Im Confused, or i have an issue?

[Russell Lasson]

For starters, change the canvas to be 100%. Anything else distorts the image.

Is it still pixelated?

-Russ

Russell Lasson
Kaleidoscope Pictures
Provo, UT

[Alan Okey]

Your source .mov files are compressed with the Animation codec. If you are working in a sequence that uses DV compression, the chroma resolution of your source clips is being reduced to 1/4 the original resolution – 4:1:1 YUV as opposed to 4:4:4 RGB. Red is particularly nasty with regard to showing the color stepping artifacts in DV. It’s also the reason why the DV format is a horrible choice for shooting green screen footage.

More info here:

https://www.adamwilt.com/pix-sampling.html

https://www.neopics.com/bluescreen/

What is your final delivery format?

[Alfred Rodriguez]

srry thanks but where i can change the canvas? im new at Final Cut i used to use Premire Cs3

[Todd Reid]

in your first screen capture, on the top of the canvas, there is a “pill” button, that reads 74%, use that drop down button and make sure its set to “fit to window” (I think is the terms). That’s where to change the canvas.

I think its probably already set.
I think you probably have your sequence codec set at DV/NTSC.
This is a highly compressed codec, and it is very common to see thin, red text do this (as well as other colors).

Change your sequence to at least dv50, try uncompressed 8-bit too. This may help a bit.

[Alfred Rodriguez]

Thanks Todd, i will see if it helps.