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Old August 21st, 2005, 09:43 AM   #1
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Hi,

I'm working on a project which uses cut aways of graphics that were originally used as slides in a presentation. Some of these are composed of glyphs about 10 pixels across.

I produced a fresh version of the graphic of the same pixel dimensions as PAL SD 16:9 anamorphic (the project format). It looks fine and crisp when placed in the sequence in Final Cut Pro, (so long as the scale is exactly 100% to give a 1:1 mapping of pixels).

BUT as soon as it is rendered, a lot of detail and crispness is lost. This applies even when the uncompressed 10 bit PAL SD 16:9 for the sequence.

I suspect I am up against sampling artefacts, and there is nothing to do except reduce the detail of the graphics.

Are there ways to produce pixel accurate graphics on PAL?
Any sugestions?

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Old August 21st, 2005, 10:27 PM   #2
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i believe this is a limitation on most digital formats. try previewing small type or 1 pixel lines on an output monitor. unfortunately, it doesn't look very good. the only workaround i know of is to bump up the size of the problematic images until they look ok.
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Old August 23rd, 2005, 03:52 AM   #3
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Nick, sometimes it helps to blur the image slightly using the gaussian blur filter so that lines of 1 pixel width become a bit thicker. This is especially important if you want to show the footage on an interlaced output device.
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