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screenshots webpages
I’ve made a screenshot of a webpage using cmd-shift-4 and imported this (1200×1000) image into FCP for use in a dv-pal 16×9 project.
Although the image looks really crisp in Preview, it looks very soft focus on my LCD ref monitor from the FCP timeline.
Also, the webpage ‘trembles’ a lot, even after using the deinterlace filter
How can I get this picture to look good?
tia,
Wolf
G5 Quad, 3.5 Gig RAM, OS 10.4.10, FCS 2
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5 Replies
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There is a lot of information (pixels) you are compressing to your video which is NOT 1200×1000.
A few things you can try.
Make sure the render is rendered ALL the way. No dynamic preview.
Resize the image in Photoshop to somehting smaller. Photoshop’s dithering is much better than FCP.
Keep it 1200×1000 and 100% in the timeline and then just pan around using the Motion tab.
Good luck,
CaptM
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[Imagine Video] “Also, the webpage ‘trembles’ a lot, even after using the deinterlace filter”
First, remove the deinterlace filter, unless your plan is to remove half the vertical resolution and achieve nothing else such as fixing the issue you want to fix. There is nothing interlaced about a screen capture…
Next, add a Directional Blur set at 0-degrees and amount 1 or 2, then rerender. That should do the trick.
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Thanks, guys. yes, David, you are right of course about deinterlacing a screenshot- I forgot to mention I also used screencapture software iShowU to make a QT clip from the webpage and got the same lousy results.
I resized in Photoshop but the results are still disappointing… maybe I should just go ahead and film the LCD-screen…G5 Quad, 3.5 Gig RAM, OS 10.4.10, FCS 2
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Doing a screenshot limits the resolution. While there’s nothing you can do about bitmapped jpegs and such on the webpages, you can increase the resolution of just about everything else with no limit. CSS items, text, and more will be sharp as a tack at any size if you save the webpage as a pdf. Simply print, then choose save as pdf.
You now have a pdf you can open in photoshop or illustrator and resize to your liking. You can zoom in on just a paragraph of text or a links bar and it’s crystal clear.
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Good tip, Bret. Thanks.
G5 Quad, 3.5 Gig RAM, OS 10.4.10, FCS 2
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