These can be overcome by the use of a blank CG key
page placed over the cut edit. Thanks to user Kyle
Burdette for coming up with this workaround! Here is
Kyle's explanation:
I read the long explanation [in the Tech FAQ] about
how video stutters can be caused by sequencing digital
effects in the Flyer incorrectly. The advice they
give works, but severely limits what you can do in
your sequences. I posted a message a couple of weeks
ago about using a "Blank Key Page" to eliminate
video stutters. It basically stated that if you save
a blank screen in CG as a key page, this page can
be used to "overlap" video transitions
and eliminate stutters.
After reading the Newtek FAQ on digital effects,
I went back and did some more testing. Using the "Blank
Key" technique, I sequenced a project with 20
video clips and 12 random digital effects (in and
out) throughout the project without a single stutter.
At the risk of being tedious, here is a little "tutorial" to
show how it's done. You may want to draw a little
crouton map as a visual aid.
Assume you have video clips A, B, C, D, E, F, G,
H, and I. Also assume you have used the CG to create
a Blank Key Page. In the project sequence, place
the video clips in "alphabetical" order.
Now place digital effects (some in, some out) after
clips A, D, and F. When you play the project, the
cuts between clips B-C, C-D, E-F, G-H, and H-I will
probably stutter noticeably. Now, place your Blank
Key Page after clip B. Set it so that it comes up
3 seconds into clip B, and goes out 2 seconds or
so before clip D ends. The cuts between clips B-C
and C-D will now play perfectly with no stutter at
all.
You can repeat the process throughout the entire
project, making sure that every cut transition is "blanketed" by
the Blank Key Page. Like I said, I have used this
technique on very large projects with dozens of digital
in and out effects with 100% success.
I hope I haven't just beaten a dead horse, but stutters
were the biggest and most persistent problem we have
had to face and I am glad to finally have a solution.
Good Luck!
Kyle Burdette
Action Video"
