[Greg Strange]

First of all thanks for your tip.

I have QT Pro. I opened my clip in QT player and clicked “high quality” in the settings and the image unmistakably became sharper. I re-saved, giving my clip a different name, saving it as a self-contained movie. I couldn’t wait to import into AE and when I did, crap! It looks exactly like it did before–soft, aliased edges–terrible!

Again, the layer quality is set to “best” and the composition’s resolution is set to “Full”.

Here’s the real kicker. When I double-click on the imported clip in the project bin, the clip opens up in a footage window and it looks beautiful, crisp and clean, like it’s supposed to. But as soon as I drag it to the composition–aaaahhh. Ugly.

Anyone? Help, please!