Still Image Resolution in CS3

[Mike Velte]

Pixels per inch has nothing to do with video.
Make sure “Default scale to frame size” is not selected in Preferences>General. With this setting, any further scale effects will degrade the image. If this setting was in place when you imported the stills, start over and reimport the stills.
Also change the “View zoom level” of the Program window from “Fit” to a low value or Preview on a external monitor if your target is DVD.

[Poppiejim]

I had already tried what you suggest–other than setting the zoom level down–but that doesn’t alter the poor reso;ution of the rendered video. I’ve rendered to both avi and dvd and the stills are really fuzzy. Is that just the nature of the beast trying to create video on a pc with Premiere?

[Accountclosed]

I think we could better assist you if we had some information about the project settings and the colors involved.

For instance, a DV video project uses the DV rendering CODEC, and if your text uses intense primary colors, then the 4:1:1 subsampling of the render CODEC would surely make your text look ragged around the edges.

What colors are you using? What project setup? Resolution, etc?

Take care,

Mark & Mary Ann Weiss

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[PoppieJim] “Is that just the nature of the beast trying to create video on a pc with Premiere?”
No, its the nature of video, Standard Defination video whether 4:3 or 16:9 has a standard pixel matrix which is 720×480 pixels(NTSC)(just pixel aspect ratio is different) no matter what physical size the video playback monitor, computer monitors can be worse for example if you have a 19″ monitor(1280×1024) and you make a video frame full screen you are stretching 720×480 to 1280×1024 without proper scaling, its going to look like crap, even with scaling its not going to look its best, video is best previewed on a external video monitor at the proper(optimum) viewing distance for the size of the monitor, also take into consideration that video is basically action orientated, anytime you freeze a frame on a TV you will notice the apparent resolution seems to drop.

[Jsglenn]

I have having the same problem as PoppieJim. I am taking high quality screen shots (jpgs) and importing them into Premier Pro. These are black text on a white background; when I view the jpg files in Photoshop, they are crystal clear.

I have tried setting General Preferences to ‘Default scale to frame size’ on and off with the same results. The preview screen within Premier Pro even looks fuzzy when it is playing, but the resolution looks fine when it is not playing. I have tried every codec available to no avail. I now believe that there is some fundamental setting that I am missing here at the point that the shot are imported. Any other ideas?