Red graphic fuzzy upon export

[aliciahdev]

Hi everyone! I have only been using Premiere a short while, so I'm still learning the ropes. I am creating a video with a logo overlaying interview footage. The logo is red and white. It looks crisp in playback, but it becomes blurry when I export. The strange thing is that only the red part becomes fuzzy. I don't know if this is random or has to do with the color.

The image is a crystal clear .png file. Its dimensions are 4036 × 944, and I've shrunk it to 14.0 scale. I also made sure to use whole, even numbers for its position, because I heard that decimals and odd numbers can sometimes create problems? I've tried inserting it into the sequence on its own, as well as putting it into a legacy title (again, I'm fairly new, so this might be literally the exact same thing)... anyways, same results. I've also tried:

-rendering

-scaling it down in Photoshop instead of Premiere

-using Image Overlay in the Effects tab of the export (this is blurry too)

Attaching a screenshot of my export settings.

Please let me know if you need any more info to help me out. (And please don't yell at me, as these forums can get a little heated when beginners ask questions!) Thanks so much.

[Jeff Bellune]

Try de-saturating the red a little bit, and maybe adding a drop shadow around the red text elements.

Red is a particularly difficult color to handle when there are sharp transitions between it and areas of huge contrast/color changes. White being a perfect example.

[SAFEHARBOR11]

This common problem has been covered recently

Pixelation of red graphics during export

[Kevin-Monahan]

Hi,

You can also try exporting in a different codec. H.264 is quite possibly the worst choice for graphics handling, try ProRes 422.

Thanks,
Kevin