Text in FCP: fuzziness problems at DVinfo.net

Kirsten Scully · August 12th, 2008, 04:42 AM

I´m putting subtitles on various clips. The subtitles are boxed with a matte video generator. There are some clips where I have both subtitles and titles. Wherever these coincide, both the subtitles and titles become very blurry. The text loses all it´s sharpness. This also happens whenever there is a dissolve. Can anyone tell me how to resolve this problem?
Thanks, Kirsten

Cole McDonald · August 12th, 2008, 10:59 AM

is the fuzziness in the exported final product as well, or just in the canvas window? FCP will dumb it's display down to keep the result real time while editing, but that's jsut on display within FCP and shouldn't effect the output.

Shaun Roemich · August 12th, 2008, 11:06 AM

Check your positioning in the Motion tab on the subtitle text. Under the Motion menu in Basic Motion, the Centre numbers should not be decimals. Use only whole numbers (this happens often if you drag your text box into location in the Canvas window). Also, in the Text generator, make sure to do the same in the Origin boxes under the Controls tab.

Kirsten Scully · August 13th, 2008, 05:29 AM

Thanks for that.
Another text problem : I've got scrolling text and it is very uneven... doesn't scroll smoothly. Is there a filter I need to put on this to make it smooth?

August 12th, 2008, 04:42 AM	#1
Kirsten Scully New Boot Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Jerez, Spain Posts: 19	Text in FCP: fuzziness problems I´m putting subtitles on various clips. The subtitles are boxed with a matte video generator. There are some clips where I have both subtitles and titles. Wherever these coincide, both the subtitles and titles become very blurry. The text loses all it´s sharpness. This also happens whenever there is a dissolve. Can anyone tell me how to resolve this problem? Thanks, Kirsten

August 12th, 2008, 10:59 AM	#2
Cole McDonald Trustee Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Sauk Rapids, MN, USA Posts: 1,675	is the fuzziness in the exported final product as well, or just in the canvas window? FCP will dumb it's display down to keep the result real time while editing, but that's jsut on display within FCP and shouldn't effect the output. __________________ Web Youtube Facebook

August 12th, 2008, 11:06 AM	#3
Shaun Roemich Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia (formerly Winnipeg, Manitoba) Canada Posts: 4,088	Check your positioning in the Motion tab on the subtitle text. Under the Motion menu in Basic Motion, the Centre numbers should not be decimals. Use only whole numbers (this happens often if you drag your text box into location in the Canvas window). Also, in the Text generator, make sure to do the same in the Origin boxes under the Controls tab. __________________ Shaun C. Roemich Road Dog Media - Vancouver, BC - Videographer - Webcaster www.roaddogmedia.ca Blog: http://roaddogmedia.wordpress.com/

August 13th, 2008, 05:29 AM	#4
Kirsten Scully New Boot Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Jerez, Spain Posts: 19	Thanks for that. Another text problem : I've got scrolling text and it is very uneven... doesn't scroll smoothly. Is there a filter I need to put on this to make it smooth?