On Mon, 13 Jan 2003 13:19:35 -0000, "John D" <mail@lordhayfield.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

>I am using prem 6 and pinnacle dv500 to get 4 video in video screen effect,

>i.e. I want to show 4 clips in small 'windows' on the main screen. So far I

>have put the main clip on track 1a, then put the other clips on tracks

>2,3,4,5, then using the motion set up on the effects palette to resize the

>clips (transparency set to none) and position them on the main area. So far

>so good. However when the timeline is rendered for preview or when saved as

>an AVI file the end result shows a large number of artefacts across the

>screen. So far I have got on well with prem 6, but this on has got me. Has

>anyone got any ideas, am I using the correct technique to achieve this

>effect?

Resizing DV images to any but even multiples (.5X, .33X,

.25X, etc.) does result in annoying artifacting (just

try a "zoomed" frame - yuck!), but sometimes using

"tricks" can help - though After Effects works better

(if I could only figure out how to do the few simple

things I want to use it for, like nicely resizing

images...;-). DV is a great medium, and Premiere will

do a lot of things well, but sometimes.........