Motion text looks like crap in FCP

[Jason Jenkins]

Just double checked that. They match.

[Jason Jenkins]

I’ve noticed that before and it’s not the issue in this case. Of course when your text is animated, you can’t maintain position at an even integer anyway.

[Jason Jenkins]

I just messed with switching the alpha around. It doesn’t seem to make a difference in how it looks.

[Boyd Mccollum]

It’s sounds like your problem might be in your Motion export settings – did you export using the Lossless Movie settings set at highest quality? You might also choose to export it using DVCPro50 and with the appropriate frame rates. Also, can you preview your Motion projects on your external monitor to see how it looks and is the problem only in FCP? (I’m not a motion expert, so take this all with a grain of salt).

[Jason Jenkins]

I’m just putting the motion project right on the FCP timeline. Perhaps I should try to export as a video file.

[Zak Mussig]

I would either double-check your motion project settings and / or export to QT. I’ve had a better experience with getting alpha from Motion into FCP by deselecting the pre-multiply alpha checkbox in the output settings tab of the export dialog.

Zak

[Glenn Woiler]

Then my last question is: Are you making a file from within Motion? Or saving the Motion Project and then dragging that Motion Project file in to the timeline?

[Jason Jenkins]

I reworked the titles in LiveType and now they all look great! Go figure.