From: "Chris Zwar" Received: from atl4mhob05.myregisteredsite.com ([209.17.115.43] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5554161 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 21 Aug 2014 02:33:43 +0200 Received: from mailpod.hostingplatform.com ([10.30.71.207]) by atl4mhob05.myregisteredsite.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s7L0XhwH030115 for ; Wed, 20 Aug 2014 20:33:43 -0400 Received: (qmail 21790 invoked by uid 0); 21 Aug 2014 00:33:43 -0000 X-TCPREMOTEIP: 60.225.102.245 X-Authenticated-UID: chris@chriszwar.com Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.0.9?) (chris@chriszwar.com@60.225.102.245) by 0 with ESMTPA; 21 Aug 2014 00:33:43 -0000 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_21DD5EC2-201E-46DA-8241-18E178FFF844" Message-Id: <0A383C53-80C7-489E-A01A-A00178D0EEE0@chriszwar.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.3 \(1878.6\)) Subject: Re: [AE] Imported footage showing up soft Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 10:33:40 +1000 References: To: After Effects email list Mail List In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1878.6) --Apple-Mail=_21DD5EC2-201E-46DA-8241-18E178FFF844 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Check the anchor point and position values for decimal places. If the = screen capture wasn=92t full-screen size then the resolution could be an = odd number. When dropped into a comp After Effects will set the anchor = and position values to half the res, which if it=92s an odd number will = give you .5 values. This will cause more softness when viewed at = half-res and is generally something you want to avoid. -Chris On 21 Aug 2014, at 10:19 am, Jarret Langmeire = wrote: > Hi everyone, >=20 > I've run into a bit of an issue which I can't seem to resolve. I've = imported some screen capture footage into AE. The footage is very, very = crisp but dropping it into a comp softens it ever so slightly, despite = having the quality set to bicubic. Any thoughts as to what might be = going on here? >=20 > Many thanks. --Apple-Mail=_21DD5EC2-201E-46DA-8241-18E178FFF844 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Check = the anchor point and position values for decimal places.  If the = screen capture wasn=92t full-screen size then the resolution could be an = odd number.  When dropped into a comp After Effects will set the = anchor and position values to half the res, which if it=92s an odd = number will give you .5 values.  This will cause more softness when = viewed at half-res and is generally something you want to = avoid.

-Chris
On 21 Aug 2014, at 10:19 = am, Jarret Langmeire <AE-List@media-motion.tv> = wrote:

Hi = everyone,

I've run into a bit of an issue which I can't seem to resolve. I've = imported some screen capture footage into AE. The footage is very, very = crisp but dropping it into a comp softens it ever so slightly, despite = having the quality set to bicubic. Any thoughts as to what might be = going on here?

Many thanks.

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