Font recommendations when working with video

I notice some fonts look jagged & lame when working in FCP/Motion and some look better. Is there a general rule of thumb to follow on what kind of fonts are recommended, and what not? How do I tell if a font is OK to use, or not (other than just trying it and eyeballing it).
Thanks

Judge how things look ONLY with the use of an external NTSC monitor or Tv connected to the system.
NEVER judge the quality of anything by what you see on your computer screen...even if it is a high end LCD.
Shane
"There's no need to fear, UNDERDOG is here!"

Similar Messages

Win7-64 Photoshop CC blank Save As dialog, then crash, when working with video / frame animations

Hi, I recently updated to CC from CS6 and am having issues when working with PSDs containing video layers, or are set up as frame animations: When attempting to Save As, the dialog will be completely blank except for the Save and Cancel buttons.   If I press cancel, then return to Save As, CC then often crashes.
Here is the Error Event from Event Viewer:
Faulting application name: Photoshop.exe, version: 14.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x5176451b
Faulting module name: MediaCoreIF.DLL, version: 7.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x51573a21
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x00000000001fca98
Faulting process id: 0x750
Faulting application start time: 0x01ce9e1925a5045b
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC (64 Bit)\Photoshop.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC (64 Bit)\MediaCoreIF.DLL
Report Id: db6d5f8f-0a0c-11e3-9df9-0026b9cc01d1
So far I am only having these issues if I have been working with video layers and then frame animations. Frame animations in particular seem to cause instability as I can often work with video layers all day without a problem. Then if I import video frames to layers, or open a PSD containing a frame animation, the Save As may not necessarily work.
Sometimes closing and restarting Photoshop will allow me to save again, but then sometimes a whole system reboot is required. It is only temporary though.
I am not running antivirus software or other apps aside from what starts at boot.

Frustrating that this thread has petered out, since I'm having the exact same issue. Did you ever find a way to improved stability?
Also of note, the issue followed me across machines. Two weeks ago I purchased a new machine, figured if that didn't solve the problem nothing would... It didn't. :\
The only similar factors are that the machines both are 64bit Windows 7 (a fresh OEM install on the new box) and have nVidia-brand graphics cards. (Again, though - not the SAME graphics card, picked up a new one with the new machine.) No drive cloning was involved: this is completely new hardware, a fresh factory install of Windows 7, different antivirus (went from AVG to Avast), and new download of Photoshop CC from CreativeCloud.
Looks like our event details are quite similar, too.
Log Name:
Application
Source:
Application Error
Date:
4/6/2014 1:57:39 PM
Event ID:
1000
Task Category: (100)
Level:
Error
Keywords:
Classic
User:
N/A
Computer:
REDACTED
Description:
Faulting application name: Photoshop.exe, version: 14.2.1.570, time stamp: 0x52f4a9f2
Faulting module name: MediaCoreIF.DLL, version: 7.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x51573a21
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x00000000001fca98
Faulting process id: 0x1ca4
Faulting application start time: 0x01cf51c68639ec43
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC (64 Bit)\Photoshop.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC (64 Bit)\MediaCoreIF.DLL
Report Id: 5268f22b-bdbd-11e3-b9df-d850e65afc6f

Logic slow when working with video

Hi there
I'm trying to work with video in Logic 8 but it slows down pretty dramatically when I imported the video. Are there any settings I can tweak to get the action to run more smoothly. The playhead jumps very slowly around, it takes the video a few seconds to start to play after pressing play in Logic. The video file I'm using is a Quicktime Mp4, around 288 Mb in size. The details of my system are on the signature below. Any help is much appreciate it.
Thanks - Gunnar

Don't use mp4, this is most likely the cause of your problem, especially if the video codec of your file is H.264. Mp4 allows you to have better perceived video quality with a lower file size, but the tradeoff is that it makes your computer do a lot of work in real time to decode the video.. Thus the slowdown of logic.
Try converting your video file to QuickTime DV, this is a much more performance-neutral format, your video file will be much bigger but it won't be making any huge demands on your system to play back.
Also, if your movie is too long it can also cause slowdowns in your logic project. When working on feature length films, they are always divided into reels of around 25 minutes each which keeps things manageable. If your film is very long you should divide it up.

Photoshop CC: program error occures when working with videos

Whenever I'm trying to trim a video in Photoshop CC I'm running into this error:
"Could not complete your request because of a program error"
I can't close it by clicking "okay", so I have to close photoshop via task manager.
- I also came across this error when I was trying to duplicate a text layer while working with a video.
- When I was using Photoshop CS6 several months ago trimming videos worked fine.
- I've tested if the problem appears on my laptop (Win7, i5, on board intel hd graphics) in Photoshop CC, and it does not!
- I've deinstalled all Adobe Products (and their plugins) and ran Adobe Creative Cloud Cleaner without any errors, then reinstalled Photoshop CC.
- I restored my preferences.
- My graphic board drivers are up to date.
- My computer is a Windows 7 (64 bit) Home Premium, Intel Core i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40 GHz, 16 GB RAM with a NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 graphic board.
I honestly don't know what's the matter. Unfortunately I couldn't find any other thread with the same problem.
Hope you'll be able to help
Thanks in advance!

OK. I suspect you might have run into one of the Mavericks bugs then. I would certainly expect your system to handle 720 without complaining.
Apparently Adobe have made Apple aware of these bugs, and have no more control over rectifying them.
Try Google with 'Photoshop cc video Mavericks'
http://forums.adobe.com/message/5826052
I am not aware of any workarounds, but I use a PC and use PremPro for video anyway, but that's not to say there isn't one. If this thread doesn't bring you an answer, start a new one with a subject line something like:
Video Editing Problems with CC and Mavericks

IMovie freezes when working with videos from iPhone

Whenever I open iMovie and click on a clip that was imported from my iPhone 4s iMovie freezes along with my Mac. However, when I use a clip form a normal camera, iMovie works flawlessly. Are there any ways to work around this issue? or is it just something I cant do?

Well it could be a few different things. Bad memory, a corrupted HD, a permissions problem, a bad video card, the list goes on. Check out
http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/help/
for troubleshooting tips to try and isolate the problem.
swapping out memory chips, resetting the PRAM, and repairing permissions (in no particular order) would be the first thigs I'd try.
hth
Jeff

What settings should I use when working with video from a minidv?

I'm recording with a panasonic ag-dvc7 and eddeting on cs5 and would like to get the best quality on video. Im new to all this so I really don't know haw to set up the settings when starting the project.

Well, the easiest way would be to simply drag the video file to the new item icon in your bin, and PrPro will automatically create a timeline that best fits your video. However, doing so won't actually teach you anything about it. If you're wanting to actually learn the ins-and-outs, then start doing some googling about codecs, wrappers, video standards, etc.
From a minidv tape, you'll probably be safe manually picking one of the NTSC presets (unless you're in Europe, in which case it would be a PAL preset). Chances are you're shooting 29.97fps, though it might be 23.976, so you should check the properties of your video file in PrPro to see which it is. You'll either be in wide screen (16:9) or standard (4:3) so you'll need to pick which of those you want as well.
When you start getting into HD footage, it gets a lot more complicated--SD is fairly easy.

Anyone recommend a good tutorial for 'working with video' in Logic?

I've worked with video a fair amount, but only ever skimmed the surface and found odd workarounds to get things to happen how I want them.
The manual is scant when it comes to features such as SMPTE locking and beat mapping scenes to bar lengths and all sorts of other tricks I'm probably unaware of.
The only Macprovideo I can find is from 2005 and whilst I'm sure has some common features, is perhaps not up to date enough. And this http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jul07/articles/logictech_0707.htm is ok for a quick overview but I'd like to see some of it in action (or at least have more detailed exercises).
Does anyone know any tutorials they'd recommend? Cheers

canon pixma 6200 series works

Viewing or working with videos in iPhoto

I downloaded a bunch of pictures and 1 video from my Canon camera and I can't play the video in iPhoto. How do I play it and how do you work with videos?

Welcome to the Apple Discussions. When you installed Snow Leopard did you select the option to include Quicktime Player 7 in the installation? It would be in the Applications/Utilities folder. If it's not there then do a custom install of SL and select just QT Player 7.
If it's there then it could be a codec issue as Roddy has already pointed out.
OT
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto (iPhoto.Library for iPhoto 5 and earlier versions) database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger or later), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. There are versions that are compatible with iPhoto 5, 6, 7 and 8 libraries and Tiger and Leopard. Just put the application in the Dock and click on it whenever you want to backup the dB file. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.
NOTE: The new rebuild option in iPhoto 09 (v. 8.0.2), Rebuild the iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup" makes this tip obsolete.

SSL indicator disappears when page with video tag has been loaded

I have a strange bug in Firefox, that was detected when site moved to SSL.
There is single page site built on Backbone.
When page with video tag loaded SSL indicator disappears.
Firebug shows that Firefox create GET request connection to the server but it hangs.
All site logic work correctly. And video on this page works perfect, I can click play and new connection will be created and video played but first connection still hangs.
There is four page with video tag (four steps of wizard) and hanged connection appears randomly on this pages.
Actually this issue exists without SSL, but detected only when we moved to SSL and lock icon began to disappear.

The SSL indicator can disappear if there is mixed content on that page (i.e. coming via an unencrypted http connection).
Did you click the Site Identity Button (globe/padlock) and proceeded to the Security tab in Page Info?
*https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Security/MixedContent
*https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Tools/Web_Console

Disable updating of the menu widget when working with Muse file?

First of all thank you Adobe for creating Muse - I really like it a lot!
My question:
when I work on my website with 250+ pages, it strains the performance to make even the slightest changes to the page structure. I work with two Masters each with much the same horisontal menu widget.
Adding, deleting and rearranging pages makes the PC (Windows 7 laptop of some but not awesome power) make a halt and take a deep breathe for some seconds. It really interupts the flow of working.
A crude work around for this is to removing the menu widget in the two masters and put it into a new master page, containing only the copied menu from the two other masters and keeping the rest of the header in place on the original masters to use for aligning on the pages. This way, only one page has to update when working with adding, deleting and rearranging pages.
I have tried to look for a preference to disable updating the Menu widget when working on the page structures and just enable it the update again when the work is done? does it exist? else I would recommend it strongly :-) Since my work around is a bit tricky/risky to use after publishing ;-)
Again, thanks a lot for this nice program. Being a selftought CS (now CCC) user I like the ease of control of the webdesign you can get with Muse (at the dispence of other features of course - if you ever wanted to add some sort of database-lookup feature it would be MUCH appreciated. One workaround is to use iframe and an external search/lookup page, that returns results with links back to parent pages. A bit funny construction though :-) ).
BR
M. Hecquet

Glad to know you are enjoying Muse.
It can be very processor intensive if you have multiple Master pages with their own All Pages menu widget. Take a look at the following threads and refer to Zak's response.
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1423767
http://forums.adobe.com/message/6166722
See if you are able to use just one All Pages menu widget at your site while taking advantage of the hierarchical Master page feature.
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/muse-feature-tour/adobe-muse-hierarchical-master-pages/
We are aware of the performance issues caused by the Menu widget (All pages type) and is something being looked upon by the engineering in one of the upcoming releases.
Thanks,
Vinayak

Adobe guideline on design documents when working with freelance team members or agencies

Adobe guideline when working with freelance team members or agencies:
should the publisher recieve a copy of the documents (Indesign etc) used to publish it's magazine?
Our client has an ongoing discussion with a freelance designer who was hired to make editions of their interactive magazine.
The publisher has briefed the designer on their digital magazine and the designer created the folio-files, based on their input (design, pictures, video, audio, texts, etc) and their printed magazine. The publisher is the owner of the copyrights on this material.
The designer used the software licenses provided by the publisher, but refuses to hand over the Indesign-file after recieving full payment for his design work. Is there a Adobe guideline or 'best practice' I can consult in this matter to help resolve this discussion?
Thank you.

Hi Yves,
I know this case very well and here the publisher has payed for all time spent in and the cost of DPS training. The material is copyrighted and owned by the publisher and he also owns the DPS license.
To keep your example: this feels like the worker assembling the car wants to keep the car and be payed his hourly wage to assemble it.
It's not an original work, that is clear to me.
Bob

Incredibly Long Lag Time When Working With Effects in Premiere Pro CC 2014

I am having incredibly long lag times when working with effects in Premier Pro CC 2014. Like 60 seconds or more. This also happens periodically when I am doing something as simple as cutting into a timeline (just ripple deleting from and in to an out point).
I have a MacBook Pro running OSX 10.9.4 2 GHz Intel Core i7 with 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3.
I have seen that some people are having different versions of the same problem. I do have RedGiant plug-ins, but I am not using any of them in this project. The Red Giant plugs (again, not being used in the project) include MOJO and Universe. The previous version most certainly did not work like this. Any ideas? I did try moving the Red Giant plugs out of the COMMON folder and "alt" starting up to reset preferences. Still having same problems.
A specific example is I have an interview shot. I add brightness and contrast. Just making a change to the effect (increasing brightness) causes freezing of the interface and long delays. I added a piece of transparent video on a top layer to add a CIRCLE to create a vignette effect. Same deal -- ridiculously long times for effect changes to take place.
Does anyone have any clues as to how to fix these problems?
THANKS FOR ANYONE'S HELP!!!!!!!

Got the same Error. Previous I worked with a GTX 760, and was hoping to get it fixed with using a GTX 780 6GB. But just as you, didn't solve the Problem.
Usually I got the Problem solved, with exiting Premiere, restarting it, reset my Workspace. Then the Problem of having the bugged Workspace was gone. And also the Problem of the missing Video Tracks.
At the moment I started on a new Project. Pretty simple, with only a 21 second DV footage. And here I was switching tabs with my Browser, came back to the Project, and the Video Tracks were gone. I saved, closed Premiere, restated and the Video Tracks are still missing.
So I made a new Sequence, voilá the Video Tracks are there. Thus I need to copy and paste the Tracks onto the new Sequence.
But that is not really a solution!
I was on the Phone with Adobe, and on Chat, but they couldn't help me. They suggested to get a Tesla or Quadro Card, or at least a GPU that got confirmed as working on their page. I did that, but obviously, that is not the issue.

I have had my Ipad for approx 4 years. When working with an app, the screen will go black and then back to the home page.

I have had a IPad for 4 years, for several months when working with apps, the screen will go black and then return to the home page

Hi sjeure,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities. I would recommend restarting and resetting your device to see if the unexpected app closing still happens:
iPhone, iPad, iPod touch: Turning off and on (restarting) and resetting
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1430
Cheers,
- Ari

When workign with video, logic freezes for a few seconds then playbacks

Dear all,
When i am working with video in logic 9.1, the playback freezes for a few seconds and then plays smoothly. This is irritating as when u score for movies, u cant sync the sounds. I tried converting the mov file into various formats, but still no luck. Strangely, the demos given with logic(the ones with videos) plays smoothly without the freezing.. pls help ...
thanks
Message was edited by: Rishikesh hari

Ken,
Yes , you were right. i researched on video formats and found, logic will only support uncompressed video formats. Like u said, i opened quicktime and exported my movie to DV coding. It works fine.. I also found out that, to have less CPU load, convert you video to "photo jpeg" coding.. Its smoother !!!1
Cheers

Aperature crashed after 3.3 update. I am a novice at best when working with restore functions. Any suggestions on how to fix this problem?

I had the 3.3 update window with Aperature pop up and say that I could no longer work with my library until updating Aperature. The update froze up about 90% through the completion of the last set(9 of 9/ 90% complete) and ran over night. My MAC shows version 3.3 installed. When I try to open Aperature, I get a system crash error. I am a novice at best when working with software and I am panicing because of the amount of pictures that I have on the system. I do back them up but do not know how to restore Aperature software(I purchased it before the app store and can not find it). Please advise.

There is an Aperture forum that you can repost in, that is where you will find the guru's for that product. Simply click: Aperture to get there. BTW before you do please complete your profile, it makes it much easier for those attempting to assist you. You can find instructions by clicking Profile Update

Font recommendations when working with video

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for