From: "Chris Zwar" Received: from atl4mhob10.myregisteredsite.com ([209.17.115.48] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.1.0) with ESMTP id 5797348 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 23 Jul 2015 01:34:09 +0200 Received: from mailpod.hostingplatform.com ([10.30.71.207]) by atl4mhob10.myregisteredsite.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id t6MNdE0t032601 for ; Wed, 22 Jul 2015 19:39:14 -0400 Received: (qmail 27991 invoked by uid 0); 22 Jul 2015 23:39:14 -0000 X-TCPREMOTEIP: 203.219.111.6 X-Authenticated-UID: chris@chriszwar.com Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.0.102?) (chris@chriszwar.com@203.219.111.6) by 0 with ESMTPA; 22 Jul 2015 23:39:14 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.2 \(2102\)) Subject: Re: [AE] Compensating for temporal artifacts from subtle color shifts In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 09:38:28 +1000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: To: After Effects Mail List X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.2102) If all else fails, try splitting the fade into an individual clip, = changing the speed to 99% or 101% and enabling frame blending. > On 23 Jul 2015, at 5:45 am, Byron Nash = wrote: >=20 > We have a shot here that is stuttering when it fades up and down. I am = tasked to find a solution. The issue is that the object is dark gray = fading up and then down over a black screen. The final RGB value is = [28,28,28], completed over about 60 frames. There aren't enough pixel = values in 8bit to make the fade happen without duplicating values and = having an odd cadence. The result is that the logo appears to strobe as = it fades up. Rendering in 16 bit theoretically removes the stuttering, = but we are unable to see the difference due to the displays being 8bit. = Dithering wouldn't work on a solid color without introducing noise, = right? This needs to end up in Premiere Pro.=20 >=20 > Can anyone think of any other way to get this to fade up smoothly? I = doubt they will change the color.=20 >=20 > Thanks