Text or Title Crawl Stutter

I'm doing a project shot mostly with DVCPro HD 720p24 footage and monitoring thru the Matrox MXO. The piece has always looked good since I started it a few months ago, including some graphics I did in Motion and titling using Boris Title 3D. Then today my client asked me to do both a title roll and a title crawl. I did the roll with Boris Title Crawl and it looked great, but the crawl flickers and stutters, even after I stretched it out. I've tried checking and unchecking the 1:2:1 Deflicker box, dropping in the Deflicker filter, applying a slight Channel Blur, but nothiing seems to work. The same goes for when I used FCP's Text Crawl tool. Any suggestions to help me save what used to be a highly polished looking piece? Thanks.
P.S. I'm thinking of doing the Crawl in Motion, but I've never done that before. Any tips on how to make that work will also be appreciated.

Do you wish to add Titles to a live feed, in real-time?
If so, then you will probably looking at a hardware mixing console/switcher, with character generation capabilities.
Good luck,
Hunt

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*This is very annoying - because the problem comes about at the the tail end of projects when I'm trying to export files to create DVDs, make deadlines, etc.*
Not an answer to your question... I've never used Boris title crawl. But a suggestion that might save you time when trouble shooting... You can just export the title sequence at the end of your show as a test to verify if it's working properly rather than exporting the whole thing only to find you still have an issue.
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I have my credits done as a Boris title crawl (roll). They roll up just like credits in the average movie. They're quite long, spanning almost 4 minutes. Some videos are also included in the open space during this title crawl.
When I convert the files for use with DVD Studio, I used the DVD Best quality 90 minutes presets. It performed that conversion without a hitch.
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So you're saying I should just export one as a test? Or, what I was thinking is, export the title crawl as a self-contained movie, then import it back into FCP and then send it to Compressor; can't mess it up like it does if it's a strait-up video, right?
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Hi all,
did some looking around and couldn't find anything this specific.
I am able to get the "Text window" when using the Boris Title 3D. But when I go to use the Boris Title Crawl and click on the "banner" for the Text window, nothing happens. I do get a new menu for Title Crawl but no real working options. I am not able to use it at all.
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--Tim

Could it be a corrupt font?
To validate fonts:
Open Font Book and select one or more installed fonts to check.
Choose File > Validate Font.
In the Font Validation window, review the fonts listed for warnings or errors. Use the pop-up menu to display warnings and errors separately, if necessary.
For fonts with warnings or errors, click the disclosure triangle next to the font to see which validation rules show errors.
To remove a corrupted font, click the checkbox next to the font. Make sure fonts you want to keep are not checked. Then click the Remove Checked button.
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http://prolost.blogspot.com/2007/02/mastering-in-nle.html

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Hey there,
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I did originally try it in the FCP scrolling text generator, and yes, all of the scrolling text is there. But the reason I want to put it into Boris is because it's still 'wavy', despite putting on a de-interlacer, and fixing the whiteness, etc...
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What format are you working in? If it's DV, simply create a new file in photoshop using the DV preset and then adjust the vertical dimension to whatever is appropriate. Post back if you want, and I'll look at some of the crawls I've done and see what they're dimensions are.
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I don't use Boris regularly, but when I have, I never encountered this, and I doubt it's related to upgrading to 7. If I understand correctly what you're describing, the changes could be caused by any number of things – like whatever cutting took place on your TL "over time and subsequent rendering" causing re-renders.
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This has been an ongoing problem that occurs whenever I use Boris Title Crawl to create very simple titles (i.e lower third, scolling titles, etc). Within the HD sequence, the titles work as intended, but when I down convert the sequence or export the sequence containing the titles to a QT file (whether via QT conversion or compressor) this is where I get the problems. Titles which were once centered become right justified or visa versa. It doesn't occur with all of the titles and there seems to be no recognizable pattern. Sometimes the title will flip back and forth between centered and justified. Sometimes I go back into the sequence and re-edit the title. This may solve it, but then another title will be effected. This is very annoying - because the problem comes about at the the tail end of projects when I'm trying to export files to create DVDs, make deadlines, etc.

*This is very annoying - because the problem comes about at the the tail end of projects when I'm trying to export files to create DVDs, make deadlines, etc.*
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rh

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