Final Cut Pro HD canvas quality!!!:(

the quality in my canvas is TERRIBLE!

but its ok in the viewer, how do i make it good quality in the canvas as well?

if i export straight as quicktime movie its same the crappy quality as the canvas.

but if i export using quickitime conversation its perfect!!

i need to export as a final cut quicktime so i can add it to my project at college.

can anyone help me?!?!

On the SEQUENCE tab on the upper left corner of the timeline, there is a tab that says RT. Change it to SAFE. Render. Now try exporting. I am only guessing that this is the problem based on your limited description, but I imagine that some setting somewhere is not set correctly.

Thanks it was allready on safe mode. but the play back quality was on low. i change it to high, its alot better then before but still abit grainy and pixulated

any further suggestions?

DV is a weird codec... at least the way Quicktime handles it. It defaults to low quality even though all of the real quality is there. Export a Quicktime MOive as you did before, then open the QT file up and press Apple + J at the same time. A new window will open (assuming you have QT Pro). Click on "VIDEO TRACK" and then the "VISUAL SETTINGS" tab. Click the HIGH QUALITY checkbox and make sure the others are not checked. Did the video quality improve? If it did, feel free to take that file to another Final Cut Pro, as all of the quality will still be there.

Thanks, thats much better its still a bit pixualted, but i guess thats as good as I'm gonna get.

thanks alot for all the help, have some more rep points

A lot of the reds will still look pixelated simply because that's the nature of the DV codec. It really compresses the reds something fierce. Fortunately this is usually hidden pretty well when viewed on a TV... unless you have a scene with nothing but red.

i juts upgraded to Quicktime Pro, now it wont export to quicktime at all:S. it exported that first time, now wont do it at all any more. i click export, no loading bar comes up but an icon appears on my desktop straight away(where i saved it to).

when i open that file it says 'Genral Error' whyyyyy?!?!?

Maybe you need to delete FCP's preferences. They can sometimes get corrupted.

First, make sure FCP is not running. That means absolutely quit, no triangle under its icon in the Dock, etc. Make sure Quicktime is not running as well, just like FCP.

Go into Macintosh HD (or whatever you named your hard drive) .

Go into your home directory.

Now navigate: Library > Preferences

Drag the file called com.apple.FinalCutPro.plist to the trash.

Scroll down to the Final Cut Pro User Data folder.

Drag the files called Final Cut Pro POA Cache, Final Cut Pro 5.0 Prefs.fcset and Final Cut Pro Prof Cache.fcpch to the trash. If you don't have all of these files, don't worry. Just drag the ones you have to the trash.

Empty the trash.

You will have to reset all of your preferences in Final Cut Pro, but it shouldn't take too long. Now try to export again.