Scanned text blurry while scrolling

[BillBarrett]

We're wanting to scan a wedding program and make that image move from the bottom to the top of the screen with some transparency to video behind. The text looks great in PhotoShop but is quite blurry in Edius. We've tried bmp, targa, tif and gif formats, changed the pixel aspect ratio to 0.9, size to 720 x 480, 720 x 534 and more. None have made the text presentable. The scan resolution is 1200 dpi. The text is plenty big to read.

Suggestions. . .

[GrassValley_BH]

Might be more the speed of motion rather than the size/resolution.

Does it look okay when it's not moving?

[BillBarrett]

It is better when still but not acceptable.

[GrassValley_BH]

If it looks bad as a still, then you need to get that better first. If it looks bad still, it'll look worse moving.

Also make sure that you're viewing on the TV monitor as the computer-monitor display will be scaled and is also subject to interlacing artifacts.

[BillBarrett]

And I would make the still better by doing what?

[GrassValley_BH]

Well, I would scan at 72 DPI, unless the text was small to begin with and you're scanning at increased DPI to make it larger.

Contrary to popular belief, scanning at maximum resolution and downscaling it to the resolution you need usually results in worse results than scanning at the resolution you need.

It'd help if you could post a sample of the image here.

[antonsvideo]

how are you scrolling it? 3D PIP or Imaginate2

if Imaginate2, scan at 150 or 300dpi and do the scroll in IM2, then open the IVT in Edius, should look good

[BillBarrett]

Bingo

Thanks Anton. Imaginate did the trick. We were headed to doing this in AfterEffects but Imaginate is better and easier.

Thanks for the idea!

[STORMDAVE]

You'd get a better result in After Effects by applying a slight 1 pixel blur to the moving layer (and motion blur tickbox). You might get some flickering if you do it in other programs.