Hi, My problem is when inserting a title in my video project the type edges always appear jagged around the edge. How can I remove or improve image quality?
Hi
We are a little short on information - please provide the following information
- the resolution setting of the project.
- which title are you using and with what settings
- is the text jagged in the preview monitor or on the final video/dvd
- if exporting to video what format and resolution are you eporting to
- if final DVD what type of DVD are you creating ie is it standard definition or high definition and what is the resolution of the TV you are viewing it on
Thanks
John
Hi,
Pending more info I'll take a guess. The only way I could get rough edges was by initially using a small font size, say Arial 10 and then dragging it much larger.
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Terry, East Grinstead, UK
Hi Terry
I have just tried that in MEP 17, MX and 2013 and my text font size resizes with dragging the text box handles! Unless of course you are doing it differently
The only exception is in MEP 2013 when this option is unchecked and then the text stays at its initial size.
John
Hi John,
Sorry, I wasn't as clear as I should have been.
It was a longshot but I thought maybe the OP hadn't realised you could resize by dragging within the Title Editor and had done it in Size/Position. That gave me a result like this:
Not really 'jagged' though, so I think this is probably a red herring.
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Terry, East Grinstead, UK
Hi Terry
Aha - a different method for doing the resizing - I was using the handles in the text editor section, you are using the Sixe/Position in Effects.
Your method does indeed introduce sub standard text as shown below
To clarify
@ gregnewgent
If you are resizing the title using Effects, Movement Effects, Size and Position you will get poor text definition and, depending on the font used,jaggies.
To resize text you must be in the Text editor, see image below, where you can change the font size or drag the object handles - the orange squares on the corners and centre of the sides of the dotted frame around the text side that appear when you select the text tobject in the preview monitor see Terry's image in his answer
(This is the editor from MEP MX)
@ Terry
Never see a herring looking like that at the fish mongers
John
Hi Greg
Are you using the MEP basic Title editor as in John and Terry's examples or are you using Xara 3D.
Also do you have ticked, the option in "Program Settings > System > Other" that reads "High output quality for dynamic zoom and combination effects". From the MEP Help files "The Title Editor is used in high resolution by default. The display quality of titles is improved, but this also results in longer loading times for movies".
Peter