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Scaled 4k looks awful

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18 Dec 2017 12:51 #92442 by cjbottaro
Scaled 4k looks awful was created by cjbottaro
Hello. I have some 4k video that I put into a 1080p timeline. I then scaled the clip 200%... and it looks awful. I thought I could do that without any loss of quality.

People talk about doing this all the time, so I feel like I'm doing something wrong. Or could it be my source video just looks bad at 1080p?

Any ideas? Thanks for the help!

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20 Dec 2017 15:02 #92563 by Struggling_Editor
Replied by Struggling_Editor on topic Scaled 4k looks awful
Does it look bad in the timeline AND in your output (rendered) file?

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20 Dec 2017 17:01 #92574 by cjbottaro
Replied by cjbottaro on topic Scaled 4k looks awful
Yes! I posted another thread that is much more detailed and I think I got this question answered there:
www.fcp.co/forum/4-final-cut-pro-x-fcpx/...ition-zoom-stabilize

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20 Dec 2017 18:04 #92584 by lichinho
Replied by lichinho on topic Scaled 4k looks awful

cjbottaro wrote: Hello. I have some 4k video that I put into a 1080p timeline. I then scaled the clip 200%... and it looks awful. I thought I could do that without any loss of quality.

People talk about doing this all the time, so I feel like I'm doing something wrong. Or could it be my source video just looks bad at 1080p?

Any ideas? Thanks for the help!


Instead of scaling to 200%, change the Spatial Conform of the clip to None.

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