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Importing images – the ‘right’ way
Hi there,
I’m a bit of AE novice and I’m having a small problem. I want to import images of building that I have drawn in photoshop. They are very simple lined drawings with using 2 or 3 colours. I draw them quite large on an A4 300 dpi Photoshop document. I then import them into AE as a psd. the film will involve zooming in on these images very close (using the scale tool), but when I export it as .mov file (even at the best settings), it is rather jittery, and quite blurred.
I realize it is probably best to use Illustrator in this case and rasterize the buildings, but then you lose some of the hand drawn style that I’m going for.
How can I maximize the look of these buildings as theyre zoomed in? Import as TIF, draw them on a bigger/smaller photoshop document?PLease help!!
Thanks very much.. -
1 Reply
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Unless you’re saying that your images appear blurry and jittery inside of AE before you even render at your finished composition, it doesn’t sound like your issue is how you’ve drawn or imported your images … it sounds like your issue is the composition and render settings you have chosen, but you haven’t given enough info to narrow down precisely where the problem might be.
So, in general terms, you might check that the frame rate, screen dimensions, aspect ratio, etc. of your AE composition and render settings are what you want them to be and that they don’t conflict with each other. As far as the render settings, you might also check that the codec and codec options are what you want them to be (Animation codec is a good place to start). If you’re rendering highly compressed MOVs from AE using a codec like Sorenson or something similar, the problem is probably a result of the specific codec settings you chose. If you have access to separate compression software (i.e., Sorenson Squeeze), you might consider rendering a high-quality Animation codec MOV from AE, then converting it to a lower resolution version if that’s what you ultimately need.
I hope this helps … good luck!
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