Opening still screen - bad quality - please help

nobody40
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Premiere Pro 7.0 - dual core and lots of memory - photoshop 7.

I created a graphic/text file in photoshop and saved it, 720x534, in photoshop format then imported it into Premiere...does not even look as good as in photoshop....what am I doing wrong?

Posted 5 years ago #
kkmac
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I suspect its your version of Premiere Pro 7.0 since the most recent version of Pro released is 2.0.

Aside from that, did you render the image? Premiere uses a reduced resolution until its rendered.

Posted 5 years ago #
nobody40
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I'm going to buy that latest version later this week if that is the issue...and yes to rendered....this is for a PI client of mine that uses this for every video they do for their clients....so they add video to it and modify/add text to this file for each video they do.

Posted 5 years ago #
M-323
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nobody40

Im using Premiere Pro 2.0 so Im not sure if this will apply but this is what I think..

its a still picture so it should be alright but you might try changing the size to 720 x 480 or you will either have to crop it or Premiere may be "rescaling it automatically". (theres an option for that - in 2.0)

Posted 5 years ago #
nobody40
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I have tried that too....very strange situation....I can e-mail you the file I'm using if that helps.

Posted 5 years ago #
M-323
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nobody40

... this is a long shot but I ran into a situation where stills captured from a timeline were shaky in PP2.0.

Compusolver on this forum came up with right clicking the picture, going into "feild options" then clicking "deinterlace" and "anti flicker" - this fixed the pics that were created from the timeline then reimported as stills. I dont know if that would help in your case where the pic was created in PS.

also dont know if 7.0 has that deinterlace option?

Posted 5 years ago #
nobody40
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Already tried that and that is not the issue....the image not being clear is the issue...no shaking so far.

Posted 5 years ago #
nobody40
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Does Premiere shrink an image? If I create it at 720 X 480 is what the size that's displayed? Maybe I have a shrinking issue?

Posted 5 years ago #
M-323
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720x534 sounds like a PAL size - maybe you had photoshop or your editor set to PAL as opposed to NTSC - check settings for those.

when you start a project in 2.0, it asks you what settings you want (Pal, NTSC sizes etc) if your settings are in NTSC and you import your pic larger than that, then premiere will either resize it* or you might have to crop it.

* [there is a setting in 2.0 where you can tell the program to resize the asset to fit the project.]

in 2.0 you can click the program monitor and size the pic (or video) as needed just like a still photo

let me know how you make out.

Posted 5 years ago #
nobody40
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Just tried that and I still have the same results.

Posted 5 years ago #
nobody40
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It looks like premiere is not importing the full image size...should I change the image size?

Posted 5 years ago #
M-323
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absolutely! try it!

Posted 5 years ago #
kkmac
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Another "guess". Does the picture file have a color profile embedded in it? I use Premiere 6.5 which would ignore the profile. I don't know if your version of Premiere can read it if it exists. By the way, are you using Premiere Elements 7.0 or Premiere Pro?

You said your importing the picture in the Photoshop format, right? Its not a JPEG?

Posted 5 years ago #
nobody40
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Premiere Pro and yes in photoshop format not jpeg.

Posted 5 years ago #
compusolver
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Check your DPI (dots per inch) settings in Photoshop. 72dpi is OK for most printing and web usage, but not for video. I like 300dpi, but use at least 150.

Posted 5 years ago #
M-323
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"photoshop format not jpeg"

why not save it as a Jpeg? You can stil save your PS file for suture changes if need be. I bet the Jepg format would give you lots less grief.

Posted 5 years ago #
compusolver
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Actually, it may not give him less grief. Adobe Premiere Pro reads Adobe Photoshop files just fine. Also PSD files can have transparency while JPEG cannot. Further, JPEG is a lossy compressed format, PSD is not.

Posted 5 years ago #
compusolver
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I don't recall if anyone has mentioned this yet, but your screen format calls for 640x480 pixels if using square pixels in Photoshop. These are the same as 740x480 round pixels that PP uses.

Posted 5 years ago #
nobody40
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I've went from 72 to 150 to 300 and still the same problem....Can you download this file and see what you can do with it...thanks

http://www.914studiogroup.com/openingtitle.psd

Posted 5 years ago #
compusolver
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There is no technical problem. Take your file in Photoshop and enlarge it to the size of a TV screen. The aliasing, and general blowup of tiny text to huge sizes looks terrible - and in the originating program. It ain't gonna get any better when you import it into another program.

First thing I'd tell my client (I suppose this is their business card or something?) is they need a marketing person with print expertise. This card design sucks. They'll only get blind clients from it and even then, only if they add braile.

TIP: Quit duplicating the logo image. Enlarge the crap outta it and perhaps put it in the center or just off-center. Get rid of 2/3rds the print and enlarge the rest. Leave plenty of white space. But don't do any of this yourself and don't have your client do it. Go to a local printer where they do layups and design work. Have them help you. Then, send my commission check to... X-D

PS - if you just gotta have tiny text, and disregard my advice, then do the text with PP's titler. At least that will vectorize and avoid the aliasing.

Posted 5 years ago #
nobody40
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OK upgrading premiere did the trick....thanks for all your help.

Posted 5 years ago #
nobody40
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Now does anyone know how to customize the opening screen for premiere? I'm talking about when you turn the program on and the graphic that is in the center of your monitor while it's loading.

Posted 5 years ago #
M-323
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nobody40

that first screen that comes up lists the last projects you were working on. I like it cause you can click and load the any of the last projects without having to look for them. If you havent done any projects, then yours will have nothing to list. I would leave it there till you do a few projects, to give it a chance.

If you really dont want it you can go to the Edit menu then go to "preferances". I beleive you can either modify it or get rid of it all together.

..do we get a commission on selling you on the upgrage? ;-)

Posted 5 years ago #
nobody40
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lol..call Adobe and ask them....lol

Posted 5 years ago #