On 11 Jun 2002 14:48:29 -0700, musicman@gslc.cc (CrispOne) wrote:

>Here's the problem, in a nutshell. Let's say I've got a square that's
>moving to the right. During the motion, I see these annoying
>horizontal lines coming off of the square. If I pause playback during
>the motion, I can see these lines very clearly, and they are
>interlaced. If I'm looking at this same paused image on the LCD
>screen of my camera, instead of lines, I see the square flickering
>back and forth very rapidly, so I'm nearly certain that the problem is
>related to interlacing.
>
>I'm very new to the whole world of video editing, so pretend you're
>talking to a rookie (cause you are). I've tried changing the field
>dominance from even to odd and vice versa and then re-rendering, but
>that didn't fix it. Help!

If you are seeing the "comb" effect on a computer monitor,
this is normal (interlaced material in motion, seen on
a non-interlaced display looks like what you describe); on
an interlaced TV, it will look fine, but show the flicker
you also describe when paused. All is normal...