FAQ:Why does my 24P footage flicker/strobe?


 * See Adobe Technical Support Article 326544: 24P and 24PA footage strobes during playback in Premiere Pro 1.5
 * One possibility is mentioned in message 106 of the thread PPro 1.5 BUG - 24p Normal Handled Incorrectly
 * KevinCorcoran said:
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 * Try creating a new sequence, and then nest your original sequence in it (just drag your old sequence to the new timeline -- this is one thing I love about PPro). Then apply the "Broadcast Colors" filter to the nested sequence, limiting the luminance to 100 IRE. Then you should be be able to output without any strobing.
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 * Philip Hover said:
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I struggled with this problem after I purchased my new Canon XA20 video cameras and tried all the suggested ideas such as moving a duplicate one frame and making it 50% opacity. In the end what I found worked perfectly was Digital Anarchy's Flicker Free which is an After Effects Plug In for Premiere Pro. It has a number of options, based on the possible source of the strobing, but I found the "Stage Lights" effect worked perfectly for me.
 * 24p looks best on 29.97 timeline. 24pa is ment for the 24p preset in premiere. The panasonic DVX100a is where I am experienced, but this is the case with this cam.
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