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  • Importing an AE sequence looks bad in AP

    Posted by David Wright on August 24, 2010 at 7:22 am

    I have what I’m sure is a very dumb question. I have an image sequence (rendered with Autodesk Maya at 1280X720) in Adobe After Effects sized at 1280X720 (as seen in the very bottom photo below.) I imported it into Adobe Premiere Pro and scaled it down to 720X480, but it looks awful (as seen in the top photo below.) Is there a way to avoid this degradation in image quality? Would it be better to start from scratch with the size it will end up being (720X480)? I always thought rendering big and scaling down would make it look better? Am I wrong?

    Jon Barrie replied 16 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Jon Barrie

    August 24, 2010 at 9:28 am

    An added problem with maintaining clarity for SD widescreen video is that is not sq pixel. The anamorphic nature of SD/DV means the quality will take a hit in that it is being stretched to make widescreen which will make it look poor on a computer, but not that bad on a tv.

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