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Hello...i'm new to motion and hd in general. I have an HD imovie project that i'm just doing a little title work in motion for (at least trying to)...when i export the motion project it looks really pixellated and the size also looks off. In imovie it actually looks okay but i burned a disc with idvd and it came out horrible. I'm using a sony hdr-fx1 for shoooting and imovie as i said. Could someone shed some light on what export settings i should use? Perhaps i'm setting up the motion project wrong?
thanks.

first off if you're working with an iMovie HD project, you've got to make sure that you're using an HD project in motion as well. i would imagine that the preset for HDV(720p) should be appropriate, though i haven't tried it.
second of all, if you're burning your high-def iMovie project using iDVD, you've got to remember that your iDVD projects are going to be standard definition, not high def. iDVD is probably downsizing your HD project from 1280x720 pixels down to 720x405. in this case you'll get something that's watchable, but certainly not with the clarity of the original HD footage. going down to this standard def resolution is going to look very pixelated indeed.
so, your next question is probably going to be, "well how do i maintain the resolution of my original HD footage?" the short answer is that you're just going to have to wait! high-def DVD burners aren't widely available yet. and none of Apple's software has been updated to even burn a HD-DVD or Blue-Ray disc yet.
hope this helps to explain what you're seeing!
best wishes,
scott
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