Pixelated images

[scannavision]

Hi, I am having trouble with the clarity of some photos being used in a project. The project has a mixture of both
photos and video. The photos are inserted into the overlay tracks in the time line and some have a mask applied to them.
Some photos both with and without mask's appear pixelated both on the time line and when rendered.The file format for the photos are Jpeg and range from 1.85MB to 60MB in size and have no pixelation. In preferences i have in the image section both "anti-flickering" and "Cache image" checked. I have also tried the photos in the first time line and still are not clear. I would really appreciate your help... many thanks.

[Trevor Andrew]

Hi

There was a problem regarding the anti-flickering filter -- on X2 I think?
De-Select this option to see if things improve?

Otherwise a little more info please.

What version of video studio?
What is the pixel size of the images?
Are you using Keep Aspect Ratio for your images.

What are your project properties?
What template did you use to create the new video file.

If you used Variable did you use “two-pass encode”

[Rob717]

Hi, I am having trouble with the clarity of some photos being used in a project. The project has a mixture of both
photos and video. The photos are inserted into the overlay tracks in the time line and some have a mask applied to them.
Some photos both with and without mask's appear pixelated both on the time line and when rendered.The file format for the photos are Jpeg and range from 1.85MB to 60MB in size and have no pixelation. In preferences i have in the image section both "anti-flickering" and "Cache image" checked. I have also tried the photos in the first time line and still are not clear. I would really appreciate your help... many thanks.

Keep in mind when rendering the files you are changing the resolution of the pictures (DVD format is 720x480) so if you have a 21.1 MP 5616x3744 12x19 60 MB picture and render it to DVD 720x480 that is a big cut down in resolution.

Try cropping them or re-sizing and see if that helps.

[scannavision]

Hi Trevor and Rob,

Thank you both very much for your replies.

Rob, i have tried resizing and cropping the images and they still appear pixelated. Ive also tried both Jpeg and Bitmap versions of the images.

Trevor, I tried your suggeston of de-selecting the ani-flickering filter and rendered however I'm still having the same problem.The image appears pixelated in the time line on both the main and overlay tracks but the original photo is fine.

Heres is the information requested...

Video Studio version: Pro X2 (with latest updates)
Pixel size: 3744 x 5616 (300dpi)
Aspect ratio: Image "keep aspect ratio" selected

Project properties:
PAL (25fps)
MPEG files
24 bits, 720x576, 25fps
Lower field first
(DVD-PAL) 16:9

Template: "DVD/VCD/SVCD/MPEG - PAL DVD 16:9

"Two-pass encode" selected

Thanking you both again...

[Trevor Andrew]

Hi Scannavision

Everything looks normal, other than the images not being 16:9 would create a small border, but wouldn’t be a quality issue.

I had some problems using Progressive Jpgs, although you have tried bmp types?
Right click an image – select properties

Do they indicate Baseline or Progressive.

[scannavision]

Hi Trevor,

Thankyou for your reply. I tried right clicking and selecting properties on the image and cannot see if it is base line or progressive. Any suggestions?

Many thanks