Jagged still photos in FCP when rotated

I tilted JPEG photos in FCP timeline, I see how the edges are rough, like jagged. Is there a better way of tilting photos and moves w/o seeing the jagged edge?
thanks

You can also apply an edge feather to the image in FCP. Double-click it to load it into thew Viewer window, open the Crop controls and apply a setting of about 8 to 12 to Feather Edge.
-DH

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I made a still photo in FCP. Sent to Photoshop. Imported back in FCP. Image is squished. I am using DV NTSC 720x480.
In Photoshop I also set Image Size to 720x480. For some reason I cant get it to match in FCP. Any idea how I an fix this?
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It only affects viewing on the monitor because the photo prints correctly and in the Image Size dialog box, the size and proportions are correct. I have a Toshiba Satelite computer; surprisingly, it didn't squish or distort when rotated on an HP computer that I tried it on.

It rather sounds like the display resolution on the monitor is wrong for the monitor's actual aspect ratio. Check out the real aspect ratio of the display ( e.g. 4:3 for a standard CRT ) , and make sure the display resolution matches that ( e.g. 1024x768 , 1280x1024, etc ) .
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Hey everyone,
I'm working on a project in FCP, which is made up entirely of still images (jpgs) shot using my Canon 40D. I'm doing some panning and zooming (Ken Burns like), as well as some rapid stop motion animation sequences and compositing. I'm using a lot of photos!
I've been doing some tests and FCP is chugging hardcore, not to mention the brutal render times and everytime I move or copy something it has to prepare the display. I NEED to make this process run smoother!
I would like the final product to be HD and 16x9, but do you guys/gals think that I will need to go to SD because of the limitations of my computer (iMac intel core duo with 2gb of ram)?
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1. What sequence settings should I use to get the best FCP performance for this project? Would you recommend a particular editing time base?
2. Will resizing my photos make FCP work much quicker?
3. Are there any system settings in Final Cut that I should tinker with? Presently my Memory and Cache Settings are:
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David, your a genius!!! You posted your reply on my birthday, and I missed it until today!
Fotomagico is devastatingly easy to use and absolutely makes me want to cry at the amount of time I wasted creating photo slideshows in FCP!
I opened Fotomagico up and created a slideshow, one that I had already created in FCP and had take me FIVE HOURS to create... in TEN MINUTES!!!!!!!!! Aaaaaaaaah.
I couldn't believe it. I thought there had to be a catch or something. This was too easy the quality can't be there... but it was. It's amazing and I can't thank you enough for all the future hours you have saved for me.
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if im purchasing stock photos (still) from say istockphoto does DPI even matter in video editing? If the resolution is high enough, which is suppose if im going to a 4:3 output then their "small" size 850x565px 11.8 x 7.8 @ 72DPI would be good enough right? or wrong? ive been buying the higher sized images 1700x 1129 300DPI then resizing them in photoshop. Im just wasting money paying more money for the 300DPI aren't I? I obviously don't understand DPI very well.
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Yeah, so long as you don't need to print anything, no need to sweat the 300 dpi stuff.
In fact, for video projects, dpi is completely irrelevant - you could make due with 1dpi stuff - as frame size is all that matters. So, if you're working on an SD project, 850x565 should be fine.
The larger sizes would matter, however, if this is an HD project (since you'll need the larger original frame size -rescaling a smaller image in Photoshop might produce unacceptable results).

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Can anyone tell me why this image (picture 1) looks interlaced in FCP's Canvas window and on my NTSC broadcast monitor when in fact it isn't?
I scanned this image at 600dpi planning to zoom in on the photo in FCP, so I know it's not a low resolution issue.
In FCP, when I zoom in on the image it looks totally interlaced:
Please see picture 1 (interlacing issue) here in my web gallery and compare with Picture 2.
http://gallery.me.com/nicholasnatteau#100222
I have no idea what's causing this. Any help would be much appreciated.
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- Nicholas
PS: I'm working in an NTSC DV sequence.
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Hi David,
Thank you very much for your help. Yes, I did render the timeline. Nothing in the sequence was left unrendered. Is the problem that my resolution is too high? Should I diminish the size of the still by 50%?
Picture 1 was scanned using "descreen" filter and picture 2 using Auto Tone only. I used a Canoscan Cannon 8800F scanner. That's as much as I know. I wonder if I did something wrong scanning the image or is there something I should have done in Photoshop prior to bring the still into FCP?
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Many of my recently uploaded photos are horizontal when they should be vertical, and vice versa. I've corrected all these on my laptop but in my iPad and i Phone photo streams they are still mixed. How can I fix this? Thanks.

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Add the corrected ones to your PS - PS contains only what was added to it - changes made are not applied to the PS - you have to re add the updated photos
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I read your article Bill, and that just seems like a massive amount of work for the average individual who wants to put together a movie. Is all of that really necessary?
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I have noticed that when I rotate a photo it doubles in size. I understand this is to keep the original file but it causes me big problems when I try to upload photos to the Internet because it takes twice as long. Is there a way I can get iPhoto to automatically delete the original for me when I rotate or does anyone know if there is some other way around this?

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I have noticed that when I rotate a photo it doubles in size.
rotating does not increase the size of a photo - check in the information window before you rotate the photo and after you rotate it- the rotated version will be pretty much the same as it was before rotation
Is there a way I can get iPhoto to automatically delete the original for me when I rotate
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Still getting a warped effect when rotating a still image in Premiere

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