Video loses quality when I put motion footage in FCP?

I made a little thing in Motion but when I put it in FCP, the quality goes down dramatically.
Does anyone know why this is happening?
Thanks a lot

Not without you telling us exactly what you're doing. What are the exact specifications of the Motion project? How is the Motion content getting into FCP? Exactly are the specifications of the sequence you're working in?

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FLASH VIDEO LOSES QUALITY WHEN "WMODE" SET TO TRANSPARENT

I have a flash video beside a roll out menu. When I set the
"wmode" to transparent the video loses quality. Any help would be
appreciated. Thanks.

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actually, i can see in that code that you do still have wmode
transparent stuff in there. if you look just a little before
the ending
script tag, you'll see some. and then it's also in one of the
parameter
tags. in fact, you have the wmode=transparent parameter tag,
but not the
one that the instruction i gave you said to put in! actually,
it doesn't
look like you followed the instructions i gave you at all! at
least not
completely.
i think your best bet might be to just delete the video from
the page
(your code is too messed up for me to figure it out, sorry)
and
re-insert it, then follow the instructions on the link i gave
you. but
you need to do EVERYTHING it says to do, all the way until it
says *"2.
Hiding the <select> element:"
* if you start fresh and follow those instructions precisely,
i think it
will work!
just started wrote:
> courtney (n h c) wrote:
> quick question: when you did the stuff in the link i
gave you, did you
> remember to take out any wmode/transparent stuff that
you already put in
> there?
>
> Yes I did take out the wmode/transparent.
>
> This is the code. Thanks.
>
> <script type="text/javascript">
> AC_FL_RunContent(
> 'codebase','
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#
>
version=8,0,0,0','width','550','height','367','id','FLVPlayer','src','FLVPlayer_
>
Progressive','flashvars','&MM_ComponentVersion=1&skinName=Clear_Skin_3&streamNam
>
e=videos/2007_fishing_video&autoPlay=true&autoRewind=true','quality','high','sca
>
le','noscale','name','FLVPlayer','salign','lt','pluginspage','
http://www.macrome
>
dia.com/go/getflashplayer','movie','FLVPlayer_Progressive','wmode','transparent'
> ); //end AC code
> </script><noscript><object
> classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
> codebase="
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#ve
> rsion=8,0,0,0" width="550" height="367"
id="FLVPlayer">
> <param name="movie" value="FLVPlayer_Progressive.swf"
/>
> <param name="salign" value="lt" />
> <param name="quality" value="high" />
> <param name="scale" value="noscale" />
> <param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
> <param name="FlashVars"
>
>
value="&MM_ComponentVersion=1&skinName=Clear_Skin_3&streamName=videos/2007_fishi
> ng_video&autoPlay=true&autoRewind=true" />
> <embed src="FLVPlayer_Progressive.swf" wmode="opaque"
width="550"
> height="367" quality="high"
> pluginspage="
http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"
> type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed>
>
flashvars="&MM_ComponentVersion=1&skinName=Clear_Skin_3&streamName=videos/2007_f
> ishing_video&autoPlay=true&autoRewind=true"
quality="high" scale="noscale"
> width="550" height="367" name="FLVPlayer" salign="LT"
> type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
> pluginspage="
http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"
/>
> </object>
> </noscript>
>
>
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http-equiv="Content-Type">
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<body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000">
actually, i can see in that code that you do still have wmode
transparent stuff in there. if you look just a little before
the ending
script tag, you'll see some. and then it's also in one of the
parameter
tags. in fact, you have the wmode=transparent parameter tag,
but not
the one that the instruction i gave you said to put in!
actually, it
doesn't look like you followed the instructions i gave you at
all! at
least not completely.<br>
<br>
i think your best bet might be to just delete the
video from the page
(your code is too messed up for me to figure it out, sorry)
and
re-insert it, then follow the instructions on the link i gave
you. but
you need to do EVERYTHING it says to do, all the way until it
says <strong>"2.
Hiding the <select> element:"<br>
<br>
</strong> if you start fresh and follow those
instructions precisely, i
think it will work!<br>
<br>
just started wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:[email protected]"
type="cite">
<pre wrap="">courtney (n h c) wrote:
quick question: when you did the stuff in the link i gave
you, did you
remember to take out any wmode/transparent stuff that you
already put in
there?
Yes I did take out the wmode/transparent.
This is the code. Thanks.
<script type="text/javascript">
AC_FL_RunContent(
'codebase','<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#">http://download.macr omedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#</a>
version=8,0,0,0','width','550','height','367','id','FLVPlayer','src','FLVPlayer_
Progressive','flashvars','&MM_ComponentVersion=1&skinName=Clear_Skin_3&streamN am
e=videos/2007_fishing_video&autoPlay=true&autoRewind=true','quality','high','sca
le','noscale','name','FLVPlayer','salign','lt','pluginspage','<a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="
http://www.macrome">http://www.macrome</a>
dia.com/go/getflashplayer','movie','FLVPlayer_Progressive','wmode','transparent'
); //end AC code
</script><noscript><object
classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
codebase=<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0">"http ://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#ve
rsion=8,0,0,0"</a> width="550" height="367"
id="FLVPlayer">
<param name="movie" value="FLVPlayer_Progressive.swf"
/>
<param name="salign" value="lt" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="scale" value="noscale" />
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
<param name="FlashVars"
value="&MM_ComponentVersion=1&skinName=Clear_Skin_3&streamName=videos/2007_fi shi
ng_video&autoPlay=true&autoRewind=true"
/>
<embed src="FLVPlayer_Progressive.swf" wmode="opaque"
width="550"
height="367" quality="high"
pluginspage=<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="
http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer">"http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" </a>
type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed>
flashvars="&MM_ComponentVersion=1&skinName=Clear_Skin_3&streamName=videos/200 7_f
ishing_video&autoPlay=true&autoRewind=true"
quality="high" scale="noscale"
width="550" height="367" name="FLVPlayer" salign="LT"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
pluginspage=<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="
http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer">"http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" </a>
/>
</object>
</noscript>
</pre>
</blockquote>
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I am using screen capture software to make a video of my screen at 1024x768. The video is for a tutorial. I want to use iMove to get things like transitions and such into the movie, and to add text and audio. The problem is that, although the video looks great in QuickTime, it loses quality significanly when I import into iMove. The text on the screen is blurry, and the quality of everything else is terrible as well.
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I exported it large
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I have the full subscription to Adobe Creative Suite, but am unfamiliar with almost all of the programs. I have used Photoshop a bit, but not too much.
I have this project I do several times a year, and am sure there is a better way to do it.
I am sent a colourful excel spreadsheet - a schedule. I print a bunch of copies full size, then need to print 8 copies on a single 8.5x11 piece of paper.
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The best I've done (and I'm not totally happy with) is to copy the image into Photoshop, save as a PDF, create 7 more copies then merge as a single PDF and print.
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Can anyone suggest a better way?
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http://forums.adobe.com/community/photoshop
http://forums.adobe.com/community/illustrator
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