LiveType question

datmiznags · Feb 20, 2007

hello,

When I make a simple black screen with text in LT and import into Final Cut, the text in the middle of the screen is blurry. Any ideas of what I'm not doing correctly?

thanks.

knightly · Feb 20, 2007

I haven't played too much with live type

Do you have a screenshot you could share as an example?

Loud Orange Cat · Feb 20, 2007

When you click on your sequence, how do you have it set? Dynamic? High? Medium? Low?

Is the screen blurry after exporting your project to a MOV file?

Thunderclap · Feb 21, 2007

Just the middle of the screen or the entire screen?

datmiznags · Feb 21, 2007

livetype

The blur is after exporting to .mov and importing into Final Cut. It is only the middle of the screen - like a bar of blurriness going across screen right in the center.

thanks.

i'd do a screen shot, but I don't think I can put attachments up.

Thunderclap · Feb 21, 2007

Try importing the Livetype file directly into FCP and not the MOV. It really shouldn't matter but you never know. It will need to be rendered in FCP though. It's odd that it's affecting only the center of the video. Can you post the MOV online so we can take a look at it?

knightly · Feb 21, 2007

if you have a web presence, you can host your pix and movs there...after that, PM me and I'll talk you through posting them here.

steve gelder · Feb 21, 2007

Have you rendered the sequence yet? They type on Live Type generally looks blurrier until you've rendered.

Thunderclap · Feb 21, 2007

steve gelder said:
Have you rendered the sequence yet? They type on Live Type generally looks blurrier until you've rendered.

If he's creating a MOV that he's importing into Livetype then it should be rendering out.

datmiznags · Feb 21, 2007

okay...so it's seems to happen AFTER I render it in FC. It doesn't seem to matter whether I use the .mov file or if I import the LiveType file and then render. It seems to be the rendering.

Knightly - I'm not sure what PM means, but I do have a pic hosted, so what's next?

thanks

Thunderclap · Feb 21, 2007

datmiznags said:
Knightly - I'm not sure what PM means, but I do have a pic hosted, so what's next?

Private Message. Top right corner of the forum.

As to why it's happening in FCP only that's a little strange. I usually do a Render and then a Render All to make sure everything is happy. As recommended earlier, you could also check your Playback setting.

Has this happened before on other projects or is this your first time using FCP?

steve gelder · Feb 21, 2007

Might want to try exporting the clip, to see how the final version looks. I've had some LiveType titles that looked a little blurry in FCP, but look crisp after export.

datmiznags · Feb 21, 2007

screen shot

This always happens to me and exporting the clip doesn't seem to work either. Here's a pic - thanks, Knightly.

Will Vincent · Feb 22, 2007

That's a pretty condensed font for video usage.. I'd recommend something with a bit more bulk to it, and a bit less text per page. But maybe that's just me.

Thunderclap · Feb 23, 2007

I agree with Will that the font isn't ideal. Also, FCP/Livetype isn't broadcast safe when it comes to text so I would suggest dropping the brightness level by 10% for the text.

paramvir · Feb 24, 2007

i always animate my text manually, as much as i can (combustion, instead of LiveType). never seen anything like this before.

Will Vincent · Feb 26, 2007

After taking another look at the image, I think part of it may be an optical illusion. The text in the middle segment looks thinner/blurrier, because there's not as much black around it. There does appear however to be a slight difference, though not as much as if you look at the whole image at once. If you cover all but one line and go line by line you'll see what I mean.

Again I would suggest the best fix would be to use a bolder font, preferably a non serif font. Use less text per screen, space it out a bit more, and like Thunderclap mentioned, use a light grey rather than white for the color, so it'll play nicely with broadcast colors.

paramvir · Feb 28, 2007

do you have any layers/masks on this one with a blur effect etc?

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