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  • Blurry Live Type text

    Posted by Brandon Santiago on January 23, 2009 at 1:43 am

    When I go into Live Type and create text and then save it to my desktop and then go into FCP and import the text… double click the clip, it pops up in the view slug clear as a bell, but then when I bring it down to my time line, render it… it looks blurry in the Canvas window and thus DVD (FCP text looks blurry as well, that’s why I use Live Type). So… what am I doing wrong?

    Kind regards,

    Brandon

    John Pale replied 17 years, 7 months ago 4 Members · 5 Replies
  • 5 Replies
  • Zane Barker

    January 23, 2009 at 6:39 am

    What are your sequence settings?

    There are no “technical solutions” to your “artistic problems”.
    Don’t let technology get in the way of your creativity!

  • David Bogie

    January 23, 2009 at 3:37 pm

    the canvas is a low rez sample of your rendered output. You must view the full rez, interlaced output on a television monitor not a small computer display.

    bogiesan

  • John Pale

    January 23, 2009 at 5:07 pm

    Also, beware if your frame size in Live Type does not match your timeline (e.g. 720 x 486 vs. 720 x 480). This will soften your graphics.

  • Brandon Santiago

    January 23, 2009 at 9:00 pm

    live type settings: CCIR 601 NTSC 40:27
    720×480

    FCP is SD 720×480

    I’ve had my films on the big screen and titling was still blurry. Embarrassing. Cool film, but blurry text.

  • John Pale

    January 23, 2009 at 10:07 pm

    [Brandon Santiago] “live type settings: CCIR 601 NTSC 40:27
    720×480 “

    Is this a typo? The CCIR 601 preset should be 720 x 486. The dimensions you state (720 x 480) are for DV-NTSC. If you mix them up, FCP will resize the text causing softness.

    Sorry if this isn’t your problem. Trust me, Live Type should be creating sharp looking text.

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