How to smooth out a credit roll

Hi,
Using FCP X on a MacBook Pro and haveing touble creating a smooth credit roll.
Rufus

stumbleone wrote:
… Your comment on motion blur for fast scrolling text - sounds interesting, … . Would appreciate if you could expand on that just a bit.
… hmm, well, I'm not sure my translation of a very special term is correct:
It's about 'Winkelgeschwindigkeit/angular speed'.
Means, the speed of an object ON THE 'FILM', not in real life.
(yepp, digital has no film… sensor area)
example:
the lower pic demoes little differences btw. each 'frame' = smooth motion
the upper pic demoes big differences btw each frame = stutter.
the bigger deltas occur due to higher speed of object, or faster movement of cam (e.g. pan), or lower frame-rates (30 vs 60fps)
'stutter', because the eye cannot 'smoothen' the 'jumps' of the object per frame to frame.
now, motion blurr:
the frame itself is blurred, but the motion is noticed as 'smooth', in flow ....
(hard to explain such a complicated issue in a foreign language! )
higher frame-rates, lower angular-speeds (object vs. camera ratio), OR longer shutter-speeds (to create natural motion-blurr, that infamous 'film-look' -not 24fps, but the then optional, very low 1/48th shutter-speed creates the look!) .......
and: angular-speed, because, when the object moves fast straight in axis to camera (or, vice versa, the camera to object....), it doesn't matter; does the object moves fast 90° across the cam axis (or cam pans, or ... yougottheidea ) speed creates bigger (unwanted) effects.
same with a scrolling text:
in case, the scroll is fast, each line of text 'jumps' from position #1 to #2.
When you add 'motion blurr' the text, it looks smooth. although un-sharp!
hope, I was able to explain....
that is cinematography … next step beyond photography.

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