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DE-INTERLACING IN AFTER EFFECTS

METHOD 3: NUDGE THE FOOTAGE

Another widely used trick, is to move the footage up or down half a pixel, in the composition window, with layer quality set to [best], to make sure sub-pixel rendering is activated. For some reasons this very primitive operation works great on some shots, and not so great on others…

ORIGINAL FIELDS	BLENDED UPPER AND LOWER	NUDGED 1/2 PIXEL DOWN
ORIGINAL FIELDS	ROLL-OVER TO SEE ORIGINAL

As you can see this leaves a bit more detail, causing the image to blur less than with method 2, but the image is also a bit rougher and harsher.

METHOD 1: PS-Deinterlace
METHOD 2: Blending the fields
METHOD 3: Nudge the footage
METHOD 4: The After Effects way
METHOD 5: ReelSmart FieldsKit

Summary