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Broadcast Quality Text
Can anyone tell me whether the text that comes as standard with AFX 6.5 (or presumably with any other version) is considered to be of broadcast quality? If it isn’t, what do you suggest I use and can it (what ever it is) be used with the AFX animated text plug-ins?
Thanks for your thoughts.
Mark W -
3 Replies
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The text generator in AE, which is vector-based, is the same as Photoshop and Illustrator. The playback quality is determined by the render and output settings.
People use AE extensively for broadcast.
Jim Kanter,
Digital Film Institute
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Thanks for your reply Jim. I was curious about this issue when someone advised that I use a caption generator such as Inscriber to ensure broadcast quality text with good clean edges etc. But, as you point out, AFX is commonly used for all kinds of broadcast work and I don’t recall anyone recomending using an alternative to the on-board text generator.
I tend to render out AFX at highest res. Full AVI uncompressed 720 x 576 PAL. However, if there is a better way to get the best output resolution please let me know.
Once again, thanks for your help.
Mark W.
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Sounds fine. Just be sure to check the render outputs are set to best quality (not current or draft) before rendering.
Jim Kanter,
Digital Film Institute
http://www.dfilminst.com
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