terrible psd resolution in final cut 7

[Grant Strac]

I’m working so I cant give long explanation but select it in the timeline and do option>r or sequence render all and make sure the green is selected. I’ll bet that you have a light green signifyer in the top of timeline and sometimes on psd’s final cut needs a full render to view it like supposed to because it is such high quality file. If it still looks funny put in and outs in the timeline around the image and make sure to include something else like small footage clip within your in/out points and just export out self contained .mov of just that section of timeline and I’ll put money on it looking a-ok.

[Ryan Holmes]

What are the physical dimensions of the psd file? FCP doesn’t care about dpi (in video space dpi is largely irrelevant). All that matters is the actual size of the file (1280×720, 1920×1080, etc.). Make your psd file the size you need for your timeline (or bigger if you plan on scaling into it using the Motion tab).

If you have a 300 dpi file that is 320×180, all FCP sees is 320×180. Drop that in a 720 or 1080 timeline and it’ll look bad.

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[Kelly Armstrong]

Yeah the strange thing is that the aspect ratio in photoshop is 1920 x 1080 and the sequence is set to 1280×720.

Is it because I’m scaling down that it’s affecting the quality?

Thanks for your help.

[Joseph Owens]

[kelly armstrong] “Is it because I’m scaling down that it’s affecting the quality? “

Pull the graphic back into Photoshop and adjust the canvas size to 1280×720… see if it makes a difference.

jPo

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