pixels.
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Morphing a still image to video effect

I have shot footage of my wife holding a white a4 card while talking to camera
I have zoomed in on the card to fill the screen as she finishes her talk, I want the card to have a still photo on it (created in FCP as a freeze frame), then as we zoom and then hold for 1 second the still frame changes to video of the same still, seen this effect in the TV series "Criminal Minds", im sure they use a tracking piece of software to do this, but is this acheiveable in FCP or even Motion to look realistic? I shot the card straight on, would prefer to do it at an angle plane but this may be even more difficult!
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Hey Allister
I can't see why you would need any motion capture software - what I understand your trying to do from your post, should be perfectly achievable using just the motion keyframes in FCP. This would be how i would try and do the effect your describing -
1. Find the frame that wished to use as the mock photo on the piece of card. Create a freeze frame and export it as a still image PNG file. If your working in an interlaced format, then take it into photoshop and use the deinterlace filter on the footage to get rid off any jagged edged that should be smooth.
Filter > Video > De-Interlace
And resave it.
2. Import this photo image into the same sequence as your wife holding the piece of card. Drag this image onto the timeline above the clip of your wife holding the card. Now resize the image using the motion controls to fit the piece of card. Add a keyframe here to your "size" value and your "center" value, and any other value you have adjusted to make the still fit the card.
3. Now navigate to the frame of the zoom, in the clip of your wife holding the card where the card fills the screen. Adjust your still PNG photo image to fill the screen also - you should be able to do this easily by just setting all the motion values to their default setting e.g size 100%, center 0,0.
4. Now go back to through the footage zooming in on your wife. Play it through - and each time you see a frame where the photo image is in the incorrect position i.e not fitting the card, then simply adjust it so that it fits.
Hopefully a combination of the final cut tweening and a little perseverence on your part should get the photo to keep in position all the way through the camera zoom.
5. Now at the frame where the photo image fills the frame - cut to the actual moving footage from which you took the still. Make sure you cut to 1 frame AFTER where you took the freeze frame. Otherwise there will be an unnatural pause as you will be essentially playing the same frame twice.
Now you could also use the speed ramping tools in FCP to come up from a still image to slow motion to full speed video if you want a smoother transition than just going from a still to moving footage.
Hope this was of some help. Knowing me its probably clear as mud. If you want any clarification on any points just post back here.
All the best
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So- I need to save a still from some video but I do not have Photoshop. How can
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In your timeline, park the playhead on the frame you want to make the still from; now double click anywhere in that video clip, and it will appear in the viewer. Then Shift/N will make the still frame for you. Now go to the file menu and choose Export/QuickTime conversion, choose Still Image, and under options, set the image type.
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Useful if you don't have FCS open at the time.

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Sounds like it would work, but I have many layers. It seems
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Still images exported to DVD look deinterlaced and flicker on TV monitor

Hi,
I have tried tried almost everything and I still have issues with the still images exported to DVD as sequencefrom FCP 7.0 by using Compressor are deinterlaced and flicker on TV monitor. Please help remove the annoying flicker.
My FCP Timeline Sequence settings match the image resolution:
Frame Size: 1024 x 682 (double of 720 x 480 standard DVD res)
Pixel Aspect Ratio: Square
Field Dominance: None
Compressor: Photo JPG (also tried, DVCPRO-NTSC)
I cropped the original images in Photoshop to the 1024 x 682 and saved as tiffs. They still look deinterlaced in FCP timeline and exported to DVD on my iMac computer monitor.
Final output of DVD will be on this monitor:
Specifications:
Ikegami
Model: VCM-2101
Resolution: 450 TV Lines (Horizontal)
Should I crop the images to 450 horizontal pixels or the double of that 900?
How can I match the sequence or the images settings to avoid the flicker and deinterlaced look on that monitor? I am not able to test the image by having the monitor next to computer.
Compressor:
I used custom DVD settings in Compressor for 90 min best quality DVD. Tried the Porgressive and "Same as Source" in Output field.
In "Crop to" and "Padding" I set for preserve source aspect ratio and letterbox area of source.
I followed the advices from below and I still did not resolve the problem. Please is there anythign else I can try?
Thanks a lot..
Re: Poor Quality Stills
Dec 19, 2006 4:08 PM (in response to Steve Braker)
Things to try (In increasing order of image degradation)
- (in FCP) field order>none
- (in FCP or Photoshop) reduce whites by 10% - reduces overly bright areas
- (in FCP) flicker filter - minimum
- (in Photoshop) motion blur>vertical> .2 - .5 pixels - blurs vertically only
- (In FCP or Photoshop) Gaussian blur> .2 - .5 pixels -blurs both horizontally as well as vertically
- (in FCP or Photoshop) deinterlace - throws away half the image and is generally not appropriate on scanned images

Dear Russ,
Thank you very much. Yes, there is something else in the sequence, old documentary, 768 x 570 (no field dominance, 25fps, Apple ProRes 422) but the images are more imporant.
make a progressive sequence with square pixels. (I am partial to 720P, 1080 should work – or 540). Choose Pro Res 422
Do you mean that I should make a sequence in FCP with these settings? If yes, how can I set a "progressive" sequence? I dont see a setting for output field in FCP sequence settings, lnly in customizing Compressor output DVD format.
Also: "720P, 1080 should work – or 540" are you talking about Frame size? If so, to set in Compressor or in FCP?
If you have interlaced material, then de-interlace before you bring it in. If you don't have interlaced clips, don't de-interlace.
The images are not interlaced after I crop them, apply motion blur filter in Photoshop but look interlaced in FCP timeline after I import them and even to the same as photos sequence in FCP timeline.
Please help and thank you for your comments.

Export sequence of still images (JPGs, TIFFs) from FCP timeline into DVD without interlaced issues using Compressor

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How to export a sequence with stills (jpg) into a DVD format by using Compressor without having the interlaced issue on the outcome? The stills in the Canvas look crisp but once exported to DVD format, the outcome images look interlaced. How can I best match the crisp look of the high resolution JPGs in time line when exported to DVD?
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I also tried to work with JPGs converted to TIFFs on a different sequence with same as Tiff settings and the issue still persists.
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Dear Nick,
Thank you, I understand now it is the aspect ratio issue.
Are you suggesting that I should use Photoshop or Graphic Converter to convert the 1024 x 768 to 720 x 480 prior to importing them into FCP seqence?
> Give the DVD authoring software the correct size:
I am using FCP 7.0.3 to create the sequence of images (there has to be specific timing and transitions), which I then export to DVD format by using Compressor.
Do you mean that I should set the FCP timeline sequnece settings to 720 x 480?
Please let me know. Thank you,
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Still image export is not exporting interlaced images from interlaced video

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to restate, the video is interlaced and i want stills that reflect exactly how the video is and fcp is deinterlacing the still exports.

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