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Still pictures blurry in FCP

I'm having a similar problem to other discussions I've seen on here, I just can't find the correct solution for me.

My still pictures are coming out blurry. It may look great in the viewer but in the canvas it looks blurry. This is not the case with all still pictures, just some. It doesn't help to export the final video out to QuickTime and view it on a tv or computer. (I've read some formus that say that fixed their problem.) I'm assuming it's the issue of the canvas/sequence has a lower resolution than the picture that's coming out blurry. But how can I fix that problem? Is there a something I can change in the sequence settings to make it look like it's supposed to? And if I do change the settings will that mess with anything else in my sequence? (I mean the video as a whole- there is video, still, pictures, effects, etc on the sequence.) Also, I do not have Photoshop to mess with the picture.

Oh and yes, I've rendered my face off so that isn't the problem either. 🙂

Thanks so much in advance!

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.6)

Posted on Mar 15, 2011 9:44 PM

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Mar 17, 2011 12:09 PM in response to Patrick Sheffield

Hi Patrick.
I'd love to post the actual picture I'm having a hard time with...but it's of my nieces in the bathtub and I wouldn't really feel right about putting it on here...... I can find a picture online or something that does the same thing if it would be helpful?

Here is a link for a picture I just found online and tried in the sequence...it looks a lot like the other pictures I have problems with.




However, honestly I have a problem with a LOT of still pictures in my sequence. So chances are it probably wouldn't matter to send you one...pick a picture and I probably have blurry/pixel-y issues with it.



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Mar 17, 2011 11:07 AM in response to Brooke77

Well... That picture is pretty small... However, if you are only working with images, change your sequence settings to one of the apple prores presets... (in sequence settings, load sequence presets to apple pro res 48K ntsc. Change the Field Dominance to None.). You need to work with images that are atleast the size of your sequence and/or use them no larger than 100% of their original size.

Still pictures blurry in FCP

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