My clouds are chunky !?!? ...[vs11p]

[willtape4food]

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My clouds [video filter] come out jittery and blotchy while the background video is smooth and clean.

I've tried different settings for the clouds size, frequency, turbulance, etc, but in the final rendered video they always come out looking clunky.

I was going to use the "Clouds" to create subtle motion in front of some images within the video...

Any ideas would be helpful

Thanks in advance

VS11P, 720x480, CBR 6000, 4:3

[Ron P.]

What type of video are you applying the filter to, DV, MPEG 1 or 2, WMV, DivX, AVCHD/h.264?

[willtape4food]

I've tried to apply the cloud effect to both a *.jpg picture overlay and an mpeg-1 video clip. I say mpeg-1 only because I'm assuming mpeg-2 is for hi-def.

I've captured the video at the same CBR[5000] as the project and final DVD burning. FYI- I've found that if I capture, create video file, and then burn DVD all at the same bit rate, that the render times and data loss/mis-calcs are much lower.

Anyway, when capturing video I select mpeg. The camera is linked by 1384 firewire, but the camera is only standard def (720x480), so I think I'm capturing at mpeg1 (??)

Thanks

[Ron P.]

Well you're getting close..

First you are capturing Standard Definition video. So you need to capture to DV Type-1 video. Hi-Def video file formats are generally carried in the MPEG wrapper and may use the AVCHD/h.264 codec, or HDV.

So again capture in DV Type-1, using your Firewire. Then make sure your project settings match your video file properties, as you have been doing. You could probably stand to bump up the bitrate to around 8000kps. This will provide a much better quality video, that using the very low bitrate of 5000kbps.

A Recommended Workflow has been developed to help guide you through the mine-field of video editing, as it pertains to Ulead's VideoStudio Programs. They can be viewed here:
Recommened WorkFlow for VideoStudio

You might want to read through From Camcorder to DVD tutorial.

I think that now if you capture to DV, you will find your clouds are nice and fluffy..