• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Scaling video

  Posted by Joseph Simon on November 11, 2009 at 3:31 am

  How far can you scale a video file (in the motion tab) before visible degradation will show up on the finalized video? Any pointers on scaling in general to minimize this effect?

  Thanks!

  Joseph Simon replied 16 years, 6 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Richard Harrington

  November 11, 2009 at 4:33 am

  The short answer is 0% (technically speaking)’

  Make sure sequence settings set to best motion filtering.

  Strongly consider using AE or a myriad of 3rd party plugins for scaling.

  Richard M. Harrington, PMP

  Author: Video Made on a Mac, Photoshop for Video, Understanding Adobe Photoshop, Final Cut Studio On the Spot and ATS:iWork
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  John Fishback

  November 11, 2009 at 8:46 pm

  Or Compressor (with Frame Controls on & quality set to best) which you have.

  John

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  Joseph Simon

  November 18, 2009 at 7:45 am

  Thanks for the advice, guys!

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