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Having crystal clear text and images from FCP..is there a way?!!
I have a sequence with only still images (mostly Tiff various res from low to high i.e. 5000×3000 or so) plus simple text underneath..
I ve set my timeline to the animation codec and when unrendered what i see on canvas is superb even when not viewing at 100% scale but on “fit to screen mode” (i monitor on my imac screen). As soon i render i get that familiar pixelated text and images…
When i export same problem (tried QT current settings, QT conversion H264 codec, MPG4, uncompressed..)
To be honest its been a while i ve edited anything and i always had these problems with FCP. Getting clear text for me was just impossible and always compromised..
Could someone help me with this? The problem with the images is worse i think. What can i do? I am tired trying things..
thank you.
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You are using FCP in a way that it really isn’t meant to be used. ANIMATION sequence settings? NO no no. FCP is designed to work with formats shot with cameras…none shoot the ANIMATION codec.
You need to use the options you see in the EASY SETUPS. ProRes 422, for example. Use that as a sequence setting and see what you get.
Shane
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In a ProRes 422 sequence image and text is crap even when unrendered..
Same export results..Am i missing something?
Final video needs to be PAL 16:9 and will be played in some large LCD TVs.I created a new sequence and set compression codec to Apple ProRes 422 as you suggested, frame size 720×576, what should i select from the aspect ratio drop down menu? I went for CCIR 601 / DV PAL (5:4) and also set the Pixel apsect ratio to PAL – CCIR 601 (720×576), field dominance Lower and ticked anamorphic box. Is this correct?
also i made sure images and text are sitting on even numbers (basic motion properties) and also no decimal places in motion tab numbers too..
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also tried on an Uncompressed 8bit timeline. Same as above. (i.e. i unrendered is as bad as rendered and export also crap).
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Field Dominance NONE. Interlacing does horrid things to text.
And SD video played back on LARGE LCD TVs will not look all that great. Those crave HD signals…more pixels. Any way to make an HD sequence, HD output?
Shane
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Well i have a bunch of images, about half are high res as mentioned other lower like 800x600pixels but i scale them (make them smaller) in my canvas since text sits next to them. So maybe they ll be ok on a HD timeline. Do you think i could make this on a HD sequence? What codec should i use to do this HD
Now, i changed field dominance to None. No difference. The only time i see pristine text and images is when i am on the animation codec timeline with material unrendered.
For example there is an image of a newspaper for example (scanned old paper). On the animation timeline (unrendered) i can read the little lines…
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Sounds to me like you need to spend a few minutes searching topics related to editing photos in FCP. Resolution versus size, preparing images for FCP. With the proper resolution and the proper image size for what you want do do you will have pristine images in your timeline (provided, of course, they are in focus).
Neal Broffman
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Set the sequence to Prores and make sure you have checked “Render ALL in high precision YUV”, also “Render Motion filters BEST”.
5.000×3.000 stills are completely out of FC specs.
Downscale your pictures in Photoshop as much as you can, leave them just big enough for you to make the zoom/pan&scan that you need in FC.
Which Text generator are you using in FC?
Use the Boris. -
https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/8/942879#943223
Neal Broffman
One Production Place, Atlanta, GA
http://www.oneproductionplace.com
Latest project:
Series of profiles for the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships For New Americans.
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Thanks for the help guys,
Why should i use photoshop to scale the images? I can scale, adjust apect ratio etc in fcp..I guess smaller files will help my imac go faster as its sluggish working with some of these images. I am not zooming in any of them, i actually make them smaller and place them around canvas so i could scale them down in photoshop.
Could i scale them in Viewer or will photoshop produce better quality?Rafael i am doing what u r saying thanks, i am using fcp own text gen. Is boring gonna be better with a simple bold font no fancy stuff?
Or do i need to mess with outlines etc..? -
thank you Neal, reading..
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