Final Cut Split Screen

[Manfred21]

When I make a split screen on FCE, the video seems to lose quality. What is the best way to make split screens without losing video quality? Thanks.

 

[Much Ado]

Does it actually lose quality on the export, or just the live-preview?

 

[Manfred21]

a little on the live preview and even more so on the export

 

[zioxide]

Well it's not going to look perfect on the live preview unless you have a beast mac pro. If you render and export it and it still looks bad, then there's something wrong with one of your settings.

 

[lighthouse_man]

How are you splitting? Are you using the crop tool?

 

[harddriveowner]

Just click the motion tab and decrease the size of the image to fit half the screen and then do the same for a second video track but place it on the other half of the screen. There is no way that the quality of the picture should be diminshed.

 

[Manfred21]

sorry I failed to mention that I am putting the video up on youtube/google video. what is the best setting to have the split screen the clearest possible? the settings I have are:

Video: H.264- 320x240 QVGA, Deinterlaced Source Video, Current FPS, KeyFrame24, Quality= High

Audio: AAC, Mono, 44.1, Best

Thanks.

 

[zioxide]

If you're uploading to Youtube, just use like the Broadband-High preset.