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Topic: Black Lines Appearing Across Screen (Again!!!!!)

Ok, so I was planning to animate a ton last night, but I couldn't. Why? Because I just couldn't tolerate the weird lines that appear. I've been dealing with this problem for awhile, but I just can't seem to find a good solution. I've heard people say to turn the exposure and gain up, and well, that works, but my image gets way overexposed and it looks terrible. Does anybody have a good long-term solution for this problem?(specifically for the c920) I know many people here have faced it.

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Re: Black Lines Appearing Across Screen (Again!!!!!)

Do you have a screenshot of the problem?

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Re: Black Lines Appearing Across Screen (Again!!!!!)

http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/7683/image00001vp.jpg

Here's an example of what I mean. This picture was taken awhile ago from another film, but it shows the same problem as what I have now.

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Re: Black Lines Appearing Across Screen (Again!!!!!)

From my expeirience with Logitech webcams its due to sets with a lot of one color. (legoguy501 only had lines in his FTC robotics video with the shots of the almost completely grey room and I only have them when my character(s) are in front of a mono chrome building or wall)

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From my expeirience with Logitech webcams its due to sets with a lot of one color. (legoguy501 only had lines in his FTC robotics video with the shots of the almost completely grey room and I only have them when my character(s) are in front of a mono chrome building or wall)

Yeah, you may be right, but the thing is, I don't want to add more color to the picture because that's how the scene was meant to be. I'll try and figure out a way.

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Re: Black Lines Appearing Across Screen (Again!!!!!)

I used to have that problem. I fixed it by adding more light to my set (I use four desk lamps now) so I could turn down my exposure and brightness. Also, reflecting light off of a bright set may make this happen, so having something black in your frame helps prevent it.

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Re: Black Lines Appearing Across Screen (Again!!!!!)

on my Dslr i get this because the shutter speed is to high, I dont remember the kind of controls you have for your web cam, but bear that in mind.

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Re: Black Lines Appearing Across Screen (Again!!!!!)

That happened to me too frequently with the C910. Turning off the Auto WB helped for a short time but then it was back, but with lickt flickering too.

Bought a Canon T2i instead

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