fuzzy video after rendering in Premiere Elements 2020

[sallyr37124252]

I am trying to create a video composed of all jpg's but when I render it, the video becomes fuzzy. There are approximately 200 jpg's in the video. They show up great prior to rendering. Can this be fixed?... I am working on a desktop on Windows 10 using Premiere Elements 2020. This is the first time that this has happened and it is also the first time that I have used this many jpg's in a video sequence.

Am I using too many jpg's?.. I have never had this happen with jpg's that I have taken myself but this video has a mix of my own DSLR and a professional photographer who was also using a Nikon DSLR.

Is there something in the settings?... HELP!... oh, and keep the replies simple as if they are geared to a newbie - thank you!.. .:)

[Bill Sprague]

Preview rendering is only for editing and making your workflow smooth.  Output rendering is a separate process.  Don't measure what the output is going to look like based on the previews.    

For a quick test you can isolate a section with the Work Area Bars and quickly output just that section.   

[sallyr37124252]

actually when I exported it to mp4, it was fuzzy also... looked just like what was on my timeline

[Ann Bens]

Post screenshot project settings/general and properties of a jpeg (assuming they all have the same resolution.

[sallyr37124252]

here's a screenshot but I'm not seeing anything significant.. also, no, my jpg's do not have the same resolution which after reading a bunch of stuff, is starting to make me think that that is the problem..thanks for getting back to me..

[Bill Sprague]

I think I remember that the last time this subject came up, the project was set up as "interlaced" rather than "progressive".   

[sallyr37124252]

and honestly Bill, I have looked for that setting and I can't find it anywhere..  😞

[kens39937088]

Hi, there, I don't know if you ever found a solution to fuzzy jpg's in your output, but I have a jpg project coming up, and I was getting the same thing. Really bad fuzzy pictures in my output. I went to Edit/Project Settings/Video Rendering, then UNCHECK the box that says Optimize Stills. Then I rechecked the box, and my outputs are all nice and sharp. Weird, but it worked.

[Bill Sprague]

Ken,

Thanks for the tip.  I didn't know that was there.