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funny_Ripple16B8
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July 7, 2010
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Preview low quality, how do I change the setting?

  • July 7, 2010
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I am working with Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 with Windows Vista.  The preview is showing in low quality.  It makes it difficule to judge the quality of the footage.  Is there a setting for this.  I have looked in the preferences but didn't see anythig helpful.

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      Correct answer the_wine_snob

      Are you in Draft, Auto, or Highest on the Quality setting of the Program Monitor (Rt-click on it to tell). Also, 100% will get you closer, than will Fit, but as Harm states, it is but an emulation and will only show so much.

      Good luck,

      Hunt

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      funny_Ripple16B8Author
      Participant
      July 8, 2010

      Thanks for the reply.  The program monitor was set to Auto causing it to look crunchy.  I learned on Final Cut Pro at school.. I am working at home now and learning Premiere Pro.  I knew the preview I was seeing in the program monitor wasn't very helpful for judging quality.  It's much better now.  Thanks again.

      the_wine_snob
      the_wine_snob
      Inspiring
      July 8, 2010
      It's much better now.

      That is great news! Unfortunately, there is no iron-clad answer as to what is the best Quality setting. On some systems, it's Highest, but on others, it's Auto. There are probably just enough variables to keep us from making a definitive rec., so we just say, toggle between Highest and Auto, and see if one is better for you. Obviously, Draft will yield rather poor results on all systems.

      It's the same for older OS's, that had Hardware Acceleration - if Min, try Max, if Max, try Min. If one helps, increment along the scale, until it no longer helps... wish we could be 100% certain that 1/4 of the way up the scale, or down the scale would be the perfect answer, but it all just depends.

      Good luck,

      Hunt

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      excited_Genie16B8
      Legend
      July 9, 2010

      Jim,

      For some it actually has. That is why I mentioned that it is not "iron-clad." Now, for you, it might work 100% and that is great. For others, Auto has proven to be the 'best."

      Hunt


      For some it actually has.

      I question that observation.

      the_wine_snob
      the_wine_snobCorrect answer
      Inspiring
      July 7, 2010

      Are you in Draft, Auto, or Highest on the Quality setting of the Program Monitor (Rt-click on it to tell). Also, 100% will get you closer, than will Fit, but as Harm states, it is but an emulation and will only show so much.

      Good luck,

      Hunt

      Harm_Millaard
      Harm_Millaard
      Inspiring
      July 7, 2010

      Look in the Playback settings, but you can't really judge quality on the program monitor, you need a properly calibrated external monitor for that purpose.

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