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degraded image resolution even at highest settings
I recently reloaded after-effects CS3 after my last harddrive crashed. now, all of my AE sequences have a degraded image quality (rasterized edges galore) even with all of the view and image quality settings set at full/high.)
I loaded several uncompressed quicktimes and AVIs into the project folder, and dragged one directly onto the create new sequence icon. the lessened image quality was immediately apparent. I made sure my image was at Full view and 100%. I tried every version of “interpret footage”, no change whatsoever. what’s strange is that if I doubleclick any of the QTs in the project folder, aftereffects displays them perfectly. 100% quality, no degradation. it’s only once they’ve been put onto the timeline that they become degraded. (almost looks like a draft quality.)
I’ve been using AE for 5 years and never had this problem. I’m assuming it has something to do with my new harddrive/reload aftereffects/etc. (I even redownloaded my video card driver from nvidia.) at my wit’s end about how to fix this.
any help at all would be hugely appreciated.
j
CS3, windows XP, 4G RAM, Nvidia 4800 video card
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6 Replies
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Hi,
Have you checked the quality switch on the layer itself? This will toggle you between draft and best.
Check your preferences too – in the General Tab make sure that “Create New Layers at Best Quality” is checked on.
It could be as simple as that.
Cheers,
BenCurious Turtle Professional Video
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We’ve see similar posts on adobe.com, usually associated with text that suddenly appears aliased. this has happened to me, apparently out of no where. There have been no beneficial answers other than speculation about an odd QT update but most of receive the kindly but unhelpful suggestion, “likely user error.”
bogiesan
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thanks for the responses, gents. as for checking the layer quality, yep, that’s set to high.
what makes me suspicious is that this was fine before my harddrive crashed and AE had to be re-installed. I keep thinking there must be something somewhere that I’m forgetting to check/click/etc.
I thought perhaps it was just a visual output problem, but I loaded an uncompressed QT onto a timeline and immediately rendered it out with all output module settings set to best. and STILL it had the aliasing.
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Have you tried it with just avi’s? Ive noticed whatever apple touches, breaks.
You ARE rendering it right? Because if you just export it the quality will suck. You need to triple check all project and render settings.
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Is your viewer quality set to “Full” not half or quarter?
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Do you have “Pixel Aspect Ratio Correction” on? That will make images in a DV comp look ragged.
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