I have published motion effect with transform and scale properties. When i use it in FCP11, it sort gets blurred or loses quality. If I use default FCP11 transforms this issue doesnt occur. only with motion effect the loss of quality seems to occur. I have attached an example image, the upper part is using motion effect and the lower part is using default fcp11 transforms.
Mac mini, macOS 15.2
The issue is, i am getting feedback from clients saying that the graphics and the texts are looking blurry. I have tried everything, even created a fxplug filter but the result is same blurry. Maybe it has something to do with sampling. I tested same thing in davinci resolve with custom fusion transform effect and it also became blurry. But in fusion/resolve we have "filter method" and setting it to "Catmull-rom" negates the blurry/quality loss.
It's still all very subtle for my poor eyes, but this got me thinking: the problem is probably due to text being rasterized when you apply the effect.
Here is a suggestion that seems to help in my very limited testing.
If you feel it's worth a try, please let us know if it does help.
The suggestion is this: instead of applying the effect directly to a title, make the title into a compound clip (option-G) and apply the effect to the compound. Is it any better this way?
Luis Sequeira1 wrote:
It's still all very subtle for my poor eyes, but this got me thinking: the problem is probably due to text being rasterized when you apply the effect.
Here is a suggestion that seems to help in my very limited testing.
If you feel it's worth a try, please let us know if it does help.
The suggestion is this: instead of applying the effect directly to a title, make the title into a compound clip (option-G) and apply the effect to the compound. Is it any better this way?
No, it does same thing for texts, graphic images and compound clips. If i just apply the effect and dont change its parameters, it doesnt get affected. The moment i change the parameters, it loses quality.
Here are 2 effects -
Just create a text layer with 35 font size. duplicate it and add the effect and move using its published parameters. check both the original layer and the applied effect layer there will be subtle loss of quality. zoom in the viewport If you cant see at 100%.
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Thank you.
I tried your 0pTrans effect, and I cannot discern any difference, except when playing back, with "better performance" selected - even when scaling up quite a bit. In the image below, one text has no effect and two others have your effect applied (Helvetica font at 35pt). Can you discern which texts have the effect applied?
(Granted, my eyesight is nowhere near great)
pravbk wrote:
Middle one is original/non applied. the upper one has the effect. bottom one is also original i think.
The middle one is the original, and both the top and bottom ones have the effect applied.
On my iPhone screen it is hard to notice the difference.
Would it be possible to share the effect?
Ditto. On my 27" monitor they both appear blurred.
Middle one is original/non applied. the upper one has the effect. bottom one is also original i think.
Motion effect with transform properties loses quality in FCPX
