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    Logo Animation Looks Soft on Export

    Posted by Jenn Belleville on March 29, 2017 at 12:47 pm

    Hi There & Thanks In Advance!!!

    I’m working in FCP 7.0.3 and a 640 x 480 NTSC SD sequence. My footage is a 640 x 480 QT file. I also need to use an animated logo that is a 1920 x 1080 MPEG-4 file. This logo seems to look fine in the canvas but when I export it looks a little bit soft.

    My render control is set to “always use best quality” & “best quality” in the sequence settings. I’ve tried exporting a number of ways but ultimately this video is for youtube so I believe I need to stick to MPEG-4.

    If anyone can shed light on what I’ve missed it would be greatly appreciated!

    Jenn Belleville replied 9 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Michael Gissing

    March 30, 2017 at 2:36 am

    I’ll bet your sequence settings have defaulted to DV codec. If so then change the sequence codec settings to ProRes 422 and it will render better. DV is a horrible old legacy codec that turns graphics and text to mush

  • Jenn Belleville

    March 30, 2017 at 2:54 am

    Thanks!! This solution has worked out great!
    Much appreciated 🙂

    JB

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