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.tif resolution when freezeframed in fcp 5
I am threading together slides transferred into .tif to make a slideshow using fcp 5. The image quality on playback is below that of iphoto when viewed from a smaller size to full screen on a 15” monitor. Why? If the answer could be deemed technically challenging then how could the quality be bettered?
I have some notion that I need a reference monitor or that I should offline to tape or burn a dvd in order to see the actual results of my edit but then why can iphoto do what fcp, apparently, cannot.
thanks
jeremy
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4 Replies
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1) are you viewing in RT / Did you render? Stills can be awfully awful when you haven’t rendered them in the timeline.
2) SD timeline or HD timeline?
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Jeremy,
What size are your stills? FCP is designed to work at video resolutions, which would be 720×480 (or 720×486) at Standard Definition or either 1920×1080 or 120×720 at High Definition. If you want to make a project that matches the resolution of your stills, you need to manually change the project dimensions in the Sequence Settings dialog box.
If your stills are larger than HD resolution, or if you’re working in an SD project, obviously your project output won’t look as sharp as the original iPhoto slide show.
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Your assumption is right Jeremy. You can not judge the quality on your computer monitor.
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
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