Aliasing problems

Im having a problem with a template I bought and am modifying
to suit my own needs. When Im working in flash, everything looks
sweet. No aliasing on the text or images, BUT when I export the
flash movie my main image is all aliased along with specific text
elements in the movie. I just cannot work out what the problem is.
Can anyone help please?. Im exporting with everything at 100 %
quality too.
thanks
sandy

Don't worry, it's just a screen thingummy and won't print.
If you wan't it to look better (to convince yourself), use a CMYK mixture and not just black in the background and the aliasing will disappear.
on the other hand I don´t recommend doing it for print – you'll have hellish register problems if you do.

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Download the file here: http://cl.ly/3I2L2f163q3z

Same problem here.
This fixed it for me. Though, only temporarily:
1. Select all layers of your PSD file.
2. Select the type drop down > Anti-Aliasing > None
3. Save your file
4. Quit Photoshop
5. Re-open the file
6. Select all layers of your PSD again
7. Select the type drop down > Mac LCD (or desired aliasing)
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I feel your pain

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windowbreaker wrote:
Also, what's the output of
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Correct.
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Hello all,
This problem is killing me and I really wish I had done this logo in Illustrator, but I didn't now I have to suffer. Help!
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After trying several different ways on how to get the best from my AVCHD camera to an SD DVD I discovered the following worked best.
1. Import and edit as per normal
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Flow Design Bureau AS
Attachments:
Main.vi ‏15 KB
Visiblity(SubVI).vi ‏17 KB

This is how to make your DVD look better & eliminate aliasing.

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1. Import and edit as per normal
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3. Open iDVD and import the HD 720p file directly from the saved folder (idvd will convert it to mpeg 2)
4. Burn dvd.
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Give it a try and let me know if your dvd quality improves.
Hope this helps.
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Paul

Thanks Paul. I also archive my AVCHD original footage via the archive function in iMovie '09 (a great new feature, which iMovie '08 lacked).
I just purchased a plug-in for Quick Look which allows you to view the first frame of each AVCHD clip in the Finder - very useful for identifying the clips for importing to iMovie. It's called HD Quick Look and is produced by the same Western Australian company that produces VoltaicHD (Shedworx). The cost is about $8 AUD and the product can be found here:
http://www.shedworx.com/hdquicklook
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Cheers
John

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http://www.aerissolutions.com/images/screenshot.jpg
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I posted this earlier and gives a hint what I am referring to.
http://forums.creativecow.net/thread/2/1007725
I am wondering if in the render of the source ( pro res 422 render ) you are losing that color information indicated by the " 2 ". As you dont experience problem using animation and pro res 444, that is my guess.. that you are losing the color info...hence the problem of aliasing.
What blows my mind though , is that you don't see the aliasing when you go to AE with the same rendered file. That is just downright weird.
I don't know if you want to actually solve the problem ( find out why this is happening really )... or if you are just fixated on blaming the software for something you want to work differently. I think solving the problem may involve doing some more steps on your part. For example, have you taken the rendered file ( or ftp to someone etc ) to another computer like yours... to see if they also see the same thing ?
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Have you spoken to anyone at an apple store about this ? They may have heard of this problem from other users... and if you have a store nearby, you can take the rendered file there and see if it looks OK on their computer.
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First step I think is for you to keep an open mind and start dealing with the aliasing issue and try to see if others see the same thing on similar machine as yours.
Or else think of some other way to solve the problem... cause nobody else I know has ever seen this or I would have heard of it I think.
Also, this is a users forum, not adobe technical support... have you called them ? So please be patient with users here trying to help you, as we are just people who try to help when we can and don't work for adobe.
Thanks and good luck, and please let us know what you find out cause this problem is very weird.

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I am running an nvidia graphics card with twinview to support dual monitors. I used "nvidia --config" to get my xorg.conf file and then manually created 10-monitor. If fonts in the xorg sever are rendered jaggedly, is that likely to be a xorg.conf problem, or a fonts.conf problem?
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