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  • Russell Lasson

    July 30, 2008 at 10:59 pm

    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

    July 31, 2008 at 3:15 am

    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

    July 31, 2008 at 4:08 am

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

  • Todd Reid

    July 31, 2008 at 1:28 pm

    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

    July 31, 2008 at 2:39 pm

    Thanks Todd, i will see if it helps.

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