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I’m confused. I’ve always been told to use NTSC D1 720×486; Pixel Aspect Ratio D1/DV NTSC; Frame Aspect Ratio 4:3. I work for an American Network that uses Beta Cams, DV25. I work in the graphic section and use an Adrenaline that can reach 1:1 resolution.
At this point I don’t know if 720×486 is correct…
When importing into Adrenaline, they told me to check the 601-non square. Maybe I should choose another setting in the import?
I just give it a try with 720×480, lower field first, tif seguence. The result is bad. Am I too picky if I expect, once imported into avid, the same image quality I create in quicktime or tif sequence in AE? Should I just expect I loss in resolution?
Alessia

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The import settings I’m using are: 601-non square; RGB; lower field first (though I have tried also higher field first and non-internaced, with equal bad results when imported); no-alpha. The Adrenaline is high quality set (all green on bottom of timeline). I import in resolution 1:1.
The rendering settings in AE I’m using are: NTSC 720×486; Full quality, Best Resolution; Quicktime-Animation non compressed. The quicktime file is nice, perfectly refined edges. When imported in Avid Media Composer Adrenaline, edges become fragmented and in general the image is not well defined. It looks like it is blurried. Mostly edges, as said, are terrible. Very pixelated. Thanks for concern! Any idea? Alessia

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Amheus, I used a non compressed quicktime (Animation with no compression) in AE, and the file is good, nice and clear, with very defined edges. Though when imported into the Avid Media Composer Adrenaline, the result is bad. I notice a big loss of resolution and blurred edges. Among the many tests, I made one where I created a quicktime file with avid meridien compression in AE. It’s actually worse than using Animation non-compressed file. I still haven’t found the reason why the original quicktime file is good, and when imported into Avid Adrenaline is bad. As far as I know, in the importing process I choose the right settings…

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Hello guys, I do have the same problem of losing resolution when importing graphics (.mov) into Avid as well.I made three test with lower field first, upper field first, and non interlaced; they all look the same when imported into the Avid.I work with the Adrenaline v.1.6.4. I select the 1:1 resolution when importing.Unfortunately I find always a bad result:blurried edges on both text and shapes, and just looks awful as definition, in general, to me.
The original files are nice and crisp.Full resolution, best quality;720×486;Quicktime with Animation compression(no compression). I also check on AE the Continuously Resterize box when it’s about text that I create in AI.Again, the original file seems good to me.When I import into Adrenaline, I have loss of quality.Maybe it has to do with Avid Codecs or something I don’t know?Alessia

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Ed, thank you very much for informing me there is an archive!I’m so new I haven’t discovered much of this site.Thanks again for all your help,Alessia.