[Matt Meyer]

Thanks for your help and suggestions. Sorry if it was confusing.

What I meant is that the final DVD looked bad, so I went back to the source and tried to see where the issues were. The FCP sequence is using the source settings (the footage is in dvcpro hd 720p and the sequence settings reflect this with compression, frame size, etc.) I Then took a clip from the original footage and put it in a new sequence and, while it’s hard to see the clarity with the green screen, it does look soft, so I am assuming it was shot that way. As for the viewing monitor, I did look at other footage in the same format and it looks fine, so I don’t think it is the monitor.

Now, I am thinking of trying to either use a different system if I can, although I doubt this will change anything, and then just make a SD sequence and hope (the DVCpro HD) footage looks better as a smaller frame size, especially as it the final output is in SD anyway.

Does that make sense? Or are there other things I should look at?

Thanks again