[MacDV] Re: iMovie 3 and bad-quality JPEGs in final result

[Randy Clark]

More updated information: my friend's JPEGs for his video were all cropped
to approximately 800 x 600 pixels in size. He did this because when he
imported the original-size images, he was getting black bars around the
images (i.e. did not fill the screen).

On the other hand, my test DVD (iMovie 3.03 project burned thru iDVD 3.01)
looked just fine on TV. Video & stills looked quite acceptable all the way
around.  Even though my friend's JPEGs look sharp during the transition
phases, could his re-sizing to 800x600 pixels have something to do with the
pixelized look of his stills during their non-transition phase?
Randy

> Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 12:03:45 -0600
> Subject: 
> From: Randy Clark <hawkgx at planetkc.com>
> 
> Update on my low-quality JPEGs dilemma:  the DVD produced from the iMovie
> 3.03 to iDVD 3.01 workflow looks pretty bad when watching it on TV as well.
> We were hoping it was just when viewing it on the computer that the quality
> looked poor.  It's noticeably bad on TV.  Some relatives that saw it (and
> didn't know about our concerns) made comments about the quality when the
> stills appear outside the transitions.
> 
> Still searching for answers...
> Randy

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Randy Clark
hawkgx at planetkc.com
Kansas City