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help to get clean crisp text AE
hey,
I’m having trouble getting clean crisp text in AE CS4.
-I’ve tried making the text really large then scaling it down, no results
-I’ve tried creating text in illustrator and bringing that in, still pixelated
-I’ve made sure that with both of these the little continuous rasterize switch is on
– I have no layers above or below
– and i’m outputting to quicktime, best 720 x 576 sq pixel, dv pal
– the canvas is set to full
any suggestions would be nice
stay animated
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3 Replies
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[Rebecca Rumble] “- the canvas is set to full”
is the resolution also set to 100%?
there is also a layer switch for each layer that looks like a diagonal string of squares. it will toggle between aliased and anti-aliased rendering for a given layer.
also, are you seeing the pixelation in the preview window or on the final render, or both?
Kevin Camp
Senior Designer
KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW -
if it is in the preview window, another problem may be ae’s crude pixel aspect ratio correction… you can toggle that with the button at the bottom of the preview window that looks like a rectangle with a double-headded arrow on it. (i know you mentioned that you were working with a 720×576 sqr px comp, but i think that comp size would be a non-square px comp… though i could be wrong, i’m in ntsc land here).
if that is the case, the render should be fine when you take it into software that will handle the par correctly (like an nle).
Kevin Camp
Senior Designer
KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW -
Hi all, from PAL-country
Kevin is right about the pixel aspect ratio. If you need a comp for DV-PAL, you set it to 720 x 576, but non-square! (the right pixel aspect ratio is 1.09)
If you use square pixels, your text-animation will be stretched out in your NLE.
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