Describe your problem:
If I take a single AVCHD clip from my Sony camcorder and convert it to DVD, it converts fine. But if I apply the Anti-Shake filter then the resulting video has terrible interlacing artifacts.
Properties of your source files (format, file size, where did you get it?):
AVCHD 1920x1080i DD51 15 Mbps from Sony HDR-CX7 camcorder
UPDATE: VS reports "HDMV 1440x1080i Upper-Field first"
What devices are involved and their mode of connection?:
n/a
Project Properties (important):
Using all default settings!
UPDATE: I also tried editing the Project Properties, changing the default setting for "Lower Field First" to "Upper Field First" (so that it matched my source file). But the interlacing artifacts still continue.
Output format (file, DVD, VCD, SVCD):
DVD
PAL or NTSC:
NTSC
Error Codes (if any):
None.
Product Version, e.g. VS10 or VS11:
VideoStudio 11+ with first PowerPack, then 12-25-07 update applied
Anti-shake filter creates interlacing probs with AVCHD
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I am afraid the anti-shake filter in VS is something I'd as soon forget about. Essentially, though, it is useless. I can't recall any complaints about it in the past year or more. But when it was introduced in VS10, a lot of people (including me) found that it was only marginally useful if eliminating camera shake -- and even then, it could only really affect minor shakes. Moreover, it introduced the sort of artifacts that you describe. And I would have thought that with high quality original AVCHD, those artifacts during playback would appear even more pronounced.
Our advice to everyone at the time was simple: don't use the filter. If you must, then look for a third party one.
I guess it also underlines that with high definition cameras, even those with effective anti-shake mechanisms built into them, that where possible, tripods should be used.
Preferably, it should be what is called a floating head tripod, but they are expensive.
(I have also found that with my own Canon HV20, even very slow panning horizontally with high def cameras seems hard on the eye, though vertical panning is not so bad. So panning with a hand held camera, especially horizontally, will possibly enhance any shake, at least as far as the eye perceives it in playback.)
Our advice to everyone at the time was simple: don't use the filter. If you must, then look for a third party one.
I guess it also underlines that with high definition cameras, even those with effective anti-shake mechanisms built into them, that where possible, tripods should be used.
Preferably, it should be what is called a floating head tripod, but they are expensive. (I have also found that with my own Canon HV20, even very slow panning horizontally with high def cameras seems hard on the eye, though vertical panning is not so bad. So panning with a hand held camera, especially horizontally, will possibly enhance any shake, at least as far as the eye perceives it in playback.)
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