Duplicated Elements Blurry

[love_felis]

I created a progress bar type animation that uses 3 lines. After creating the first line I duplicated (copy and paste) it twice. After exporting the animation the original line appears crisp while the others are blurry. It also looks like the text next to the blurry lines is a little fuzzy. Even the top of the 5 looks more crisp than the bottom.

[Dave_LaRonde]

It sounds like you just have to move things about a half-pixel.

And if the file's highly compressed, that'll hurt, too.

[love_felis]

Dave thanks for the reply.

I would agree with the compression, but the blur is also noticeable in AE before I export.

By move a half pixel you simply mean select the asset and change its position?

Cheers!

[Mylenium]

By move a half pixel you simply mean select the asset and change its position?

Yes. Ae uses sub-pixel positioning. Check your numerical values to ensure everything is lined up to full pixel values.

Mylenium

[love_felis]

Thanks for the feedback Dave. I moved the assets like you suggested and instantly I saw the difference in the AE file. However, now when I export my all my text and lines just are blurry. Is it how I'm exporting the file?

This gif was made in photoshop from the exported AE video. However, the video is blurry just the same.

Cheers!

[Dave_LaRonde · Accepted solution]

Yes, the type of video you make can very well indeed degrade your original work.  But since we don't know what you made, that's just a guess.  If you want it to look better, make an image sequence to use in Photoshop.