Why poor quality in EPS layer or type from Photoshop TIFF

This is probably a resolution issue that I don't understand, being relatively new to video. The last panel of a book trailer I'm finishing is an image from a children's book that I'm assembling in Photoshop. This layered file has the book's illustration, plus our logo (a vector file placed normally) and a type layer. It looks great in PS. When I flatten in, and then import it into Premiere both the logo and the type look a bit wonky.
When I created the sequence I chose DV-NTSC, Widescreen 48kHz. I'm obviously missing something. The TIFF that I'm working from is huge (6000x3000 px). Any help would be appreciated. Here is the MP4 with the problem on the last few seconds: https://vimeo.com/68399118

Upon further reflection, the entire video isn't as sharp as it should be, though I figured out one way to avoid/correct this. I started with a new sequence (AVCHD 1080p 30fps), copied my timeline over to there, and when exporting via Quicktime, it still came out slightly fuzzy, but exporting via H264 to an MPEG, its now sharp as a tack. Not sure why this is working, why this is now sharp when it wasn't before, but if anyone can reverse engineer an explanation for me, I'll learn.

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First, I'm a long time PC user who has recently switched to Mac's and I'm rather picky about the quality of my videos.
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My original RAW files are all 1920x1080 60i and are MTS files from the HF S10 and Mov files from the 7D. Even the original RAW Mov files produced from the 7D don't look as good on my Mac as they do on my PC. I even took a SD card with the original files down to the local Apple store to see how they look on a Macbook Pro and they still don't look like the originals on my PC. Also, all my comparisons are being done side by side on two 24" Apple cinema displays at full size (1920x1080) that are calibrated. What am I doing wrong and why the loss in quality? Any ideas as to why the quality is just so-so when compared to the originals would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

The thing that is wrong is that you are judging the quality of VIDEO on COMPUTER monitors. Properly calibrated or no...this is not how you do it. Calibration for computer monitors sets them right for PHOTOSHOP and color, not VIDEO and proper monitoring. Only getting a signal to a broadcast VIDEO monitor, or HDTV, will show you what you really have. And for that you need an HD input/output device or capture card...and the HDTV or HD monitor.
Computer monitors are never the place to judge video quality. Resolution is typically lowered to allow for full frame playback. Even if paused.
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Why poor quality slide show?

I own a 20" iMac purchased last January. I just produced my first slide show by sending some travel photos from iPhoto to iDVD and then burning them to a DVD. The results were very disappointing. The photos looked poor, either when viewing them on my TV set or on my computer. The original photos were high quality JPEGs taken with a Nikon D200 and looked great, but the same photos in the slide show were not nearly as sharp and looked like they were out of focus. I am wondering why the quality of the photos was degraded in the process. I will appreciate any insights on what might have gone wrong and suggestions on what I can do to produce an acceptable slide show.
Also, I did not program any music to be played along with the slide show, but when I played it, lo and behold, there was a musical accompaniment throughout the entire show. The music piece was nice, but it was a short composition that repeated itself innumerable times during the show to the point where I muted it. I would also like to know why I got music that I didn't program into the slide show.
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Read what F Shippey and Old Toad say iin these 2 threads:
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Why poor quality AIC & Apple ProRes HQ when compared to original video files!

First, I'm a long time PC user who has recently switched to Mac's and I'm rather picky about the quality of my videos.
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If you're working in Final Cut Pro you should try that forum. What version of the software are you using? The AVCHD media should be ingested using log and transfer. The 7D media should be converted using Compressor. You don' need HQ, ProRes is sufficient. How are you monitoring the video? Are full size on a video monitor? All this should be explained on the FCP forum. FCE does not work with ProRes in any form.

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Thank you for your reply. But it doesn't quite answer my question. I'm frustrated that after importing the photoshop files (they each have multiple layers), I'd bring it into the overall composition and when I look inside the folders, they're automatically ordered alphabetically. And I'm wondering if there's a way to keep the order of the layers I had in Photoshop.
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I've shot some video on a Panaonic HDC-HS9, imported in original quality, edited it up, and want to export it in HD quality, for later use on DVD and YouTube HD.
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The exported files are about 100MB per minute, so should look very sharp on my MacBook screen, rather than fuzzy.

I'm kind of a novice at this stuff, but if you select "Export using QuickTime..." instead of "Export Movie...", you have a lot more options to choose from. In particular, you can choose a 1920 x1080 resolution, which should improve the quality of your movie (but it will take about 4x longer to export and the file will be about 3x bigger). There are a lot of other choices as well... wish I knew what they all meant!

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Heres what Im trying to do. I have a very nice stereo system that Id like to plug my computer into. At the same time Id like to have my computer speakers set up also. You see, I dont want to have to jump behind my computer and manually plug one or the other in. Im not sure if Im using the right outputs. (I have the MSI audio bracket connected, but I dont have a digital connector.) So, If I have it right I should be using a splitter out of my computer to make the computer speakers and stereo speaker work; I may be using the wrong outputs.
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Computer speaker sound severly deminished and left/right switching is muddied.
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Since I bought the LISR board I didnt think this would be an issue. Im mean its suppored to have a the stereo stuff on it.
What am I doing wrong? It this something where normal left/right connectors dont work with stereos? I havent had this problem with any other stereo inputs. Maybe computer need special computer speakers? This has been driving me up the wall for months and I have spent all sorts of money to be sure I have stereo splitters inspead of mono splitters.
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Hi,
Haven't "dabbled" much with this but:
Are you saying that the 3.5mm jack plug to PC speakers works (using PC's audio out) . But when you connect a 3.5mm jack to your PC's output and the left/right phono plugs to your Hi-Fi it doesn't work?
It would be possible to plug a 3.5mm Jack plug to two 3.5mm jack sockets (Y-plug adapter) and then have your PC plugged into one and a 3.5mm Jack to L/R phono cable to your Hi-Fi - or are you saying you've tried this and it doesn't work? It would be better then to use either one or the other at a time (but I suspect that's what you are trying to do!) This means of course that both your Hi-Fi and PC speakers would all be connected to the one 3.5mm audio out jack of your onboard sound!
As this is complex to explain I've included links below to products, which should make it easier to understand!
See item "LP13" here for connection to PC:
http://www.jhs.co.uk/gycplugs.html
and for PC to Hi-Fi Connection, see here:
http://www.audiovisualonline.co.uk/dynamic/eshop_products.set/ref/25/from/kelkoo/display.html
Obviously, your PC speakers would be plugged into the spare 3.5mm socket of "LP13" described above!
Previous posters have hinted at using other methods which are equally easy to use but I just thought I'd bung this one in here too!
The SPDIF to Hi-Fi (SPDIF) coaxial and PC speakers to audio out are the best and easiest - that's what I do (when I'm using my onboard sound).
Btw, the above information is for obtaining stereo to your PC speakers and Hi-Fi only, as I didn't think you were talking about 5.1 or DD sound!
Good Luck and let us know how you get on!
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Poor quality on movie after exporting it from Premiere Pro CS5.5

Hi!
As a part of my bachelor thesis in industrial engineering, I am making an animation that shows how different types of water turbines work.
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RAWVIDEO
1280 * 720
16:9
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30 fps
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The picture on the left is after exporting, the image on the right is after converting it in FreeMake Video Converter.
Have tried with the flicker removal, but with poor results.
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Thank you for the warm welcome
Yes, the video from autodesk is uncompressed avi. These files are impossible to import in Premiere, and i cant open them in either VLC or WMPlayer.
After a conversion with FreeMake VideoConverter they are possible to import, and they look very good in VLC.
My Sequence settings are:
Editing mode: HDV 720p
Timebase: 29.97 frames/second
Video:
Frame size: 1280*720
Pixel Aspect ratio: Square Pixels (1.0)
Fields: No fields (progressive scan)
Display format: 30fps Drop-Frame Timecode
Audio:
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Display format: Audio samples
Video Previews
Preview File format: I-Frame Only MPEG
Codec: MPEG I-frame
With: 1280
Height: 720
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Format: Quicktime
Video Codec: H.264
1280*720, 29,97 fps, Progressive, Quality 100, 48000Hz, Stereo, H.264
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Hi there
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Hi there
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