Importing .ai based logos w/o JAGGED boarders?!

Thanks everyone..

So I have logos that I need to place over the into and outro and I cannot figure out how to import the logos with out them being of terrible resolution with jagged boarders.
Ive tried exporting as eps, pdf, png(in ps), save for web, resizing, everything...with no luck. I CAN import a high res logo when the background is solid (colored in AI) but when I have it over a translucent background its teeerrrrible.
Any advice is appreciated...thanks!

heres the video/logos im talking about.

Yep, that's ugly. Very hard to know what's going on without actually seeing the original. Seeing the bleed on the edges I would suspect a false alpha interpretation. This can be solved by selecting the logo on your timeline and in the Inspector > Info tab > Settings window change the Alpha handling type.



But the resolution is terrible as well, so there could be more than one problem.

If changing the alpha handling does not make it better, can you send me the "Quick and Dirty MTB" logo in its original AI format so I can tell you how to export it at the best quality for your project? I will also need to know what format your FCPX project is (720p, 1080p.....).

You can send the original logo to ronnycourtens(at)mac(dot)com

-Ronny

For anyone who is following this thread:

The issue was due to the fact that the Illustrator logo had been created at a relatively small size and had not been resized before importing it in FCPX. The jagged edges were due to severe upscaling of the raftered logo.

There are two ways to solve this:

1. If the file is just one single image (logo or text) and you don't need to modify anything in the graphic:

Drag the AI file onto the Photoshop application icon and in the import settings window that will pop up you can change the size of your imported image. Set the size slightly larger than your project dimensions, make sure to use 72dpi and open it in Photoshop.



Once it has been opened the vector image is rastered, so you cannot change its dimensions anymore without losing some quality. Export the image as PNG and import the PNG in FCPX.

2. If the AI file consists of different images (as was the case here), or you need to modify the image (modify fonts, colors, add shadows or borders...):

Open the file with Illustrator, modify its size in AI and export as PNG. Here's a video on how to do this for an AI vector shape that needs to be keyed over video in a 1080p FCPX project:

vimeo.com/87706231


-Ronny

Brilliant video...'covered every step with clarity.
Youre the man!!! Thanks for ALL of the effort