Camtasia 3 to final cut pro

Remcow2002 wrote:

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Recommend quality settings with quite an advance explanation I'm sorry but I'm a noob when it goes about numbers and things in to systems if you know what I mean.…

My current quality …quality is pretty poor

your linked example is poor. Easy to see.

But the explanation WHY or advice to improve is not so easy.

Let's look closely:

a) your source video seems to be SDef (4:3), and most probably some download of a compressed-to-death interlaced video (circle roof, baked-in interlace lines)

b) you put it into a HDef project (arrows black-bars 16:9) = zoom-in = blow-up of bad quality = doesn't add but kills quality, if any …)

c) watching full-screen on a MacBook for example means 720 pixels (circle lower right) blown-up to 2000pixels = more harm

so, how to improve?

get better source material - your actual source isn't meant for further processing

check your Camtasia recording resolution = set your FCPX Project settings to Custom and that numbers

judge final quality only in sources native resolution, e.g. the ducks should be watched in a 720x480 player window = a tiny fraction of display estate …

screen-grabs are in 99% case NOT even close to any video-standard… what FCPX is made for, and what most codecs (another story, but to keep things simple…) are made for.

Sorry to say, but with lacking a little bit more insight, you can tinker for hours with your project … 😟

PS: for a start, learn to download your sources (if allowed) instead of 'grabbing' them …