Help please, Bad quality =(

Apocalyptic Chocobo · Post by **Apocalyptic Chocobo** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 11:27 pm

Hey, probably a really newb question..., but I'm using Adobe Premiere Pro, and whenever I export a cut out clip from a video, that cut out clip has reallllllly poor quality. I'm not sure where I can change this..., please help me. Thanks!

Purge · Post by **Purge** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 12:59 am

export settings?

Apocalyptic Chocobo · Post by **Apocalyptic Chocobo** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 2:54 pm

Hmmm, I think it MIGHT be the pixels, but when i go into "Project>Project Settings>General", it won't let me select the "Pixel Aspect Ratio", even though it's there =/ Any ideas?

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 4:06 pm

Not project settings, export settings. There's a difference, and they don't have to be the same (though usually you want them to be the same in everything except the codec used).

Apocalyptic Chocobo · Post by **Apocalyptic Chocobo** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 8:27 pm

My fault, I was actually just exporting a low quality clip. However, the problem is that there is a noticeable drop in quality in the video when I drag and drop it from from the top left menu to the timeline. I uploaded a screenshot,

http://img412.imageshack.us/my.php?image=asdfdh2.jpg

The window on the left is from the source, and the window on the right (bad quality), is from the timeline. There's probably a really easy way to fix this but I don't know how because I'm new to this. Please help!

Apocalyptic Chocobo · Post by **Apocalyptic Chocobo** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 8:30 pm

PS. Sorry for the Counter-Strike clip

but most of my anime is on my other harddrive

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 9:00 pm

First of all, change the right monitor's magnification from "Fit" to 100%, so that you can be sure you're seeing it accurately, and make sure it's not set to "Draft Quality'.

Apocalyptic Chocobo · Post by **Apocalyptic Chocobo** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 9:09 pm

I change'd it to fit to 100%, and that only made it worse, lol. And the quality is set at "Highest Quality".

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 9:17 pm

What is the clip's resolution? What is the project's resolution? Are there any effects on the clip (including any adjustments to the standard Motion)?

Apocalyptic Chocobo · Post by **Apocalyptic Chocobo** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 9:55 pm

At first I just selected the project default it had, I think DV-NTSC Standard 48kHz, which I later changed to Widescreen 48kHz which still didn't work. I checked and found out that my monitor supports the resolutions 1680x1050 and 1280x720, but I couldn't find an option for 1680x1050, so I selected Adobe HD-SDI 720p 60, and the quality seemed to be a lot better, so I decided to test it out and export a clip, but the clip only played sound, so I'm wondering if I'm missing a codec. Is there a site where I could possibly find one? Thanks.