Vector graphics blurry/pixelated even when continuously rasterize is checked

[JL_Anna]

Hi!
I have an after effects problem, my vector graphics is pixalated/blurry in both after effects and as a rendered .mov-file. 

Im trying to use a Ai file containging outlined font in two sizes and 2 images(tif) in separate layers. 
The document is set on RGB and on 300 ppi and is 1280x600 px and 1080x1600 px. 
The after effects document is set to the same pixel size. 

Ive tried both to use the layer as composition or separate footage. 
Ive ticked the box for "continuous rasterise" 
Ive tried to turn "fast previous" to "of". 
Ive tried do use ai-file that is 2560x1200 and use on ae-file 1280x600 and downsize to the same pixel. 
The resolution in AE is set on full, of course. 

Ive also tried to create new Ai-files with layers, separate Ai-files instead of layers... 

NOTHING WORKS - Ill need help, would very much appreciate any help on this matter. 

Thanks! 

[Rick Gerard]

Your magnification ratio is set to 400% so every pixel in the comp view is 16 pixels in the preview. That's why they look blocky. No video editing or processing app will allow you to zoom in to the preview without doing that. Only vector apps like Illustrator will do that. Turn on Pixel Preview in AE and zoom in to 400% and you will see the same thing.

The other thing that I see wrong with your approach is that the size appears to be very small. the vertical lines making up the M appear to be only a little more than 1 pixel wide and not lined up with the pixel grid. This will always cause problems in pixel-based formats like video an web pages. You either need to precisely line up horizontal and vertical lines with the pixel grid or make them at least 2 pixels (points) wide in Illustrator. Thin black lines on white backgrounds can also create serious color compression artifacts when you render your video for delivery to the public. Color is compressed in blocks of at least 4 pixels so thin lines can start changing colors and creating soft edges, especially when they move. 

[JL_Anna]

hi and thank you for your reply. 

yes, in the print screen it's set to 400 just so that everyone should see on the tiny print screen (confidential project). It's the same when it's 100,50 etc. 

the size of the font is not the problem in this matter, I have done the same graphics with other images before. But in this case it won't work.. 

[Rick Gerard]

I don't see anything unexpected in your screenshot. Here's a text layer at 800% on a high rez screen compared with an AI layer with the same text. No difference.

No difference from yours. Not aligned with the pixel grid and too small for video. Those are the limitations of working with pixels.

Align your text layer to the pixel grid and at least you can get the verticals and horizontals perfect. Same txt layers but one is adjusted and moved so one l is lined up on the vertical grid:

Thin lines not lined up on the grid just don't work well. You can't judge video quality at anything other than 100% scale on a standard monitor or 200% on an HR monitor. You can't judge video quality in a media player unless the scale is also 100% because the pixels get resampled. If your comp size is an odd number of pixels high or wide quality will also suffer because compressed video must be an even number of pixels high and wide and should ideally be multiples of 4.