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PSD file – jagged artifacting in FCPX
I’m using a layered PSD file. Each letter is on its own layer. Looks perfect in PS. In FCPX it picks up these weird jagged edges on some letters. See image. I tried applying a slight gaussian blur in PS and it made it worse. Anyone know what causes this and how to fix it?
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Have you flattened any fx before importing to FCPX?
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Yes. Each layer is simple rasterized pixels with no layer effects or anything.
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What font are you using, or can you upload a sample PSD here?
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I’ll see if I can get a PSD from the designer tomorrow with the text layers still intact.
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Just a thought, Is FCPX Playback preference set to “high quality”
Steve Connor
“FCPX Agitator”
Adrenalin Television -
It is. And my exported ProRes file looks the same. The font is Helvetica Neue 67 Medium Condensed
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And in case you’re not familiar with the font, that tail on the ‘U” shouldn’t be there. It’s part of the anomaly.
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Was this issue ever resolved? I have found that i have this same issue very often. Also what is weird is i noticed that when the render bar is orange (unrendered), the footage looks perfect (no anomaly), but when it fully rendered the graphic gets jagged.
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I’m grappling with the same issue, only for a logo (layered PSD file). On the right edge of the logo layer, is the same ‘artifact’ witnessed above. I’ve attached a screen capture of it. Like others, it looks great in PSD, and if un-rendered in FCP X, perfect as well. It’s only after rendering does it appear (flickers on and off, as there is a slight push of the graphic). FCP X outputs the file with the artifact, as well. [see below for fix]
I have found that whenever the layer edge (in PSD) is right up against the element edges, this occurs in FCP.X. My fix has been to add an element in PSD, just off screen, so that the actual imported layer doesn’t come into FCP.X tight against the elements’ edges. You can crop a few pixels off the layer in FCP.X to effectively remove the objects in PSD to increase the size of the layer. Not sure if I explained that well… Pre coffee, you see. Check out the image below — this is the layered PSD file as-imported into FCP.X. You can see the white dots (just a period from a text layer, merged with the logo layer before saving in PSD). I just crop those off in FCP.X, and problem solved!
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