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  • Thin Lines…Draft vs. Best

    Posted by Norm Nusbaum on May 25, 2009 at 4:37 pm

    I have a video with some thin red lines (2 px) on screen, and have heard differing comments about putting them out at BEST or DRAFT. I have been told that DRAFT will cut out anti-aliasing and make lines look sharper. Any one else do this?

    Todd Kopriva replied 17 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Todd Kopriva

    May 25, 2009 at 5:40 pm

    I can confirm that setting a layer to Draft quality prevents anti-aliasing. Whether that will look better or not… That’s another question.

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    Todd Kopriva, Adobe Systems Incorporated
    putting the ‘T’ back in ‘RTFM’ : After Effects Help on the Web
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  • Norm Nusbaum

    May 25, 2009 at 6:09 pm

    But it will not look worse…or is that a possibility?

  • Todd Kopriva

    May 25, 2009 at 7:04 pm

    The entire point of anti-aliasing is to make things look better, where better means “smoother, less jagged” (at the expense of some softening).

    What’s better for you in this specific case is something that I can’t know with only words, no pictures, and a different set of aesthetics than you.

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    Todd Kopriva, Adobe Systems Incorporated
    putting the ‘T’ back in ‘RTFM’ : After Effects Help on the Web
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