Re: my jpg stills distorted during compression on FCP

I save jpg's as PNG files in PhotoShop first.
However,

72dpi
RGB
Square Pix

If you are making moves on the stills, Motion or AE do this much better then FCP. But, for moves, make the still larger then the size you are working in.

If no moves,

Make the stills the same size as your video. 1920x1080 for example.

I find stills that are WAY larger then needed, end up not looking so good after making a move on them in FCP...

Compressing your final video should not create distorted stills while the video looks fine.

Export "Current Settings" of you finished edit. Check that file before compressing for delivery.

Chris Tompkins
Video Atlanta LLC