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First, the Final Cut Pro Canvas usually shows titles and graphics more pixelated and lower quality than the actual quality. Render a title and play it on a real monitor - or render and export a 10 frame test to disk and view to see the true picture.

Read these articles on monitoring: http://www.dvcreators.net/tag/monitoring/ for more info.

If you are rendering to the DV codec, you will see an instant drop in quality. But don’t worry, as long as you export to a lossless codec your final project will look great.

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I own LiveType Powerstart. How do I download my $180 of free objects and textures from LiveType Central?

Published

grace

on May 15, 2009

in post visuals

. 4 Comments

Here are the steps:

1.	Launch LiveType PowerStart through DVcreators University.
2.	Click the “option” popup menu in the lower left part of the main menu screen, and choose “download free objects and textures from LiveType Central” in either NTSC or PALThis will start the files downloading in the background. While downloading, you can continue watching the course (or any other course).
3.	Once all the files have completed downloading, you will have 3 folders on your Desktop.
4.	In a Finder window,

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Do I need a studio monitor?

Published

Josh

on April 25, 2007

in DVD, broadcast, cinematography, editing, film and lighting

. 9 Comments

If your projects are going to be delivered on DVD or broadcast, it’s important to have an accurate studio monitor on your desk so you can see your project as your viewers will see it while you’re editing.

Why?

First, many editing programs show you a low quality “proxy” of your timeline, so you can’t judge color correction, brightness, saturation, contrast, how titles or graphics will look, or any other aspect of the picture accurately.

Can I just enable a second computer monitor to show video and that will work?

With some editing programs, you can enable a second monitor to show a …