Yeah that seems to describe the problem pretty well, as it seems to pop every 
70-80 frames, I tried using a convolve node and flare setup and that seems to 
be a whole lot smoother also.

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On 3 Jun 2014, at 10:45 am, Nathan Rusch <[email protected]> wrote:

> Some of the guys here ran into this same issue with ZDefocus awhile back when 
> doing a tight rack-focus over a long shot.
>  
> If what you’re seeing is the same issue, it comes down to Nuke effectively 
> using a Reformat operator internally when it scales the convolve kernel (as 
> the aperture disc changes size), and since reformats can only output at 
> whole-pixel dimensions, you get popping as it crosses kernel sizes.
>  
> Someone ended up building a replacement specifically for that situation that 
> used a Transform to scale the kernel; it was somewhat slower, but smooth.
>  
> I would definitely report what you’re seeing to The Foundry. It’s a pretty 
> major issue to have in defocus tools.
>  
> -Nathan
> 
>  
> From: Darren Coombes
> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2014 5:15 PM
> To: Nuke user discussion
> Subject: Re: [Nuke-users] defocus seems to pop between frames
>  
> Yes, just tried with Z defocus and it is still popping.
>  
>  
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> On 3 Jun 2014, at 7:06 am, Frank Rueter|OHUfx <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Is this also happening with ZDefocus? If not, just use that with a constant 
>> colour in your depth channel.
>> 
>> On 3/06/14 5:21 am, Michael Bogen wrote:
>>> Try setting the “method” to "full precision”. I have also heard that doing 
>>> that help with speed as the full precision is threaded better. If that 
>>> makes sense.
>>>  
>>>  
>>> Hope this helps,
>>>  
>>> Michael
>>> On Jun 2, 2014, at 12:09 AM, Darren Coombes <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi, i’ve got a script with a defocus going from 200 to 0 over say 500 
>>>> frames, but every 70 frames or so, it seems to pop or glitch between 
>>>> neighbouring frames and not continue to decrease in value smoothly.
>>>>  
>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>  
>>>> Thanks.
>>>> Darren.
>>>>  
>>>>  
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