Quality drops in timeline.

Jai

Newbie Joined: Mar 17, 2009 02:22 Messages: 4 Offline

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Sep 05, 2009 00:00

Hi, im having this problem since PD7. Everything else works fine. Any pictures or videos in library is good, but when i drag it to timeline the quality drops(gets slightly blur). I tried using High preview resolution as adviced before. Doesnt help.

Monitor: Samsung 2233sw

Screen: 1920 X 1080

Graphics: Nvidia 9800GT

I hope someone can help me fix this. I love PD. If only for this prob, its prefect for me.

Cranston

Senior Contributor Location: USA Joined: Aug 17, 2007 02:26 Messages: 1667 Offline

Sep 05, 2009 02:09

Hello Jai,

As we know, video editing can put a lot of demands on a computer’s processing power.
So, as I understand it, the “preview” player quality, in most editing programs, is not as good as a dedicated media player. This is so that one’s computer is not wasting valuable resources on a preview of one’s editing work flow, but rather devoting the available processing power to the editing commands.
That’s why the preview player also has a Low Resolution option. It will even further reduce the amount of processing power that is diverted just to run the preview, as that power can usually be put to better use in processing one’s editing work flow. Especially if one has a lowered powered computer.
Switching the preview to Low Resolution, will help eliminate a lot of the stutters and freezes that one may encounter when working on general work flow chores in a project.
Then for color correction, sharpen, etc, one can always switch back to High Resolution.

Now your computer may have enough power to effortlessly run PD8, even it had a pristine quality preview player. But for a piece of software in PD8's price range, which is intended for a wide ranging consumer base with an even wider range of computing power at their disposal, I would imagine that Cyberlink tried to strike the balance that would best suit this wide range of users.

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Jai

Newbie Joined: Mar 17, 2009 02:22 Messages: 4 Offline

Sep 05, 2009 02:43

Hi Cranston, thank you for the reply. Well, its not only the preview, i also get the same low quality video after produce, no matter which format it is. I tried making a short slide using the default pics. The quality of the pic isint same as on media room on timeline and after produce. I was wondering if i have to make any colour management settings. I have tried in lower screen resolution like 1024 and its still the same.

James W

Senior Contributor Location: Lakeland, FL USA Joined: Aug 18, 2008 10:36 Messages: 911 Offline

Sep 05, 2009 08:35

Jai,

Can you provide more information about video? For example, your video camera specs, format you recorded in (resolution, bit rate, video format, etc.), the type of project you want to make/intended target format. You also may want to include information about your computer setup and version and build of PD you are using.

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