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Final Cut Pro – Fixing Fluorescent Flicker

Here’s one way to fix fluorescent flicker showing up in your videos.

Try using motion blur, 4 samples at 200%. In those images where the talent moves a lot, duplicate the track, with motion blur on the lower track, no effect on the top track and a garbage matte to isolate the portion of the frame with a lot of movement. Since the flicker is isolated to the small section where there is a lot of motion, it isn’t as noticeable as when the entire frame beats.

It’s better than nothing and better than smeary video.