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poor rez. on graphics
I have a new FCP 5 system and it seems like my text graphics (standard name super, etc.) are being output at a less than desirable resolution. It almost seems like only one field is being output. The graphics were created in Photoshop and are TIFFs. I think my problem may be some type of output resolution setting in FCP but I don’t know. Are there any setting w/in FCP that I should double check?
Looking for advice, ASAP….
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How you you monitoring the look of your graphics? External NTSC monitor or TV?
Your computer monitor is the worse way to judge the look of your video/titles.
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I’m monitoring on an external NTSC monitor. I’ve checked my output on tape, & “it still don’t look right.”
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Set your field dominance to NONE. See if it makes a difference. There is something wrong here with FCP 5 and picts
Michael Horton
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OK then….
What are the resolution of your PS files? They should be 720×520 in order to work properly in FCP, due to the whole square vs rectangular thing. AND…if you are working in a DV timeline, the nice pristine PS file, when rendered, is compressed into the 5:1 DV compression scheme. This is why working in a DV space with graphics is…well…bad.
If this is going to DVD only, and not to tape, you might consider taking all your DV footage, putting it in an 8-bit uncompressed timeline, THEN adding the PS elements. 8-bit is much more graphics friendly…
Try shifting the image up one pixel…I heard that solves this sometimes…
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Thank you for the advice! I’m going to wrap my brain around your comments and see what I come up with.
TGIF
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If I set the field dominance to None and Motion Filter Quality to Best, the stills and graphics look fabulous, but transitions are stroby. The only combination that looks reasonably good for both is with Field dominance set to lower and Motion Filter Quality set to Fastest.
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Assuming you are rendering in safe mode and high quality, it’s like I said, something aint right here.
Michael Horton
lafcpug
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Playback video quality is set to Dynamic, but that shouldn’t affect rendered material. Record to Tape is set at Full Quality. If I set Field Dominance to “None”, then any stills with motion and transitions are stroby.
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It’s on Safe RT AND Dynamic. It’s not either or. Dynamic was supposed to be a big deal. Are you saying that it doesn’t work?
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