Creating graphics in AE for FCP X

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Creating graphics in AE for FCP X

Posted by Chase Gardiner on July 12, 2011 at 10:00 pm

Hey everyone,

My issue is now that I have made the change over to FCP X my graphics are no longer nice and crisp. I have a bunch of intros, outros, nameplates, ect created in AE and exported using the animation codec, all these worked fine in FCP 7 but now come in slightly blurry. Can anyone shed any light on my issue here and help out? Also, I have tried matching the settings by exporting the graphics from AE as DV, DV50, Animation, ProRes422 and even MP4 just for the sake of trying.

Screen shot from the AE project: https://i51.tinypic.com/30mslrc.png
Screen shot from the FCP X project: https://i55.tinypic.com/fx6p36.png

Thanks for the helps guys

Robbert-jan Van der does replied 14 years, 9 months ago 5 Members · 9 Replies
9 Replies

Tony Brittan
July 12, 2011 at 10:50 pm

Isn’t there a ProRes codec with alpha?

Tony Brittan
Island Shore Productions
Robbert-jan Van der does
July 12, 2011 at 10:52 pm

Hi Chase,

Did you check your settings in the preferences?
In the Playback section of the preference pane you can set the Playback Quality to “High Quality”.
You might already have tried this, but it’s all I can think of right now.

Kind regards,

Robbert-Jan van der Does
lighting cameraman/steadicam operator/editor

WISIWYG (What I See Is What You Get)
Chase Gardiner
July 12, 2011 at 10:59 pm

No need for Alpha for this project, and I have tried prores 422 as well HQ, and LQ
Chase Gardiner
July 12, 2011 at 11:01 pm

Prefs were set to high quality when the screen cap was taken.

Thanks for the reply though.
Robbert-jan Van der does
July 12, 2011 at 11:08 pm

One other thing to check maybe.
When you select the clip, go to the inspector. Then the Info tab and at the bottom select “Settings View”.
Here you can check if the field order settings match your project.
There might be a mismatch.
I had this the other day with XDCAM (SD) material that was shot progressive (PsF). My project was also progressive but the clips were interpreted as Upper Field First. The result was that I only saw half the resolution in the viewer. I had to set the field order to None.

Kind regards,

Robbert-Jan van der Does
lighting cameraman/steadicam operator/editor

WISIWYG (What I See Is What You Get)
Nick Toth
July 13, 2011 at 12:23 am

Looks like interlaced graphic in a progressive project. What are the project settings in FCP?
Bret Williams
July 13, 2011 at 1:36 am

Then why use animation?

Can you screen shot the rendered QT file from AE? A screenshot of an Uncompressed frame in AE has no bearing here.
Chase Gardiner
July 13, 2011 at 4:12 pm

ahh thank you that was my issue! It was viewing lower field

Thanks for the help everyone
Robbert-jan Van der does
July 13, 2011 at 4:21 pm

Glad you found it!

Kind regards,

Robbert-Jan van der Does
lighting cameraman/steadicam operator/editor

WISIWYG (What I See Is What You Get)

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