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I have two questions. The first: What's wrong with frame blending? It appears to get a lot of grief from reviewers. The way I see it, if you have a way to make your film look nicer, do it. What's the matter with that?
Second: Does anyone know how to do it in Final Cut Express?
Last edited by Golden (May 16, 2012 (06:41pm))
The way I see it, if you have a way to make your film look nicer, do it. What's the matter with that?
It doesn't make the film look nicer, so it gets grief from people because it doesn't look good. If it was effective, then less people would complain about it.
Golden wrote:The way I see it, if you have a way to make your film look nicer, do it. What's the matter with that?
It doesn't make the film look nicer, so it gets grief from people because it doesn't look good. If it was effective, then less people would complain about it.
If you do it right, it can look good.
I'm assuming you mean the frame blending where After Effects generates frames to go between two existing ones. I believe this frame blending should only be used if the animator particularly wishes to achieve smooth motion in that scene (for example: slow motion, or a hand gesture while the character speaks). Contrarily, the type of frame blending where the video sort of fades from one frame to the next is unpleasant to watch and cannot be made to look good.
I'm assuming you mean the frame blending where After Effects generates frames to go between two existing ones. I believe this frame blending should only be used if the animator particularly wishes to achieve smooth motion in that scene (for example: slow motion, or a hand gesture while the character speaks). Contrarily, the type of frame blending where the video sort of fades from one frame to the next is unpleasant to watch and cannot be made to look good.
Agreed, that's what I mean. But I am so sick of starting a thread and having everyone argue about it. Hasn't that happened enough? And can't anyone answer question two?
Ohh, that frame blending. Honestly I don't mind when it's used, as long as it's not noticeable. I've used it a couple times actually but no one's noticed.
DaNumba1Ninja wrote:I'm assuming you mean the frame blending where After Effects generates frames to go between two existing ones. I believe this frame blending should only be used if the animator particularly wishes to achieve smooth motion in that scene (for example: slow motion, or a hand gesture while the character speaks). Contrarily, the type of frame blending where the video sort of fades from one frame to the next is unpleasant to watch and cannot be made to look good.
Agreed, that's what I mean. But I am so sick of starting a thread and having everyone argue about it. Hasn't that happened enough? And can't anyone answer question two?
I'm sorry if I upset you. I can't say I've used Final Cut Express, but I have used Final Cut Pro X, and I know there's no way to do it in there.
Golden wrote:DaNumba1Ninja wrote:I'm assuming you mean the frame blending where After Effects generates frames to go between two existing ones. I believe this frame blending should only be used if the animator particularly wishes to achieve smooth motion in that scene (for example: slow motion, or a hand gesture while the character speaks). Contrarily, the type of frame blending where the video sort of fades from one frame to the next is unpleasant to watch and cannot be made to look good.
Agreed, that's what I mean. But I am so sick of starting a thread and having everyone argue about it. Hasn't that happened enough? And can't anyone answer question two?
I'm sorry if I upset you. I can't say I've used Final Cut Express, but I have used Final Cut Pro X, and I know there's no way to do it in there.
All right, then that settles it. Pro X is miles away from Express. Also, don't be sorry, it's cool.
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