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  • red text and FCP- why is it so jaggy?

    Posted by Anthony Ladesich on October 1, 2008 at 12:57 pm

    hello gurus

    i have a 720p dvcprohd 24p sequence and i made some titles in photoshop… the is a red “&” that no mater what i do it is stair stepping ling crazy.
    tried to use prorez (hq) still same problem…
    is there a trick to using red graphics that i am not hip to?

    thanks in advance for your help…

    tony

    Anthony Ladesich
    Mile Deep Films & Television
    Kansas City, MO
    miledeepfilms.com

    Tom Wolsky replied 17 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Tom Wolsky

    October 1, 2008 at 3:31 pm

    The first trick is don’t. Red is very hard to compress. Blend in a little blue, reduce the saturation and it will be much better.

    Are you looking at the rendered output on a video monitor?

    All the best,

    Tom

    Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
    Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop”

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