Artifacts in Canvas Window!
I just upgraded from 4.5 and have begun working on a project that was initially edited in 4.5. However, whenever there is lots of motion within the frame I am seeing vertical lines through the entire Canvas window almost like streaks through the image. When there is little or no motion at all the image is fine and quite pristine. I am viewing this through a 23" Cinema HD so it shouldn't be a problem and I have a 2.0 Ghz Dual Core G5 that should be able to handle all of this video as well. Any thoughts would be great.
Thanks!
First, don't judge quality without viewing on an external NSTC (or Pal, if you're in PAL-Land) monitor.
Second, for projects that originated in FCP HD or before, in Sequence Settings > Video Processing, selectFastest for the Motion quality, rather than Normal or Best. That affects Motion tab effects, so it might help, or not.
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