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I have a lot of graphics that have been delivered to me 1920 x 1280. When I resize them in FCP 5.1.4., the edges are very jagged. BUT, when I bring those same graphics into After Effects and resize them and bring them into Final Cut, the edges are clean and perfect.
This happens whenever I try to resize footage or graphics in Final Cut. Which means that I spend a lot of time bouncing around between AAE and FCP.
Is there a way to resize graphics in FCP at a higher quality? (I do have the "motion filtering quality" set to "best" in the sequence settings...)
Thanks in advance!
Derrick

Are the clips in FCP still jagged after rendering? That might be the issue.... Or, are you scaling the pictures up when you resize them? Are they still jagged after exporting?
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