How to get the canvas quality the same as the viewer

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[MorpheusMan] “when I export the movie I am getting the quality of the canvas.
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Export it to what?

[Bret Williams]

Are you exporting from the Canvas/Sequence? Well….

And if you’re exporting from the viewer, then you’re choosing a size, compression, etc. That’s the quality you’re getting. Completely unrelated to any canvas/sequence that may happen to be open.

[Rafael Amador]

Open your clip with QT player.
Comm-J (properties)> Video Track> Visual setting>High quality.
Rafael

[Nick Meyers]

and to make life even easier,

in QT PLayer prefs > General > Movies
tick “Use High-Quality Video Settings when Available”

nick

[Andrzej Goulding]

All of my quicktime prefs are already on high quality, etc…

[Andrzej Goulding]

Is it not that the canvas plays whatever is in the timeline? So I am exporting my movie from the timeline.
The problem is the quality of the export. Now I have read that the quality of the exported movie cannot be any higher than what I already see in my canvas. The problem is that the quality I am seeing in the canvas (which is what my movie will turn out like) is not as high as it can go. I know this because if I preview a single clip in the viewer, it’s of a much superior quality which is what I am after for the whole exported movie.

Morph

[Andrzej Goulding]

I am exporting from the timeline to a quicktime movie.

[Walter Biscardi]

[MorpheusMan] “Now I have read that the quality of the exported movie cannot be any higher than what I already see in my canvas. The problem is that the quality I am seeing in the canvas (which is what my movie will turn out like) is not as high as it can go.”

No, the exported movie cannot be higher than what is seen on your External Monitor. The Canvas is purposely degraded as Final Cut Pro is expecting you to use an external monitor to view full quality.

[Andrzej Goulding]

Thanks for clearing that up.
Unfortunately I don’t have an external moniter to look at the movie on.

Well I guess my problem therefore is that when I export the edit from the timeline to quicktime. The quicktime movie I am playing back on my computer is showing the same quality as I am seeing in the canvas. Are you saying that when this is played back on a tv, the quality will be higher?
If I want to export the movie to be shown at this high quality on my computer screen, what export settings should I be changing to up the quality?

Thanks for your time!

Morph

[Chris Poisson]

Morph,

The canvas and QT player do not show what you really have in a movie file. A computer monitor and a TV are completely different, interlacing, color space, everything, you cannot judge your movie on these things.

Will your movie look better on TV? Dunno, it would, but it depends on how it was shot and how it was treated in the editing process, color correction, etc.

It COULD look better, MIGHT look better, but in any case it will look different. BTW, if you get even a decent TV it would be better than no monitor at all, you don’t have to get a $1200 Sony. But if you’re working in standard definition, don’t get an HD TV either.

Have a wonderful day.