Checking Out High Quality Renders in QuickTime Player
I've found that if you try to judge an exported QuickTime from FCP, in QT Player - it looks pretty bad. If you judge it on a video monitor - it is clean. (Things that make ya go, "hmmmm.....") True, this confuses a lot of folks, especially the masses that don’t use a video monitor as they cut (the cafe crowd, as I call ‘em).
You see, the output you view is usually not displayed in High Quality mode in QT Player when you first open it up. The low quality of your rendered graphics worries most people right away.
It is, however, displayed in High Quality mode when played out of FireWire into a DV device (or possibly through a high quality video capture card) and a decent video monitor. You don't have a deck, camcorder, card or a video monitor? Then you'll be fooled with QT Player’s “stock” output.
“But Kevin, I don’t have a freakin’ DV deck or even a video monitor. Dang dude, I don’t even have a DV camcorder. How in the heck can I view my high quality renders on the computer screen and in QuickTime Player?”
Hey, I’m here to help.
Here's how to view high quality video in QT Player.
1. Open the movie in QT Player
2. Choose: Window Menu>Show Movie Properties or
CMD + J.
3. Then click on the name of the file next to the enabled "Video" checkbox.
4. Click on the "Visual Settings" tab - and a new pane shows up. Click the High Quality checkbox in the lower right section of the Visual Settings pane. (See the above illustration).
Ouila! You should immediately see the high quality version of your rendered graphic. Choose File>Save to make the change.
For sure, this is one of those things that should be widely known (much like proper system setup....) - but is not.
See the related article about viewing High Quality renders in FCP.
Checking Renders in QT Player
Thursday, May 25, 2006
