Bob Peterson
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A screen shot of a commercial video incorporated into one’s own video is clearly a copyright violation. It should not be done.
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Photoshop is assumed in what I wrote. Bicubic Sharper is an image resizing method within Photoshop.
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Are you suggesting a screen shot as an example of how to do this, or as something that can be incorporated in one’s own video?
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Your problem is that you are working in a video resolution, and then trying to zoom in on the result. Create the text at a MUCH higher resolution (i.e. ppi) in a separate image file. Boost the text size (pt size) if necessary. After the text is created and you are satisfied with it, convert the text to a photoshop image (i.e. rasterize it). Then, use bicubic sharper to reduce the text to the desired size, and drag it into your video.
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I NEVER do anything else with the computer while it is burning a disk. The burning process requires a steady, uninterrupted flow of data to complete a burn successfully. Trying to perform other tasks is a good way to induce burn errors.
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Check the sampling rate in your “raw” video, and compare it to the sampling rate in your mixed video. I think you’ll find that the rates are different.
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The usual suggestion for photos is to limit the size to about twice your video output resolution. I always use Photoshop to crop photos to the correct pixel dimensions, and save them as PNGs. That insures that letterboxing is avoided, and PNGs seem to be easily handled by Vegas.
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Are you saying that an SD TV and an HD TV LCD display video at noticeably different luminance levels? That what looks good on an older TV will look much darker or noticeably different on an HD TV LCD? Don’t get me wrong. I am not trying to debate this question. It is an observation that truly surprises me, and I would like to understand it better. I have not noticed any difference between the images I see on an older TV, and those I see on our newer flat screen TVs. If there is a difference, that is something I would like to know.
The image displayed on the computer monitor can easily be adjusted. In my case, I can simply adjust the video card driver to produce a brighter image which will match what I am seeing on TVs. However, if I do that, my monitor will no longer accurately display what my photo prints will look like, and it will no longer conform to how the Monaco Optix led me to adjust the monitor. That was what I was getting at. The monitor calibration devices will set the monitor to the standard used in the wider world of color. That standard appears to differ from what is used for TVs. At least that is how I am interpreting the difference that I have seen.
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Sure, paint on a new layer that contains only the black. Use a brush with opacity set at 100%. Cut the layer opacity to 40%. When you are SURE that you are done painting, merge the layer with the layer you want it to be applied to. Or, never merge the layer as long as you save in a format that preserves layers.
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AVI is a container. It can contain any one of several different formats. It is the video format that the AVI contains which is being asked about. Once the format is known, the question of what decoder was used by FCP becomes relevant. It is the decoder, or codec, software that is relevant. FCP is VERY limited in the number of formats that it can properly decode.