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Antialiasing text
I know this a real “rookie” question but I have to get something out the door and don’t have time to continue searching. Always great to learn a program on the fly! You’d think I would know better.
I’m doing a lower third in AE using animated text over a solid color. When I output it and move to my timeline it is aliased in a big way. I’m rendering in RGB + Alpha and have the best quality. The text is animated to fly in and out. What can I do to fix this?
Thx in advance!!!
Pete -
4 Replies
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If you chose “straight alpha”, it will look like trash until it’s imported into an app that can recognize alpha channels. Then it will look fine.
Hope that helps,
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Thanks Steve. I’ve render with both straight and premultipied channels and, although premultiplied looks slightly better, it is still not acceptable. I also have changed the alpha setting in Final Cut with no success. Is there a way to convert the text to outlines and still maintain the text animations? All other elements look great except the animated text.
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One big Duh for me! When I view at 100% it looks much better. There’s still some artifact but nothing like what I thought I was seeing. Obviously, I would still like it to no have no artifact. Any advice on compressing the final piece to optimize the graphic elements or just compress as usual?
Thanks!
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Are you rendering to fields? Usually text looks pretty bad in the timeline from field redered animations. Can you preview your render on a broadcast monitor?
If you want to compare, do a frame render, and a field render, look at each and notice that the frame render is pretty sharp. Of course the motion won’t be as smooth….
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