Fuzzy text and images after updating to latest version

[esz3]

I am by no means an expert but I have successfully edited many videos for work projects. However, after updating to version 14 my text and images are very fuzzy. Not sure if the update has anything to do with this.

I was given a very fuzzy Zoom recording of a presentation that has to go on youtube: to avoid showing too much of the fuzzy recording I am using lots of text and images over the lecturer's voice, and only occasionally showing the speaker. Something is amiss though: my text and high res images that sit on top of the video clip are fuzzy as well.

The original zoom recording has the following properties:

Frame width: 640/360

Data rate 608 kbps

Total bitrate 662kbps

Frame rate 25 frames/sec

Audio:

Bit rate 53 kbps

Chanels 1(mono)

Audio sample rate 32,000kHz

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To export in the past I always usde H.264 and YouTube 2160p 4K Ultra HD with Hardware Encoding, 2 passes, and Target Bitrate 40 and used Max render quality.

I did nothing different after the update but as I said, my images and text look fuzzy.

Could anyone please give me a hint as to what may be wrong.

Thanks!

[Phillip Harvey]

What are your actual sequence settings? If the sequence is as small as your source video you would have some problems when you go to export as you'll be scaling everything up big time to fit a 4k resolution. If your intended deliverable is 4k, your sequence resolution should also match that.

Also, it's worth emphasizing that your zoom video at that resolution is never going to look good blown up that big, so I'm assuming your other assets are 4k. If your other assets are a smaller resolution, such as if you're editing in a 1080p sequence, then even those may look bad when you scale them up to 4k.

[esz3]

Yes, thank you! My sequence was indeed as small as the source video. I increased the sequence to 1920x1080 which now matches my export setting (not using 4K this time), and all is well now.

Except that I don't understand why it worked. In photoshop, for example, I can't just bump up the dpi of a low res photo to 300dpi. So why did it work here? I know I am missing something very fundamental here.




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[Phillip Harvey]

Well, the answer sort of is... it doesn't work. Not without quality loss. The same principles would apply in Premiere as Photoshop. If you are increasing the scale of a small image, the image is going to degrade. Your source video is never going to look any better than at its native resolution of 640x360. The text, however, is going to look better if it's made for a 1920x1080 sequence rather than a 640x360 sequence.

[Meg The Dog]

Clicking on the wrench icon at the lower right of the Program Monitor, make sure your Program Monitor resolution is set to Full and High Quality Playback is toggled on:

MtD

[esz3]

Thank you!



Clicking on the wrench icon at the lower right of the Program Monitor, make sure your Program Monitor resolution is set to Full and High Quality Playback is toggled on:
MtD