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Pic Problems
Okay, so I am working with some .TIFF images in FCP. They were all scanned in as photographs of various sizes at 300dpi. When I preview an image in the viewer, it looks totally fine, crisp, clear; but when I bring that same image into the timeline, it looks so poor you can actually, at times, see individual pixels. What gives? Thanks for any help!
-tvanklee
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3 Replies
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300 dpi is overkill and you are asking FCP to work harder than it needs to.
You are seeing a proxy of a file that needs to be rendered. You probably see a dark green bar in the timeline and this means you need a render.
I suggest you leave the file at 72 DPI and make the canvas much bigger than it has to be. You will save yourself headaches and a lot of render time.
David
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And what are your timeline settings, this makes all the difference in the world.
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DPI means nothing in video…
Its ALL about total pixels…
Multiply the zoom ration by your screen size… IE 5X zoom times 720 = approx 4,000 pixels wide.
Your scanner (or Photoshop) can measuer image size in pixels…
Bringing in more is overkill and produces additional softening.
You’ll also get better results in AE for this (see article on Cow I have written).
You might want to pop over to my blog and download soem conference handouts or order Photoshop for Video the book.
-Rich
Richard M. Harrington, PMP
Author: Photoshop for Video, Understanding Adobe Photoshop, and ATS:iWork
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