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Nathan Quattrini · October 13th, 2007, 09:50 AM

I have some 3d text with stone detail on it which is very crisp in photoshop, but when i import to premiere it is totally destroying the quality. Any idea why? I tried a TGA and PSD and they look equally as bad, but in PS they are crystal clear

Peter Ferling · October 13th, 2007, 10:27 AM

Need more details. What format is your project? DV or HDV?

Is your monitor set to draft or high quality preview?

Tom Hardwick · October 13th, 2007, 10:29 AM

Which version of Premiere? You may well have to resize your Photoshop file because P v6.5 can only deal with still image files up to a certain size. Also, probably best to save as a tiff before importing, and make the aspect ratio match your movie.

tom.

Nathan Quattrini · October 13th, 2007, 10:32 AM

PPro 2.0 monitor detail on highest quality. Its a DV 16:9 project.

Andrew Reyna · October 13th, 2007, 01:24 PM

Nathan,

Is this just during preview, or when you render the footage?

Nathan Quattrini · October 13th, 2007, 03:14 PM

it happens for both

Graham Hickling · October 13th, 2007, 09:58 PM

DV is 720x480 interlaced pixels with a 1:5 compression - so it's never going to look 'crisp'. But is it worse than that?

Andrew Reyna · October 14th, 2007, 12:40 AM

Nathan,

Is the image you are working with at a much higher resolution than the project? Premiere could just be handling the downconversion badly.

October 13th, 2007, 09:50 AM	#1
Nathan Quattrini Major Player Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Warwick, Rhode Island Posts: 740	premiere making images muddy I have some 3d text with stone detail on it which is very crisp in photoshop, but when i import to premiere it is totally destroying the quality. Any idea why? I tried a TGA and PSD and they look equally as bad, but in PS they are crystal clear __________________ Cinematography Site

October 13th, 2007, 10:27 AM	#2
Peter Ferling Trustee Join Date: May 2005 Location: Wyomissing, PA Posts: 1,141 Images: 57	Need more details. What format is your project? DV or HDV? Is your monitor set to draft or high quality preview? __________________ Pete Ferling http://ferling.net It's never a mistake if you learn something new from it. -------------------------------------------

October 13th, 2007, 10:32 AM	#4
Nathan Quattrini Major Player Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Warwick, Rhode Island Posts: 740	PPro 2.0 monitor detail on highest quality. Its a DV 16:9 project. __________________ Cinematography Site

October 13th, 2007, 03:14 PM	#6
Nathan Quattrini Major Player Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Warwick, Rhode Island Posts: 740	it happens for both __________________ Cinematography Site

October 13th, 2007, 10:29 AM	#3
Tom Hardwick Inner Circle Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Billericay, England UK Posts: 4,711	Which version of Premiere? You may well have to resize your Photoshop file because P v6.5 can only deal with still image files up to a certain size. Also, probably best to save as a tiff before importing, and make the aspect ratio match your movie. tom.

October 13th, 2007, 01:24 PM	#5
Andrew Reyna Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Allen, TX Posts: 34	Nathan, Is this just during preview, or when you render the footage?

October 13th, 2007, 09:58 PM	#7
Graham Hickling Trustee Join Date: May 2004 Location: Knoxville, Tennessee Posts: 1,669	DV is 720x480 interlaced pixels with a 1:5 compression - so it's never going to look 'crisp'. But is it worse than that?

October 14th, 2007, 12:40 AM	#8
Andrew Reyna Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Allen, TX Posts: 34	Nathan, Is the image you are working with at a much higher resolution than the project? Premiere could just be handling the downconversion badly.