Still image looks better unrendered in Prores 422

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Still image looks better unrendered in Prores 422

I have a still image that is static in my prores 422 (720) timeline and it looks completely crisp when unrendered in the timeline. Once I render that section the image gets very aliased around the edges. I tried converting the compression type of the sequence to 8bit and Animation and no luck in getting the image to look any better, even when exported.

The sequence settings are:

1280x720

Square Pixel Aspect Ratio

Compressor: Apple ProRes 422

The tiff file I am using was created in Photoshop with the 720 preset:

1280x720

72dpi

RGB 8bit

Square pixel aspect ratio

Am I losing it? The image scale is at 100%, no movement, just looks crappy. Is it me? It seems like such an elementary issue to be having...

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks.

Final Cut Pro 7, Mac OS X (10.5.8), 2 X 2.8 Quad-Core Intel Xeon

Posted on May 26, 2011 10:16 PM

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Patrick Sheffield

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May 26, 2011 10:19 PM in response to Scene-Stealers

What's the field dominance of both? Do they match?

Patrck

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Answer 2

May 26, 2011 10:27 PM in response to Patrick Sheffield

Both are set to none.

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Meg The Dog

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May 26, 2011 10:54 PM in response to Scene-Stealers

Are your sequence rendering settings set to full resolution?

MtD

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May 26, 2011 10:59 PM in response to Meg The Dog

Yes indeed.

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Meg The Dog

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May 26, 2011 11:30 PM in response to Scene-Stealers

Hmmm . . . I frequently add .25 to .5 pixel gaussian blur to still images to reduce the apparent over-sharpness that shows up when placed on a timeline, but don't recall a situation as you have described where the still looks correct un-rendered and wrong when rendered. Usually it looks too soft when un-rendered and then looks as if it has too much detail when rendered.

Sorry - hope you find the solution.

MtD

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