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AE video quality loss
Hi everyone,
I’ve been having problems with the quality of my .mov files in AE. I’ve been exporting footage uncompressed from Final Cut into AE and anytime I import footage into AE, the clips instantly seem noisy and grainy. My fellow co-workers and I thought it was a codec issue but everything on both ends is exactly the same, at least as far as we can tell (DV/DVCPRO NTSC, 720×480, 29.97). And any theory we have doesn’t make sense because the footage looks great by itself anywhere outside of AE. Is there something we’re missing in AE, FCP or both?
Thanks!
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1 Reply
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There are many issues going to/from FCP and AE. I would suggest exporting the Quicktimes from FCP as Animation or Uncompressed 8-bit. Many, many people (myself included) have reported problems with exporting QT files in native format from FCP. Most of the time it involves a gamma shift.
You may also want to try going to the AE project settings (File:Project Settings…) and check “Match Legacy After Effects Quicktime Gamma Adjustments.” Some people have reported better results with that enabled.
Good luck.
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