Fuzzy video clean preview window image before placing on timeline editor

andrew3202

Newbie Location: indiana Joined: Sep 29, 2011 22:10 Messages: 24 Offline

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Sep 29, 2011 23:05

Video from my Canon Vixia HFM31 play perfectly in windows media player.
import them in to the edit pages, select a clip, and it previews in the window correctly
drag this same file top the editor and the preview window goes immediately blurry.
Running 1920x1080 on a Firepro V3750,

This machine was assembled specfically for video, and the OS was installed with the latest drivers from Intel. Not much else has been done to it, and it runs extremely well. The latest drivers from ATI were just added, but still the preview windows and producing a file AVI or MPEG2, still creates a fuzzy image..

Oh do you want to crash PD. have a selected clip running in the preview, and drag it to an edit timeline. opps.

rbowser

Contributor Joined: Aug 08, 2011 16:48 Messages: 515 Offline

Sep 30, 2011 00:47

[quote=andrew3202]Video from my Canon Vixia HFM31 play perfectly in windows media player.
import them in to the edit pages, select a clip, and it previews in the window correctly
drag this same file top the editor and the preview window goes immediately blurry.
Running 1920x1080 on a Firepro V3750,

This machine was assembled specfically for video, and the OS was installed with the latest drivers from Intel. Not much else has been done to it, and it runs extremely well. The latest drivers from ATI were just added, but still the preview windows and producing a file AVI or MPEG2, still creates a fuzzy image..

Oh do you want to crash PD. have a selected clip running in the preview, and drag it to an edit timeline. opps.[/quote]
Sounds like you're watching the clip in the preview window's default "normal" resolution, which is low-ish. You won't see the full definition of the source file until you choose the next, or the highest HD settings. Problem with those is they use up a lot of CPU power. No need to constantly see your video play back in pristine condition, so just turn those settings on momentarily if you want to check something.

As for your recipe of how to crash PD--hehe, yeah, well that does sound like it would be a bit much to do at once. Obviously you need to stop the preview before trying to move the clip at the same time.

RB

Carl312

Senior Contributor Location: Texas, USA Joined: Mar 16, 2010 20:11 Messages: 9090 Offline

Sep 30, 2011 11:06

You are seeing the effect of preview resolution.

The viewer is showing a higher resolution image when playing the video in the media library than it shows when the video on on the editing timeline.

The preview needs to be lower on the timeline because you will overload your computer if you try to watch the edit while doing all the background tasks that a NLE does.

The end result after you have finished your edits, and produce the video is what counts. After you are finished you can then view the video in a HD viewer. Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.