• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Lines where there is motion- poor quality

  Posted by Dave Mason on March 12, 2010 at 3:13 am

  Hi guys,

  This is my first time posting, but so far i’ve found the site very helpful. I’m quite new to FCP and this might be a rookie question. I’m also using some footage of not ideal quality. Basically, the footage i’m using is .mpg format. When i view it in finder using VLC it looks fine. It even looks fine when i view it in the viewer in FCP. When i drop it into my timeline however there are these lines that make any motion look horrible. Am i dropping it into my timeline funny? I set in’s and out’s and drag it into the timeline.

  I figured it might just be a problem vieing it on the canvas, but evertime i try to export it the problem persists.

  Here is some info that might shed some light on the issue:
  Vid rate 30fps
  Frame Size 720×404
  Data Rate 1.1MB/sec

  Is there a way i can improve this. I understand that poor quality in = poor quality out, but i didn’t think it would change so much as soon as i dragged it onto the timeline.

  Very much appreciate any help.

  Thanks!

  Sam Ellens replied 16 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Sam Ellens

  March 12, 2010 at 3:25 pm

  I’m pretty certain that you have interlaced footage in a progressive timeline. Changing the sequence settings to match the clip settings should fix the problem. You’ll always see interlace lines on a progressive monitor like your computer screen however.

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