Re: Graphic and Text problem with FCP 5.04

For graphics in photoshop they should be set to 72dpi. If I make moves on them, pushes in or pulls I like to use at leaset 150 dpi to give me room once their brought into FCP. If your set to say 300 dpi in photoshop and have to scale down in FCP in a DV codec the graphics or even pictures don't hold up well. The DV codec is probably the root of you artifacting problems. I try to stay away from doing any kind of motion graphics in FCP especially in the DV codec. I use animation compression on any graphics that I bring into a DV timeline from say After Effects or Motion plus you can get an alpha overlay that way. I find that they look the best that way. I have never had any great luck with FCP studio graphics they just don't look that great. But your using PSDs so they should work for you. Just make sure that the files your using are close to their 100% scale size when you bring them into your timeline. Click on the Motion tab to check the scale once they're on the timeline. If they'r having to be scaled way down or up in your timeline to work then scale them in photoshop to get them at least close to the size they will be in FCP. That should help. Good luck.

Keith Golinski
FULVEW