Graphics gone bad in mpg dvd render

[Steve Rhoden]

Make sure the render settings are set to Best in
the project properties. Then right click on the logo on
the timeline and got to switches and select Reduce interlace flicker.
Hope that gets you better results.

Steve Rhoden
(Cow Leader)
Film Editor & Compositor.
Filmex Creative Media.
1-876-832-4956

[John Rofrano]

You should use the Creative COW image upload to post pictures. people are not going to download ZIP files from unknown sources.

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
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[Gilles Gagnon]

Thanks Steve,
I tried this but did not seem to make a difference. I did change the aspect ration of the media to 1.2121 (NTSC DV Widescreen). This seemed to have helped. It’s still not perfect though and the thin “blue tail” of the graphic is still not as “full” as it should be.

Any other ideas?

Another concern is that although an mp4 render will have the person’s name (lower third} centered in the oval orange graphic, in the mpg render, it is now a bit lower and the tail of the “y” for instance is off out of the oval (lower).

This “what-I-see-is-not-what-i-get” is driving me crazy!

any ideas?

John: Thanks, I added the jpg the correct way.

Gilles

[Mike Kujbida]

“…the thin “blue tail” of the graphic is still not as “full” as it should be.”

Gilles, what format is the original graphic?

“This “what-I-see-is-not-what-i-get” is driving me crazy!”

The exact same thing happened to a buddy of mine last week.
#1. Make sure that your project properties match your destination settings.
#2. Make sure that any and all video and graphics match this too.
Open up Pan/Crop on each and every event, right-click and choose “Match Output Aspect” and adjust as desired.

[Steve Rhoden]

Surprisingly, i see sometimes when things dont look so well
in an MPEG2 render, but looks great when burned to DVD and
playing back on television.

Steve Rhoden
(Cow Leader)
Film Editor & Compositor.
Filmex Creative Media.
1-876-832-4956

[Gilles Gagnon]

Hi Mike!
The file is a Still: 1280x720x32, PNG.
I did what you suggested and it still is not of great quality.

And the lower third text still drops lower than when viewed in preview before the render.

Remeber that my destination for this render is DVD. I also have to deliver a 720 HD mp4. The mp4s have no issues at all.

Argghhhhh!

Gilles

[Gilles Gagnon]

Interesting.
Even with alignment issues Steve (lower third text)? I don’t want to waste time and DVDs if I don’t have to 🙁

Gilles

[Bob Peterson]

I can’t help your time, but I’m saving a bundle now by using RW DVDs for testing purposes. I did have to upgrade my burner, which was a generic, to handle DVD-RW disks. Also, to save time, I just render and burn a few minutes of video to see how it looks on a TV.

[Gilles Gagnon]

Good idea on the rw dvds Bob. I hadn’t thought of this obvious method for testing. I didn’t think DVD players (on tvs) could read them.

will give this a whirl.

Gilles

[Steve Rhoden]

Its also better when a graphic itself is of a higher
resolution than the video resolution itself thats its
gonna be in.

Steve Rhoden
(Cow Leader)
Film Editor & Compositor.
Filmex Creative Media.
1-876-832-4956