De-interlacing still images and compression

Bus No. 8

Bus No. 8

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I know there is some information regarding this already on here, I did a search. But here's my deal -

I'm having trouble with my still images and motion and transitions. I de-interlaced the still images, applied simple motion key frames to them, and have fade in / fade out transitions on either end. Everything looks great when playing in the FCP timeline, but then when I've sent the project through compressor and output it to DVD, the final result is pretty dreadful. I'm getting a large amount of artifacts on the fade in/ fade out transitions, though the motion itself is okay without any jumps. I should mention that this is not happening for every still image with similar set-up.

Should I not de-interlace my stills? Should I be using compression markers in my footage (though with the transitions, I'm not sure where they should go).
For a short (7 minute) project, should I even be using Compressor? (But then how do I get the Dolby audio?)

I had to let my project compress over night, so I'm not anxious to try reversing the de-interlace feature and then compress again just to see if it works.

Any suggestions or flat out "here's what you do, moron" would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Robert
 
how big are the images your working with?? (resolution and size)

What timeline set-up are you using? (DVntsc?)

What file format are the images in?
 
Are they still images form the timeline ie freeze frames of video footage or still images imported ie Photo's?
 
Thanks Chris - I'll respond with exact numbers when I get home. The still images are tiff files from photoshop (answering Nicholas's question while I'm at is as well).
 
Thanks, Folks - problem fixed. This is a project that I came back to to make a DVD master and in reconnecting the media, had reconnected to earlier versions of the stills that had not been re-sized. The stills and the motion and the transitions are working smoothly now, and I feel dumb.
 
Bus No. 8 said:
Thanks, Folks - problem fixed. This is a project that I came back to to make a DVD master and in reconnecting the media, had reconnected to earlier versions of the stills that had not been re-sized. The stills and the motion and the transitions are working smoothly now, and I feel dumb.
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heh don't! Happens to everyone.
 
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