On 4 Feb 2003 08:09:52 GMT, Seattle Eric <spamenot@spamknot.com> wrote:

>> > This is true - though avoiding annoying artifacting

>> > while using "image pan" in Premiere with DV has escaped

>> > me... I'm also looking for something that can pan/zoom

>> > both stills and motion images with minimal artifacting

>> > (rippling, "bright-edging", etc.). I gave up on AE...

> ???? I've used AE many times for this effect, no problemo.

I think AE *can* do it (but I cannot get it to do

it, so, for me, it *cannot* do it...;-). BTW,

I tried Canopus Imaginate yesterday, and *if*

the original hi-res still is not sharpened,

Imaginate does a good job of pan/zoom within the

image with less artifacting than when the same

operations are done with the same image in Premiere,

using the "image-pan" filter. Regardless of how

"deflicker" and slight vertical "better Gaussian blur"

are used, the Imaginate results look better, though

not perfect, unfortunately... If "12" is perfection

(utterly smooth results, even with difficult material),

and "0" is terrible, I would give Premiere at best

a "4" for this, and Imaginate a "7". Still looking

for at least a "10"...;-)