How to smooth out vignettes??

PegLeg Media

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I have always had a problem with my vignettes, they look great in FCP or After Effects but after exporting the vignette no longer looks like a gradient but like multiple different shaded rings. I am filming a freelance project now that is a series of video blogs in front of an all white background, where they want the vignette around the edges. If I add the vignette in FCP, make it in photoshop, or even export it all white in fcp then open it and add the vignette in after effects, they all get the ring look. I tried added blurs to it but that didnt help. adding a scatter to it helps in after effects but not 100%, and then i lose quality having to export from final cut pro, then exporting again from after effects.

so are there easy ways to do this?

I am also moving the person with a white background to the left and right side of the screen but then having to add a white matte behind that to expand the background. Then when i put the vignette on, it looks different between the video and the white matte. Is there an easier way to do this? I can think of making an after effects video much larger than 1920x1080 then exporting and then adding the vignette so I have more white background to move around, but I dont want to lose quality and time exporting 3 different videos before getting the final product.

Any suggestions? Hopefully I can do this all from FCP. If not, whats the best way to take my FCP project into after effects? I am use to working with premiere where they are connected, but I dont have pemiere on my home computer.
 
I find in photoshop or ae, adding a very slight bit of noise helps smooth out gradient for final output. Maybe that can help your cause? Not exactly what u are dealing with but figured I'd throw that out.
 
This is what happens when you use compression, called aliasing. What format is the footage you are editing?
 
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