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C. Byrne · January 25th, 2007, 02:12 PM

Hey everyone,
For almost all of my projects, I print to tape directly from the timeline to a BetaSP deck with the DecklinkSP. I notice that when I render graphics and text from Motion and Livetype in the timeline, they usually lose quality once they've been rendered. Since I'm not exporting to a different file format, I'm not using the animation codecs people have suggested for better looking graphics. Is there a way to get great looking footage when I print to tape from the timeline?
C.

Shane Ross · January 25th, 2007, 03:14 PM

Anything dropped into a DV sequence will not look as good as the original in the animation codec.

Your best bet would be to drop your sequence into an 8-bit uncompressed sequence and render. Make sure you have drives capable of playing back uncompressed 8-bit.

January 25th, 2007, 02:12 PM	#1
C. Byrne Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 65	Highest Quality for Print to Video Hey everyone, For almost all of my projects, I print to tape directly from the timeline to a BetaSP deck with the DecklinkSP. I notice that when I render graphics and text from Motion and Livetype in the timeline, they usually lose quality once they've been rendered. Since I'm not exporting to a different file format, I'm not using the animation codecs people have suggested for better looking graphics. Is there a way to get great looking footage when I print to tape from the timeline? C. __________________ www.axiomadvertising.com

January 25th, 2007, 03:14 PM	#2
Shane Ross Major Player Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Los Angeles, USA Posts: 539	Anything dropped into a DV sequence will not look as good as the original in the animation codec. Your best bet would be to drop your sequence into an 8-bit uncompressed sequence and render. Make sure you have drives capable of playing back uncompressed 8-bit.