freez frame

Hi guys,
Just been told that a freez frame zoom I made on a music video looks awful when watched on a monitor. Any tips to achieve a clean freez frame zoom?

Thanks!
Dom

> Just been told that a freeze frame zoom I made on a music video looks awful
> when watched on a monitor.

What do you mean "awful"? Pixellated? Blurry? "Epileptic seizure"?

If you're trying to do a zoom transition ("zoom-in-zoom-out", unless the camera zoomed or you were shooting at a very high-quality format, the transition will probably look like low-budget hip-hop videos. Your best shot would be to blur the shot as it zooms, because you won't get detail.

freeze frames that look fine in FCP can look bad on an external monitor.
(that's why you need to use one.)

freeze frames from interlaced video still carry both fields.
you dont see that in FCP,
but on a video monitor you do.
both fields at once.
flickering back and forth.
looks terrible.

you gotta drop a de-interlace filter on the freeze.
or a "field blend" filter.
free one here:
[www.mattias.nu]

cheers,
nick

Use FLICKER FILTER in FCP. Can change levels from low/med/high. One of those settings will stop the jitter and give you a clean freez. Alternatively, use DEINTERLACE...

Marcus