fonts look like garbage?

sonic freak

sonic freak

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I did a search for 'clean titles' and every variation, and couldn't find my answer, so I'm asking all of you now: How come my titles look horrible?

I thought it might be that I was viewing them at less than %100 in the canvas (which I was) and when viewed at %100 they look fine. But then I exported 'em via quicktime movie to test them and they come out looking like junk. Really bad.

The worst part is that my friend just showed me his titles in iMovie (of which he bought custom ones) and they look perfect. Even exported, a finished movie, and they look perfect. And mine look like miserable in FCP 6. I must be missing something.

Any help?

Thanks,
-Murf
 
I've seen this before. Often the titles are plain white text, BUT they looked like crap on the computer monitor or through quicktime. As soon as it was burned to dvd and watched on a tv, it was crystal clear. So try burning it to a disc and see how it comes out.
 
I'm experiencing something similar. I think it has something to do with the Deinterlacing filter I'm applying with Compressor since the titles look fine at full resolution in my uncompressed video. Should this be happening? Is there a way around it?
 
The deinterlacing filter found in Compressor's Filters tab isn't all that good. Use the deinterlacing settings in the Frame Controls tab (though at the cost of compression time).

Not sure if the filter is the actual problem here and like inspire84 mentioned: burn a DVD and see how it looks on a TV screen.

It could also have to do with the way Quicktime displays NTSC video (it displays it by default at 50% quality).
 
Remember that the canvas is a low res proxy and the QT Pro player defaults to not the best quality - a setting you can change
 
I also have this problem. I would love to hear answers. The edges seem blurred on my stock text and when it's burnt to DVD the text is definitely clearer, but still not perfect.
 
Are you guys using pure white as the color on the text? If so try makin them a tad closer to grey. Pure white makes the text shake on the screen.
 
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