I downloaded the extra plug-ins and the installation went fine.
I applied FlaXen's Cartoon Tool to about 6 of the video clips in my project and when I played it -- in the edit mode -- the effect was working. However, when I rendered it to an output file (MP4), the effect wasn't there.
Hi
. . . . However, when I rendered it to an output file (MP4), the effect wasn't there. . . . .
It probably is there - the problem I have found with the FlaXen Cartoon filter is that it is very difficult to get a good effect which exports properly, sometimes you cannot see the difference the filter has made to the video.
For several years I have used the MSU Cartoonizer plugin - originally for use with VirtualDub, however it can be used with MEP 2014.
This is a much more versatile filter with many options is much more effective and gives true cartoon like appearance to video and images. The downside is that it can extend rendering times considerably, however I consider this to be less of a problem given the true cartoonization it produces.
Note: this plugin is a 32 bit filter and will not work with MEP 2015 and later
HTH
John EB
Thanks for the reply. What I really wanted, though, was a strobe effect. The FlaXen cartoon thing gave me that effect (and I don't understand why it did), I just wish it looked on the output file like it did in the edit mode.
Do you know of anything that can strobe individual clips?
Hi
If this is appearing in the Preview monitor it likely that the computer cannot render the video for preview in real time and is skipping / stuttering giving a strobe effect.
Try clicking the Preview render button shown below and render the video then play it back in the preview monitor
It should now play as you see in the exported video.
There is very little you can do about this 'stuttering' - some effects take so much processing power that the preview will not play smoothly.
HTH
John EB
This makes sense, and I saw it in action. I guess I'm back to Square One on my situation. Oh, well.