[Matthew Joal]

Thanks everyone. I got it figured out with all your advice! I had the wrong settings on my sequence. I just changed my sequence to the suggested sizes/format and it worked.

Thanks!

[Matthew Joal]

Thank you! It worked at 33 just fine.

I did some research on the ProRes capture and it looks like I am missing out by not doing that. I checked my capture settings and the sequence preset can be set to ProRes but I can’t set the capture preset to ProRes because it isn’t available.

Do I have to download the plugin for the ProRes? I thought it was supposed to be available in FCP 6.0.1?

[Matthew Joal]

Thank you Chris. Is there a way to know exactly what the aspect ratio should be set to so it is the correct proportion? I changed it to be what looks correct, however, I want to make sure it is exact.

Does doing this method of distortion, hurt the quality of the video clip?

Also, is there a way to resize a video clip in proportion and hold it so it doesn’t rotate. If I hold down the Apple Key, it resizes it to proporation but it also allows me to rotate it.

Thanks for your help!

[Matthew Joal]

Thank you – that is exactly what I am looking for. However, they are very expensive if I need to get a bunch of them and it looks like I can only use them for so many months before I have to renew. Does anyone know a resource for images like these that are a bit cheaper or a resource that can be used if I put credit on the page of where the images where found?

[Matthew Joal]

Thanks Tony! That worked great.

Lastly, I am running into a problem with my fonts. I used verdana throught the presentation so that I didn’t have to outline it. (I did this so it is clear at any zoom, when I outline it, it seems the “l’s” merge together?) However, I needed to use a font that wasn’t a windows standard font and when I outline it, it is blurry and doesn’t have crisp smooth edges when I export it to a PDF. It looks good in Illustrator when I zoom in and out but when I save it as a PDF, it gets all weird looking and jaggy? Any suggestions?

Thanks everyone for your help!

[Matthew Joal]

Thank you Joe. I will try the 300DPI image. Is there a quick way to bridge between illustrator and PS. For example: can I create a place holder in illustrator and then edit the placeholder in PS. Basically so it will automatically create the correct size canvas in PS and then I can save it? Does that make sense?

Also, what is the best compression settings for JPEG images when exporting to PDF? (Zip, JPEG or automatic JPEG)

Thanks again!

[Matthew Joal]

Thank you for sending the article. That really helps. There is only one problem and that is that I don’t have FC 6.0. I have 5.0, and the don’t have that compression option. Is there another format that I can take it to that would be better to work with in AE. Even if I lose some quality, I am scaling it down anyway so it won’t be as noticable.

Thanks!

[Matthew Joal]

Great – that worked – Thanks!

[Matthew Joal]

Excellent – thank you. That worked great!

[Matthew Joal]

Great – Thank you for your help!