Unclear Photos?

Hello FCPX Experts!

Can anyone tell me why when I add a photo to the timeline it appears clear in the preview but when playing, it becomes seriously out of focus? How can I correct this?

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

It's not rendered. Set the viewer to high quality playback.

Thank you, this is day one with the program...as if you couldn't tell.

So, quite possibly stupid question number 2 is...I thought it rendered in the background. It's just not set for HQ rendering? The vid clips all are clear. Not sure I get it.

Tom is the epitome of an FCP Xpert.

Another option for those who like to leave 'background rendering' off is you can select a clip or a specific range of clips and then hit control-r. It will background render just those clips in the project.

Being one of the people that prefers leaving background rendering off, this has given me the best of both worlds.

Thanks for the reply. I'll be experimenting with that too!

Images are clear now. TY

FCP X only renders in the background if you aren't actively working in it. (Or unless you have a 12-Core nMP)

You have the option in the preferences to never background render, but it's enabled by default.