Text Quality is Low on Final Cut Pro

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Dng2009 Author

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Text Quality is Low on Final Cut Pro

Hello,

I add text in my final cut pro 6 timeline, and it looks good, but as soon as i hit play or render out to final quicktime movie, then the text becomes blurry. The text is really blurry, I tried few colors, few settings but I can't figure this out.

Does any1 know what i can do?

Thanks
DNG

MAC, Mac OS X (10.5)

Posted on Dec 15, 2009 10:14 PM

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Answer 1

Dec 16, 2009 12:22 AM in response to Dng2009

Which text generator are you using? What font, what font size, and what text color are you using? What is your sequence settings?

Small fonts, especially serif fonts, easily become blurry/jagged in a DV NTSC/PAL sequence because of the ugly DV compression. What is your intended delivery format? Have you looked at your text on a broadcast monitor?

Have you tried using Boris Title 3D?
http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/boris_calligraphybalis.html

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Answer 2

Tom Wolsky

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Dec 16, 2009 2:50 AM in response to Dng2009

Are you looking at the rendered output on a video monitor?

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Answer 3

Dec 16, 2009 9:23 AM in response to Dng2009

If you are using the text generator, make sure if you're repositioning that your vertical coordinate is an even number and that you are not scaling it up or down.

Not a problem with boris title3D if you use the controls tab, NOT the motion tab.

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Answer 4

D Gilmore

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Dec 16, 2009 9:37 AM in response to Michael Grenadier

Did you see where the Dng2009 is from?

Heaven. You would think the OP could just ask our blessed supreme-being about the low-quality text.

It’s probably that pesky saint Peter again, trying to create an introduction video for the line at the pearly gates.

I’ve told Pete time and again that the canvas is a low-res proxy, but does he buy a broadcast monitor? No.

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