What is the best plugin to use to scale up a clip?

[Jon Zanone]

PiP will probably do the least damage. Bear in mind, anytime you scale video, it looks like crap – particularly DV.

Jon

“The Almighty tells me He can get me out of this mess. But He’s pretty sure you’re F%$#*D!”

[Michael Hancock]

PIP works, as does the Resize effect (which I use more often). I’ve personally gotten really good results from the Blowup effect (it’s under Film in your effect palette). The problem with Blowup is that you’re not going to get nearly as much finite control over the amount of resize as you will with something like PIP or Resize. As far as quality differences go, I haven’t tried them both to see if there’s a difference. If I were a betting man, however, I’d go with PIP because Jon Zanone suggests it and he knows his stuff. Ultimately, though, test it yourself and see which one you’re happiest with. Let us know what works for you and if you see any quality difference between effects.

Mike.

[Milton Hockman]

NO DIFFERENCE TO ME.

[Erik Hermesman]

Also,

Click the HQ button in the effect editor to bring some sharpness back.

[Grinner Hester]

you will gat far superior results using After Effects for this. It will still defrigate the video, just not near as bad as Avid’s old DVE.