"Neuman - Ruether" wrote in message
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> On 30 Jan 2002 06:28:15 GMT, crossbo2@aol.com (Crossbo2)
> wrote:
>
> >I have been trying to create titles in Premiere. I follow the standard
> >settings and I end up creating titles that are blurry. I can read them but
> >when I export it to video and try to view them on the television they become
> >even blurrier.
> >
> >Is there a way to make more legible titles in Premiere??
> >
> >Please help!!
>
> Part of the problem is with Mini-DV itself, great as it is
> in most ways. Getting clean keying is a bit of a challenge
> with it, though... With text, it helps to select "screen
> fonts" (especially fonts without seraphs, or with large
> seraphs, with few thin sections in the letters, and with
> minimum horizontal straight lines [sometimes italics work
> better]), making them as large as possible, edging them
> in black (using the drop-shadow at "2", repeated for at
> least two opposite of the four possible directions), and
> using colors that produce the cleanest text (avoid red
> and orange, try pure yellow [though it is not a "TV-safe"
> color] and "222" grey - run tests to see what works best).
> Other "tricks": avoid keying over motion-video, (unless you
> use Ulead's CG Infinity, and import motion-video into the
> titler), place titles over black, and import title panels
> from a drawing program (made double-sized) instead of
> using Premiere's titler (though I have had good results
> with the Premiere titler - used with "deflicker"...).
> BTW, if you are using software overlay on a computer
> monitor for judging, the results may look softer for
> everything than they will appear on a TV...
>
David pretty much covered it. Light colored, unsaturated,
text on a dark unsaturated background will be best,
everything else will be downhill from there. Black letters
on a light background will work as well. A light glow will
help separate dark letters. A dark outline, and/or a
shadow, will help light colored letters. DV hates hard
edges so some people like to slightly blur the text to
help the edges hold up better. Substantial bluring the
background will also help the text stand out.

David McCall