"Jaggies" on titles in QT movies exported from FCP--MacDV Digest #2611

[Ted Langdell]

FOLLOWING UP:

When iDVD finished its job, the resulting DVD played just fine... no 
jaggies in the titling.

When I checked before burning, they DID appear in QTPlayer even after 
enabling "high quality."  Leads me to believe I was looking at a field 
not a frame.

So, all worked out fine.

On Feb 24, 2004, at 5:38 AM, Macintosh Digital Video List wrote:

>
> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 11:39:07 -0600
> Subject: [MacDV] Re: "Jaggies" on titles in QT movies exported from FCP
> From: "Mark M. Florida" <markf at squareblue.com>
> Message-ID: <BC5F96DB.7144%markf at squareblue.com>
>
> On 2/22/04 11:01 PM, James Asherman at jimash at optonline.net wrote:
>
>>
>> On Sunday, February 22, 2004, at 11:38  PM, Ted Langdell wrote:
>>
>>> I did pull the files back into FCP and look at them.  The jagged 
>>> edges
>>> show up when the movie is stopped, but not when its moving, so I'm
>>> thinking I might be seeing the effects of the individual fields 
>>> rather
>>> than complete frames being shown.
>>>
>>
>> That would be right. It's just the display. Not the program.
>
> FCP and QuickTime Player show a "low-res" version of the video so it
> displays faster on the computer monitor -- FCP "saves its energy" for 
> the
> full-res video output.
>
> One thing you can do in QuickTime Player is type command-J (or "Get 
> Movie
> Properties" under the "Movie" menu), then in the Properties window 
> choose
> "Video Track" under the left pull-down, and "Quality" under the right
> pull-down.  Now check "High Quality Enabled" and you can see your video
> pixel-for-pixel on your computer monitor.  (I think you need the "Pro"
> version, which you should have anyway if you have FCP)  Keep in mind,
> though, that video is interlaced, so if there is a lot of motion, it 
> may
> still look "jaggie" on your computer monitor, but will play smoothly 
> on a TV
> or video monitor.
>
> - Mark
>
>
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