Final Cut Pro X- Bad quality ?? When my videos, images, and text are paused they all look clear, but when the movie is playing, everything is blurry. How can I fix this?

This did the trick for me. Choosing better Quality over better performance made a big difference.

Also, make sure you have better quality checked.

There may be nothing wrong.

Usually this is because on the fly playback is making your Mac work hard or you have a bottle neck somewhere.

Select a small piece of Timeline and Share it as a Master File.

If the Master File sample is plays OK, then it's whatever is going on in the FCP X Timeline.

Try Rendering it for better playback. Or Optimise the files.

Providing info on your Project Settings and Clips in use will help anyone offering suggestions.

Al

Yeah, I have this exact problem, I think it might just be a glitch. Try updating to FCP 10.3

Yes when "better performance" is checked the quality of the clip is lowered - particularly noticeable when the clip is paused.

If you click on "better quality" you will not have this problem 🙂