Having crystal clear text and images from FCP..is there a way?!!

[Sebastian Lloyd]

Might be that you’ve not set pixel aspect to square.

Make sure you’ve got square pixels selected on a prores sequence, HD 1920×1080. It’s usually when you’ve got odd shaped pixels (DV, DV anamorphic) that text looks awful.

Also, make sure you use a nice font. Those which are too thin or too serif-y can look terrible.

[Anastasis Lazos]

I think i fixed it. I ve created a ProRes HQ 1920×1080 timeline and after resizing some of the large pics (i resized them close to 1920×1080 as i wont be zooming in at all), ticked a couple of things that Rafael suggested, set pixel to square and now yes when i export at these setting text and images are pristine. What a relief..

I used apple’s Preview (sorry not “viewer” i called it before) to resize them and i am curious to know if Photoshop would provide better quality when resizing…) ?

One other thing i want to clarify is this: To obtain best picture quality i believe my video should be at the same resolution as the Tv screen it ll be played on right? i.e. native resolution. Remember these videos will be playing looped at a large lcd screen in a waiting room. So if these are Full HD then that res is 1920×1080 correct?

thank you all for the device. 🙂

[Rafael Amador]

[anastasis lazos] ” i am curious to know if Photoshop would provide better quality when resizing…) ?”
Quite better than FC.
FC have never been too good for up/downscaling picture.
His shortcomings are more noticeable when dealing with stills.

[anastasis lazos] “One other thing i want to clarify is this: To obtain best picture quality i believe my video should be at the same resolution as the Tv screen it ll be played on right? i.e. native resolution. Remember these videos will be playing looped at a large lcd screen in a waiting room. So if these are Full HD then that res is 1920×1080 correct?”
If you are making 1920×1080 you will get the best quality in an screen with, unless, the same dimension.
If possible set the screen “1:1” so each picture pixel will be represented by one screen picture.
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Anastasis Lazos]

Will photoshop be better than Preview or other cheap image software for resizing and processing photos? I resized my images using Preview as i dont have photoshop installed.

And also when you say “set the screen 1:1” what setting are you exactly referring to?

thanks again!

[Rafael Amador]

[anastasis lazos] “Will photoshop be better than Preview or other cheap image software for resizing and processing photos? “
Sure.
Photoshop has different interpolation options.
preview is much more basic.

[anastasis lazos] “And also when you say “set the screen 1:1″ what setting are you exactly referring to?”
You need to look in the device menu.
If your screen is bigger than 1920×1080 should have that option which prevents any upscaling made by the very screen.
The normal factory setting are a kind of “fit to window”.
In my Dell menu, I have Display Setting > Wide mode > 1:1.
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com