• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Losing clarity when exporting to QuickTime

  Posted by Simon Malcolm on October 7, 2005 at 7:36 am

  I have created a presentation in Keynote at 720 x 576. I have synchronised it with a soundtrack in FCP 5 and am now exporting it via QuickTime export and Compressor export only to find that it has lost the clarity of the resolution. What should I be doing to maintain the perfect clarity I had created originally?

  Simon Malcolm replied 20 years, 7 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Matt Galuszewski

  October 7, 2005 at 8:41 am

  Hi,

  Did you export a DV quicktime? If so, ensure HIGH QUALITY is checked on the VISUAL SETTINGS TAB of your VIDEO TRACK in the MOVIE PROPERTIES dialog.

  No suggestions from me if this ain’t it.

  Regards
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  Walter Biscardi

  October 7, 2005 at 10:51 am

  If the project is now interlaced or has been reduced in size, it will not maintain the clarity of the original Keynote.

  Or if you created a DV Quicktime it will not maintain the clarity. The only way to maintain the clarity would be to create a Lossless Quicktime at the same frame size as the original. But again, a progressive timeline would yield the best results but not sure if that will work for your application.

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  Simon Malcolm

  October 8, 2005 at 4:01 am

  Thanks Walter. I understand the Lossless Quicktime with same frame size, but I am unsure about what a “Progressive Timeline” is. Is that another way of exporting? Please forgive my ignorance – and my favourite pizza is Pepperoni with extra Pepporoni, not so much cheese and a sprinkle of herbs.

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