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Red text from powerpoint displays awful
I’m laying powerpoint slides over a video, and the text that is red
looks terrible. It looks bad in FCP, but when exported (I export
a non-self contained movie, with the stock settings) it is
unreadable. The other graphics look anywhere between perfect
to just OK.I’m working in a DV timeline, the slides are sized to 720×480
before being imported in FCP. I also did the range check and
the red is not over. -
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Red in video has always been troublesome…especially in text graphics. Always best to avoid red in text when you can help it. Or make it less bright…dark red is better than bright red.
Shane
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Even if it’s not out of range?
I agree, I’d avoid red text (it’s not my powepoint!)
We’re actually going through it and changing the
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[Mike Procyk] “Even if it’s not out of range? “
Yes!
Red is the highest frequency color in the spectrum, and therefore is the hardest to reproduce.
https://www.usbyte.com/common/approximate_wavelength.htm
Next stop is “infrared”, but humans can’t see that.
So…if at all possible, avoid heavy use of red in GRFX or set design. You’ll be glad you did.
Mark
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Got it. thanks.
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[Mark Raudonis] “Red is the highest frequency color in the spectrum, and therefore is the hardest to reproduce.”
Red is actually the lowest frequency in the visible spectrum, but has the longest wavelength.
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Ok. So I’m not a scientist! 🙂 I stand corrected.
Highest/lowest, it’s still the most troublesome to reproduce.
Mark
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