• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  poor video

  Posted by J clive Jordan on January 28, 2007 at 8:04 pm

  When I play most video clips in FCP I often get poor quality video. I’ve tried to mess with unlimited and safe RT, but it still look terrible. When I play the same clip in quicktime or render to DVD it looks great. What am I missing?

  Shane Ross replied 19 years, 3 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Thaxter Clavemarlton

  January 28, 2007 at 8:10 pm

  If you are viewing on the computer screen…
  this is one of THE most-misunderstood situations with FCP:

  It is essential when attempting to monitor the QUALITY of images in FCP that you use an external NTSC VIDEO Monitor (or PAL, if that’s where you are).
  Especially after you render…
  the Canvas is never high-quality (by design) and should not be used to make determinations of image quality of clips or graphics.
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  Shane Ross

  January 28, 2007 at 8:13 pm

  Shane’s Stock Answer #2: Blurry playback

  ONLY JUDGE THE QUALITY OF YOUR MATERIAL ON AN EXTERNAL NTSC MONITOR, OR AT LEAST A TV.

  1. Disable overlays on the canvas
  2. Make sure you’ve rendered everything (no green bars at the top of the timeline

  https://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=24787

  Video playback requires large amounts of data and many computations. In order to maintain frame rate and be viewable at a normal size, only about one-fourth of the DV data is used in displaying the movie to the screen. However, the DV footage is still at full quality, and is best viewed thru a TV or NTSC monitor routed thru your camera or deck.

  Shane
  
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