Blurred Edges

Question

Hi
Whenever I insert text or a shape into Motion 5 (5.2, but it happened in 5.1 as well), the edges look soft/blurry. When I zoom in to 400%, I can see that the edges are very pixellated. Shouldn't they be sharp whatever magnification? They're not imports from another application. I'm on a reasonably new iMac running Yosemite.
In the Render dropdown, resolution is dynamic and full, and quality is normal. Changing quality to best makes it very slightly better - but not sharp. I've tried ticking and unticking Flatten in Text Rendering, but nothing changes. Should text and shapes be totally sharp? Thanks.

Answer 1

You're looking for a "vignette" effect (might help in your search). I'd bet, dimes to donuts, that one of your BCC blurs has masking built-in, which would enable you to limit where the blur effect is applied within a frame.
Barring that, you could try this:
Stack another instance of your clip on top of the original.
Apply a blur of your choice to the lower clip, and set the blur to taste.
Apply the Circle effect to the upper clip. Tweak the following settings:
Set Blending Mode to "Stencil Alpha"
Increase Radius as necessary
Apply Feathering as necessary to soften the edges of the matte
Position the circle matte using the Center property
You could also use Levels, Curves, or some other CC effect on the background blurred clip to darken/lighten it, if you like.