Slightly Fuzzy Text In Titles

BobWard wrote on 9/29/2010, 3:57 PM
I have added text to titles in my first movie project with VMS 10 HD. I have noticed that the text (in the preview window) is not real crisp along the edges, i.e., it is a little fuzzy looking. I have noticed the same thing when adding Menu text in DVD AS 5.0. My project properties are set to 720 x 480.

I am using a 21" CRT Mitsubishi Diamond Pro monitor (model 2040u), set for 1600 x 1200 resolution. Is it not possible to get very sharp text resolution in VMS and DVD, unless one goes into HD mode? Perhaps it will look better once I burn it to DVD and play back on the TV.

Bob

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BobWard wrote on 9/29/2010, 7:36 PM
Well, I burned a DVD to see how the text would look on the TV.

The titles I created in VMS 10 look great on TV. However, the Menu that was created in DVD AS 5.0 was strange - some lines of text were crisp, while other lines were blurred so much that they were completely unreadable. Almost looked like someone had smudged freshly painted letters with their finger.

The VMS titlles were created on a solid background while the DVD menu was on a color gradient background, i.e., lighter color background at the top and darker color as you move towards the bottom. Could the background color gradient be causing some type of interaction with the crispness of the text? The text smudging occurred in the darker areas of the menu background.

Bob
Sykes wrote on 10/1/2010, 2:28 AM
It is always the case, what you see on the monitor is completely different than your television screen. I always 'test' burn a copy in to RW and review the results on screen, if all goes well, then finalize the actual into -/+R.
Markk655 wrote on 10/1/2010, 9:50 AM
Are you rendering to interlaced or progressive?
Richard Jones wrote on 10/2/2010, 3:15 AM
Mark 655 has probably hit the nail on the head. I'd check your properties for both the camera and Vegas.

It's just not true that the image in the monitor is always different from that which appears on the DVD. Why do you think so many members (including the professionals who depend on getting it right to make a living) make use of an external monitor? It needs to be set up properly using the colour bars (Glenn Chan has written an excellent article on this subject) but, even without this adjustment facility, a half-decent modern TV monitor will still give you a vey good idea of what is happening when you adjust your colour or add other FXs such as Levels etc.

Richard
BobWard wrote on 10/2/2010, 8:46 PM
I reported my fix over in the DVD Architect forum.

I switched the menu background to the Movie Theater Curtains theme, instead of the color-gradient background that I had originally. Also, changed my font color from red to yellow, and now all the Menu text is crisp - no more blurry smudges.

Bob