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Martine Sorthe
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April 28, 2018
Question

Text looks smooth when pausing and "pixely" when playing. How to make the text smooth all the time?

  • April 28, 2018
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I have a problem with the pixels of the text when playing versus pausing, and especially when the video is in a small frame like on YouTube. The problem especially occurs with tiny text.

I made a video in Premier Pro, and implemented a text.png from Photoshop.

I'd like the text to be smooth (without showing the pixels) and don't differ between pausing and playing.

Below, you can see 1. when the video is pausing (looks good and smooth) and 2. when the video is playing (looks awful with the pixels).

The problem only occurs with the text, not with the video.

Can anyone help me fix this problem? What should I do?

Thank you so much for your help in advance!

1. When pausing

2. When playing

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Sukhrob2950711784d3
Participant
April 20, 2023

Got to the videoplayback window, click right mouse and choose "High Quality Playback"

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GabbyTheGab
Participant
October 27, 2020

Ah yes, I had the same problem( I am a beginner and don't even know most of the words in Adobe)

with the font. When pasued it looks high quality but when played its very low.

Just right click on the text, and find "Playback resolution" and change it to "Full"

I noticed this when I was just messing around and found out that my paused resolution is in

"Full" while my playback resolution was in "1/4". Hopefully this helps with your problem!

    maxwithdax
    Community Expert
    maxwithdaxCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    September 27, 2018

    Martine,

    Is there a specific reason you are setting your text in a raster format (png) rather than setting your text inside of Premiere with live editable text? I always set my text with the text tool rather than importing a photo of my text. Even though png is supposed to be clear, I would much rather trust Premiere to render native text than interpret a png.

    That is just my workflow.

    - Dax

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    geraldf74549494
    Participant
    September 26, 2018

    Hello

    I have the same problem : text ok in pause mode and pixeled in mode play.

    When I export, text is also pixeled.

    Any problem with old versions.

    If someone knows solution ...

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    Community Expert
    Carlos ZiadeCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    September 27, 2018

    geraldf74549494​ Please check both your playback and paused resolutions as Kevin stated before.

    Are you working with native Premiere Pro text or imported text ?

    What are your export settings ? what are the sequence settings ?

    Kevin-Monahan
    Community Manager
    Kevin-MonahanCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    May 29, 2018

    Hi Martine Sorthe,

    Please check your Settings (Wrench) menu and see what you have set for Playback and Paused Resolution settings. You can make adjustments there.

    Thanks,
    Kevin

    Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
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      Carlos ZiadeCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      April 28, 2018

      try to right click on your png text in the project panel, choose modify then interpret footage

      make sure the pixel aspect ratio is square pixels, if not check conform to square pixels

      under alpha channel conform alpha premultiplication to premultiplied alpha

      I can see that both your playback resolution and paused resolution on the monitor are set to 'Full' right ?

      are you nesting any of your text layers ?

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      frappymeh
      Participant
      April 28, 2018

      Hmm... Once I had the same problem but the next day it was all fine. I really don't know. I don't think the text will be pixelated after you have exported the video so don't worry about that. But sorry I don't think I can help right now.

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      Martine SortheAuthor
      Participant
      April 28, 2018

      It became a little bit better as I saved in High Quality 1080p HD instead of any of the YouTube presets.
      Do you know what Preset is the best for YouTube Videos?

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      excited_Genie16B8
      Legend
      April 29, 2018

      I recommend exporting Cineform for YouTube.  Choose the 10 bit YUV Preset, found under the QuickTime format.

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