Crisp text for broadcast in After Effects

[Tudor “ted” jelescu]

What version of AE, what OS, how are you using the text and applying fx? Post a still so that we can see the pixelation and also a still of your setup (Timeline) would be helpful. Text in AE is sharp so I have no answers until I know more about your project.

Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
Senior VFX Artist

[Rob Kendall]

Thanks for your response. I’m using CS5 on 0SX 10.6.6 but can’t post a still until next week. If text in AE is meant to be sharp then there’s definitely something going on with my setup!

Thanks again

[Todd Kopriva]

Are you just seeing this in the Composition panel or in final output?

If you’re just seeing it in the Composition panel, are you viewing the composition zoomed in? Do you have Pixel Aspect Ratio Correction turned on?

What are your Viewer Quality preference settings?

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Todd Kopriva, Adobe Systems Incorporated
Technical Support for professional video software
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[Rob Kendall]

Thanks very much for responding Todd! I will double-check my Viewer Quality preference settings when I return to the office. It’s true that the text becomes sharp if I turn off Pixel Aspect Ratio Correction and view as square pixels, but my rendered output still has pixellated edges?! I guess this means my render/output settings are causing the problem, even though everything is set to lossless/best quality etc. – any ideas what I’m doing wrong??

Thanks!

[Todd Kopriva]

> It’s true that the text becomes sharp if I turn off Pixel Aspect Ratio Correction and view as square pixels, but my rendered output still has pixellated edges?! I guess this means my render/output settings are causing the problem, even though everything is set to lossless/best quality etc. – any ideas what I’m doing wrong??

If everything looks good in the Composition panel but it looks pixelated on output, it’s clearly a problem with output settings.

The first two things that leap to mind are 1) the Resolution setting in the render settings and 2) the possibility that you are compressing so much that you’re getting blocky output.

Regarding the second possibility—What format and codec are you exporting to?

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[Adam Duplay]

What format of “broadcast”? HD progressive, HD interlaced, SD? How are you viewing your final render? Only on your computer monitor or on a broadcast monitor that properly displays your final delivery format?

Adam Duplay

[Rob Kendall]

Thanks for your responses Todd and Adam. I’ll have to double-check everything back at the office. My render settings are full-res, best quality (animation codec) SD PAL, and I’m viewing output on an SD broadcast monitor. Text is sharp in AE only with Pixel Aspect Ratio Correction turned off, but is pixellated on output. I’ll have to do more investigation….

Cheers