Credits in Pinnacle...best font? Adorage? at DVinfo.net

Lisa Bennett · March 31st, 2008, 12:18 AM

In Pinnacle Titanium version for credits...I seem to get some blurring around the letters.

What font are you using in Pinnacle to produce the best results?

Would it be best to purchase the Adorage plug-in to use for credits for tv?

Thanks,
Lisa

Cameron Naghibi · April 8th, 2008, 10:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lisa Bennett

In Pinnacle Titanium version for credits...I seem to get some blurring around the letters.

What font are you using in Pinnacle to produce the best results?

Would it be best to purchase the Adorage plug-in to use for credits for tv?

Thanks,
Lisa

drop Pinnacle, its a waist of time and money

Lisa Bennett · April 9th, 2008, 05:50 AM

Hi Cameron,

My Pinnacle version has been working great. It's just the fonts sometimes seem to have some blurring.

Lisa

Cameron Naghibi · April 9th, 2008, 04:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lisa Bennett

Hi Cameron,

My Pinnacle version has been working great. It's just the fonts sometimes seem to have some blurring.

Lisa

well, render it out and see if it still has that problem, or use a normal font like arial

Don Bloom · April 9th, 2008, 06:51 PM

many times the text may look blurry in preview but renders fine. A lot has to do with the font chosen. The fine script like fonts GENERALLY will pose a bigger problem than a blocker type font such as Arial. If you've not had a problem before with fonts braking up or looking blurry then it would lead me to think it was the font itself and you might want to consider using something different.

Don

Bruce Foreman · April 10th, 2008, 11:19 PM

Lisa,

Bear in mind that in the editing process you are looking at a very low resolution image in the edit window.

As a trial to see how your project is turning out, render it to a full screen AVI file (or part of it anyway) and then watch that with something like Windows Media Player.

It won't look quite that good on standard def DVD but the AVI should ease you mind on sharpness issues.

And on titles and menus it is also a good idea not to go too small on the font size. I also use Pinnacle Studio 11.1.2 and some of what I've done with it can be seen at www.fortvir.net/gallery2/P3U_videos/Bif

The fonts on the titles might look a tad unsharp but that is because the file size has been kept small so these files won't take half a day to download. They look much better on the DVD collection.

March 31st, 2008, 12:18 AM	#1
Lisa Bennett Major Player Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Central, FL Posts: 397	Credits in Pinnacle...best font? Adorage? In Pinnacle Titanium version for credits...I seem to get some blurring around the letters. What font are you using in Pinnacle to produce the best results? Would it be best to purchase the Adorage plug-in to use for credits for tv? Thanks, Lisa

April 9th, 2008, 05:50 AM	#3
Lisa Bennett Major Player Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Central, FL Posts: 397	Hi Cameron, My Pinnacle version has been working great. It's just the fonts sometimes seem to have some blurring. Lisa

April 9th, 2008, 06:51 PM	#5
Don Bloom Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 6,609	many times the text may look blurry in preview but renders fine. A lot has to do with the font chosen. The fine script like fonts GENERALLY will pose a bigger problem than a blocker type font such as Arial. If you've not had a problem before with fonts braking up or looking blurry then it would lead me to think it was the font itself and you might want to consider using something different. Don

April 10th, 2008, 11:19 PM	#6
Bruce Foreman Trustee Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: San Angelo Texas Posts: 1,518	Lisa, Bear in mind that in the editing process you are looking at a very low resolution image in the edit window. As a trial to see how your project is turning out, render it to a full screen AVI file (or part of it anyway) and then watch that with something like Windows Media Player. It won't look quite that good on standard def DVD but the AVI should ease you mind on sharpness issues. And on titles and menus it is also a good idea not to go too small on the font size. I also use Pinnacle Studio 11.1.2 and some of what I've done with it can be seen at www.fortvir.net/gallery2/P3U_videos/Bif The fonts on the titles might look a tad unsharp but that is because the file size has been kept small so these files won't take half a day to download. They look much better on the DVD collection.