Video transition isn't smooth

The quicktime>zoom, video transition in FCP, is not smooth when used on image file. Is there any way to fix this.

Its ok. I have worked out a way around the problem.
Thanks anyway

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I'm having a problem in FCP7 with all video transitions. Every transition has a rolling flicker throughout the effect. What is causing this?

I recently upgraded to FCP7 from FCP6. I am now having an issue in playback with all video transitions. When I add a transition to my video it does not consistently play smoothly. I now appears to have an old "film" like flicker rolling through the effect. Our video was shot on a dslr and brought into FCP with compressor as a prores 422 file. We use magic bullet for our coloring effects which are in place on this video. When I was working on the project in FCP6 I did not have this problem. When the project was complete we upgraded to FCP7. The client has now come back to us wanting additional footage. So I opened the old project up into FCP7 and checked yes to all format updates to meet with FCP7 guidelines. So far this is the only problem I've encountered. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hello!
For me it looks like conflict with field order (upper, lower - interlaced).
Please, check Your sequence settings, maybe it should be set to "field order NONE" if Your source is progressive.
Next thing You could check:
in Your timeline with bad transitions look into "Effecs tab" - maybe FCP 7 added "shift field filter +/-1" after opening FCP 6 project.
In general - try to keep sequence settings same as source settings.

How do I make transitions between clips smooth?

how do I make transitions between clips smooth? Right now, when I play my video in imovie, the clips freeze or jump between clips.

Have you tried sharing the final movie using the Share menu, or, alternatively use FILE/FINALIZE PROJECT?
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Mac-compatible plug-in for feathered-wipe video transitions?

Does anyone know of a Mac-compatible alternative for SpiceMaster for creating feathered wipe video transitions? I've just been handed off a job (let's just say the company who started it is "no longer in the picture") and all they used feathered wipe via the SpiceMaster plug-in about 100-150 times (in a 15 minute video — sigh). Anyways, I can't change the visual direction of the project, I just have to clean up the mess. We're Mac-only and the SpiceMaster plug-in isn't available on the Mac.
While one option is to use a liner wipe Video Effect (which allows for the feather), because of the amount of transitions in this job, that's not only a major pain in the arse in itself, but having to move clips in alternating tracks and overlap the footage, etc. becomes a huge headache when they decide to change the edit (as, all of a sudden, the alternating of the clips to different tracks goes all out of wack).
Anyway, I'm hoping someone could suggest a Video Transition plug-in that would allow me to do feathered wipes. It'd mean the difference between a quick replacing of the SpiceMaster transition with whatever plug-in I could use vs. a nightmare of a project using the linear wipe Video Effect.
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Kristin.

Thanks for the reply. I've tried using the gradient wipe, but was unsuccessful in attaining the desired effect. Here's a quick screencap to show what I'm seeing:
The problem is, this results in a very narrow wipe. I mean, it's no longer a fine line between image1 and image2, there is some feather, but I really need to feather it out. The gradient I created is the same dimensions as the sequence I'm working in, and is a gradient from 100% black on the left side to pure white on the right, with a nice gradient in between. But, when I use this, it's almost like the source gradient is squished in (on the width) resulting in a very narrow feathered wipe.
Below is an example of the rendered video as it was when using SpiceMaster to create the feathered wipe. The first image is the image directly before the wipe starts, the second image the image directly after the end of the wipe, and the third image is a capture mid-wipe. As you can see, there is a very wide feather during the transition as opposed to what is seen in the screen capture above.
Am I doing something wrong when creating my custom gradient? It seems like, since my source file is a nice, wide gradient, it should result in a wide feather, but for some reason it seems to squish down into a narrow feather?
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I have used still photos to make a Quick Time movie using FCE. The DVD made using i-DVD looks somewhat grainy and the motion isn't smooth when played on my TV. Other DVD's I have made play much better and I am wondering if the problem is my Quick Time m

I have used still photos to make a Quick Time movie using FCE. The DVD made using i-DVD looks somewhat grainy and the motion isn’t smooth when played on my TV. Other DVD’s I have made play much better and I am wondering if the problem is my Quick Time movie settings. The Dimensions and size of the problem movie are 1920X1080 and 584 MB respectively, while the movies that play better have Dimensions of 853X480 and are about 1.3 GB in size. Is this the source of my problem and how do I change things for the better.

Are you exporting to QuickTime Movie, or to QuickTime Conversion? For iDVD, you need to export to QuickTime Movie. Exporting to QT Conversion will kill the quality if you are moving the video from FCE to iDVD.
The file size per se makes no difference.
What size (pixel dimensions) are the photos that you put into your 1920x1080 sequence? Also, exactly what are the sequence properties ... is it 1920x1080i60 ... or i50? In North America it should be i60.
853X480 is an odd frame size. Where are you seeing this number? It would appear to be DV-NTSC, which has a frame size of 720x480. Your 1920x1080 frame size would not be DV-NTSC, it would be Apple Intermediate Codec. DV and AIC will look different, for sure.
Also, your quality setting in iDVD can affect the final video. You may want to check that also (in iDVD Preferences > Projects). Set it to Professional Quality if at all possible.

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Is it possible to add more video transitions (additional to the existing fade transitions) to Photoshop CS6?

We don't have these effects available as drag-and-drop transitions. This could be submitted as a feature request. There are, however, some workarounds if you don't mind going through the steps:
1.) Wipe: Add a layer mask to the video file, fill the mask with black, unlink the mask, then add Layer Mask Position keyframes to move the layer mask across the video in time (you'll have to have a second clip positioned on a separate track and overlapping in time to get the effect). Add a small feather to the mask in the properties panel to taste (you may want to transform the mask, make sure it's unlinked first, to make it a little larger than the image area if you add feathering).
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2.) Blur: There's a few different ways you could do this. Hardest and most accurate: individually blur each frame by incremental amounts (automate for convenience with an action or script). Different but similar effect: Copy the video, convert the copy to a smart object and place directly below the original on a separate track/video group. Blur the smart object (applies to all frames) and then use opacity keyframes on the original (unblurred) video layer to transition between the two.
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Motion isn't smooth

i've a problem with the graphics on my macbook. the movement isn't smooth anymore when I scroll up and down. also the movement isn't move like usual. I've reset the PRAM and did repair disk permission but it doesn't work. do you know how to fix it? thx:)

Hi Patrick,
I have a dual 1.8 G5 with 3 GB RAM. A Radeon 9800 Pro graphics card with 256mb of RAM. (bought to try to reslove this problem but to no avail) Running version 2.0.1 of Motion. I also have a decklink pro for an external CRT video monitor.
The particular project (although it happens on most but they are all the same resolution & codec). I generally work using the DV PAL Codec, 720*576 anamorphic. This project was 10" long. I had composited 6 video clips into a third band running horizontally accorss the centre of the screen with reversed, flipped images below as reflections. It is to be the video content of a chapter heading. Each of the 6 clips is moving (tilting or panning). I tried exporting the sequence to Motion but the pans and tilts within the video clips become unuseably jerky.
In the end, I exported the video as a GT movie and used that as a guide only and switch off that layer on export leaving the video all within FCP which limits my flexibility on layers.
Thankfully, text movement in this project is smooth but that isn't always the case. It does seem to be a rythmic jerkiness. If something is moving accross the screen, it pause ever so slightly every few frames then continues.
I'm rambling now but I hope that may be enough?
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non additive dissolve video transition doesnt connect 2 photos gradually in my Premiere pro 5.5, is there any settings for it?

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Issue with Video Transitions

While insert various video transitions last night I kept finding that, on certain transitions, a cross dissolve or fad in/fade out transition would only be be 0.1 second in duration (while all other transitions could be inserted and adjusted without problem). When I tried to amend the length of the transition (by clicking on the transition itself and then trying to amend by stretching it or manually typing in a new duration length) nothing seemed to work and it stubbornly stayed at 0.1 second.
What am I doing wrong?

timmyd9 wrote:
.. transitions .. stubbornly stayed at 0.1 second.
What am I doing wrong?
you do the beginner's mistake #1, we all did.. me too:
you have to let 'flesh' at the clips you add to the timeline, by setting in/out points.
illu:
#1 shows the actual 'cut' in timeline
#2 shows, that there's some more material from clip#1 'under' clips #2..
because: we set an out-point (#3) a few secs before the raw-material ends (#4)
when you add clips to timeline in full length, there isn't any material for a dissolve.
totally different, if you use iMovie (=consumer/beginner tool): it 'grabs' the needed frames&secs from both clips, in result the project gets shorter ( ! ) .. now, try to edit to music with such a concept..
set in-/out-points in preview - and you can add any dissolve..
you beat my by 2mins, Alchroma!
but my 'painting' needed a little longer than your two lines of text
Message was edited by: Karsten Schlüter

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I have a problem with the "VIdeo Transitions/Dissolve/Dip to Black". That is, the sequence after rendering played on Premiere CS3 looks fine, but once built with Encore into a folder, and viewed on the computer and on a TV, the transitions are not smooth, they look "noisy", or rather the passage to or from the black is "blochy" not smooth.
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OK everybody,
I have toiled with this problem, bult on disk, on image then on disk via ImgBurn, according to the advise I was given, could not get rid of this problem. Then I went back to Premiere, I created a black slide and used cross-dissolve just in case....I searched the Premiere forum as well the Encore forum, could not locate any similar problems.....I tried different methods, but whenever a "black" is involved I do not get smooth transitions. Can somebody give me a clue please All my clips are DV avi captured in Premiere, all the slides are made via Photoshop NTSC-preset.
I have a problem with the dip to black transition on my computer and on the DVD, although the movie created with Premiere CS3 plays fine on my computer.
The slides are fine, they don`t flicker, cross-dissolve is very smooth, it is only the dip to black in any shape or form that is not smooth. Maybe the word "flicker" is inappropriate, pardon my English, I don`t know how else to say it. It is just that the transition to and from black is not smooth, all else is perfect.
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The file size of the converted WMV: 437.5MB
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