My Image is Distorted in FCP

When I apply the rotate motion on my image it distorts it (while rotating) putting lines in it.
Why is that?
I am working on a project where I took a photo and green screened it while putting a movie clip in the background and as I introduce the photo I put motion on it to 360x2 and only during the spin it seems to distort my image?
Help!

Hi
How do You judge the quality ?
• Viewer-window
• On second TV monitor (Mac <-FW-> Camera <-analog-> TV)
I use the last set-up to be able to figure out the end result and quality.
Yours Bengt W

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What's the largest increase one can make on an HD video image without distortion in FCP?
And are there any plug-ins, filters, or programs that would allow further enlargement without distortion?
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Pixels are Pixels, you enlarge them thus lowering your real resolution no matter how you do it. You have to do what 24, 30 may 60 frames for each second I think not. But some people have done it.
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I installed Yosemite and now my computer is slow when logging in. Also when I type my password the screen images are distorted. After that my home screen appears and everything seems normal. What can I do to fix this?

I installed Yosemite and now my computer is slow when logging in. Also when I type my password, a bar appears measuring the process and then all of a sudden the screen images are distorted. After that my home screen appears and everything seems normal. What can I do to fix this?
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i downloaded a vector file from Shutterstock. How do I edit the text in Photoshop? If i enlarge the image- the pixels are awful and the image is distorted.

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i downloaded a vector file from Shutterstock. How do I edit the text in Photoshop? If i enlarge the image- the pixels are awful and the image is distorted.
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Have the latest version of both OS and iPhoto. Am considering a complete reinstall of the OS and Software but would like to avoid if possible.

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iPhoto menu -> Provide iPhoto Feedback
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I have some animated gif images which I need to show in a jLabel and a jTextPane. But some of these images are getting distorted while playing in the two components, though these images are playing properly in Internet Explorer. I am using the methods insertIcon() of jTextPane and setIcon() of jLabel to add or set the gif images in the two components. Can you please suggest any suitable idea of how I can get rid of this distortion? Thanks in advance.

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As far as I know, both FCP and Color only support up to 10 bit color, which is 1024 levels for each color channel, more than enough for avoiding color banding.
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I was asked to cut several trailers for an award show. Which is nice. However, they have this category about "best website", and of course, they want to use images of those websites, the banners, the headlines and so on. I don't mean single images found on that website, but rather the site from head to toe, from top to bottom, left to right.
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The tiffs are probably the best solution but they are going to be bigger than the actual Web sites' graphics.
Here's what I'd so: Tell your client (Is this a paid gig?) to give you the graphics they want you to use. Here's why. They'll go download it all and save it in one format.
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You can spend several productive hours using the search function. We see this topic and variations often. Try searching for SnapzPro, tutorial, screen capture, stuff like that.
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How to export a sequence with stills (jpg) into a DVD format by using Compressor without having the interlaced issue on the outcome? The stills in the Canvas look crisp but once exported to DVD format, the outcome images look interlaced. How can I best match the crisp look of the high resolution JPGs in time line when exported to DVD?
My Sequence settings match the image settings:
Frame Size: 1024 x 768
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Field Dominance: None
Compressor: Photo JPG
I tried to export the sequence of img as an independent QT movie file by using Apple ProRes 422 output settings. The video file looks great. I then imported it back to time line into new sequence and exported into DVD format trying both: deinterlace and "same as source" setting. Both output DVD files still have the interlaced issue.
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I will appreciate any advices.
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Thank you, I understand now it is the aspect ratio issue.
Are you suggesting that I should use Photoshop or Graphic Converter to convert the 1024 x 768 to 720 x 480 prior to importing them into FCP seqence?
> Give the DVD authoring software the correct size:
I am using FCP 7.0.3 to create the sequence of images (there has to be specific timing and transitions), which I then export to DVD format by using Compressor.
Do you mean that I should set the FCP timeline sequnece settings to 720 x 480?
Please let me know. Thank you,
Izabela

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using 768 x 576 .jpg images as background for a PAL standard idvd:
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the images appeared vertically distorted
but:
when pausing and restarting the dvd again the image
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when i did not use any image (burning just the movie)
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It does not matter which option you use. As you know, one would want the background image on each page of a site to be the same size and location to provide a seamless transition from page to page. When using the blank template, the page can have an image put in (using fit, fill, stretch, orig) and be contiguous from page to page. However, when using the Photo template, after clicking on an album image to view larger, the background image unexplicably shifts/distorts downward on the page, and stays that way even upon returning to the album.

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