Bad Video in iMovie 3...

[coopdog]

I'm doing a school project on Julius Ceaser the Play... I'm making a video and using a Cannon ZR10 and the one Cannon below the GL... So nice mini DV cams... This project is 1/2 of our grade so its really big! I imported the video via FireWire into my 350 G4 and the quality is so Bad! Especialy on Titles. Would the quality be better in FCP3/FCXP? My friend is doing the same project using a Sony Cam in the same price range, and using FC express (FCXP) and his video looks so crisp! Is there a Tech. Reason for this? Any info would be great or Tips. Thanks!!!!

[FelixDerKater]

Did the titles and everything look good in preview mode? At one time I was having a problem with iMovie 2 where everything looked nice and clean in the preview, but once you played thr actual movies, eveything would get blocky.

[LethalWolfe]

Have you tried recording the video back to tape and playing it on a TV to see how it looks? I've heard that slower Macs will lower the on-screen res because it can't display the full res video w/o dropping frames.


Lethal

[RBMaraman]

Lethal's right.

Whenever I import video into iMovie on my iBook, the video and the titles look like crap. I always think they are going to turn out looking horrible. But, once I export the video back to my Canon ZR 25 MC camera, the video looks crystal clear. You shouldn't have a problem editing in iMovie.

[coopdog]

Thanks for the replies ill use iMovie 3 instead of FCP.
I'm struggling to use FCP express... Its hard i have never used it before, SO many more options than iMovie 3 though!! It seems to run a lot faster on my slow G4... Strange.

[LethalWolfe]

Originally posted by coopdog
Thanks for the replies ill use iMovie 3 instead of FCP.
I'm struggling to use FCP express... Its hard i have never used it before, SO many more options than iMovie 3 though!! It seems to run a lot faster on my slow G4... Strange.


iMovie 3 has some speed issues. Hopefully Apple will able to patch it soon.


Lethal

[coopdog]

In FCE (Final cut express) How do i add titles? Like test on the screen???! I can add transitions but not text. How do I do that?