Losing video quality when placing in timeline....??

I'm having a problem with this bunch of videos.... when I import them they appear full quality in the viewer and everything looks fine, but as soon as I drag them onto the timeline (using any method....overwrite, replace, any of them) the quality gets trashed and the video looks blurred. The video is a camtasia file converted to .mov, the image is a screen shot of the computer screen while doing a tutorial. I do tons of other videos and dont notice any quality issues, but just with these the screen looks blurred. Any help?

mac, Mac OS X (10.5.5)

Posted on Oct 7, 2008 5:22 AM

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Andy Mees

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Posted on Oct 7, 2008 9:00 AM

lordy ... thats a hopeless format to be trying to edit and no mistake

try this:
1) download and use the free *MPEG Streamclip* application from http://www.squared5.com/
2) open the app and drag your Camtasia clip onto it, then press *Cmd E*
3) change the Compression popup menu to *DV/DVCPRO - NTSC* and then press *Make Movie* and save to your Desktop or other convenient location
4) now import that new clip into FCE and away you go

let us know how you get on

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thefnchamp Author

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Oct 7, 2008 7:11 AM in response to thefnchamp

bump

thefnchamp Author

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Oct 7, 2008 7:22 AM in response to thefnchamp

what would i go into to switch the codec to one of those?? I know i've seen it before but it'll save me time to just ask right away ha

Andy Mees

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Oct 7, 2008 7:25 AM in response to thefnchamp

what's the point of bumping ? until you provide the info specifically asked for then you're wasting everyones time (including your own)

thefnchamp Author

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Oct 7, 2008 7:39 AM in response to Andy Mees

I already replied to your post saying that what you said didn't work. When I get into the sequence settings it doesnt show me any of those details that it shows me when I'm in the clip details.

Shane Ross

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Oct 7, 2008 8:15 AM in response to Michael Trauffer

Yup...we all use FCP here, and don't know much, if anything, about Final Cut Express. It has less features than Final Cut Pro.

Shane

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Oct 7, 2008 8:24 AM in response to Andy Mees

yeah i did that and it doesn't match up, how do i change the sequence settings to match??

Andy Mees

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Oct 7, 2008 8:44 AM in response to thefnchamp

what format do you need to change it to and/or can you not change the camtasia file export format to something more suitable than whatever it is?

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