Re: Imported Logo is Blurry

It depends where your logo came from...

If you have a high resolution image (>720x480 for NTSC, 720x576 for PAL) and import it into FCP, it will be scaled to the above resolutions. If you drop this clip into a sequence, you can edit the motion parameters for this clip to set the scale back to 100% and thus have the image extend off the edges of the frame.

If your logo is smaller, it will be left at 100% of its original size, but if opened in the viewer will be scaled to fit the default sequence resolution (and look ugly). If this clip is dragged into your sequence, it will show at its native size (i.e. small)

Regardless, you may have to deinterlace/flicker filter the logo if you are outputing this work to be displayed on an interlaced display. You won't have to do this to your logo if the final output is for the web, but then the rest of your video will probably have to be deinterlaced for the web's progressive scan displays. One pixel high detail (such as in logos) flickers badly when displayed on standard TV sets, which is why it has to be blurred vertically.

I think Apple has fixed the old problem of QuickTime video not having the High Quality playback checkbox automatically on, but it is possible that your playback in QT Player looks bad for this reason. You should check to make sure the setting for the video track in the QT player is set to high quality.

Bill Lee