AE Render = Bad Quality in FCP

[Randy Johnson]

render it. If its big render a smple piece. Set your render settings to precision render too that will help…takes longer but your file wont be any bigger.
/randy

[David Bogie]

[Alex Kuzelicki] “I’ve searched for the answer, inside out. All settings seem to match, Quality is at its highest… though I do still need to render. Mmm? < Your AE output settings match your FCP sequence settings PRECISELY? Then there should be no rendering, so this is your first place to look REALLY hard. Are you attempting to include an alpha? > Strangely, when I play the source clip just on my computer – out of Final Cut – the quality is great. < You mean withing Quicktime Player? Or some other application? That's because QT is just a player, it will adapt to your codec. But FCP's Canvas is a viewer that shows processed video being handled by trancoders and filters. The Canvas is the ouput of FCP, it is not a viewer for your video files. > But take the same clip into FCP and, straight away, it looks crappy. < You will need to define "crappy." The term is meaningless by itself. My hair is crappy sometimes but you might find it completely cool. > What am I missing? (Besides intelligence)”

Not at all, we were all new at this at one time.

bogiesan

This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”

[Alex Kuzelicki]

Hey guys,

Thanks for your replies.

You’re right, ‘crappy’ is pretty open to interpretation. I just mean’t ‘low-rez looking’ (oh damn, that might be another one).

As you both mentioned, the Devil was in the Render settings. I had a hunch it was, on account, of that devilish-red render line leering out at me.

I went back and made another project, this time making SURE it was set to exactly what I was importing… and this time it was fine (silly me). I had changed the settings from another format, in another project, in my first try, so perhaps there was some little thing I hadn’t noticed (?).

Anyway, all seems fine now. I did, however, get to learn something new about Quicktime (thanks for that), and also a bit about… hair (hee hee).

I appreciate your help a lot.

Thanks,

ALEX