Help - rendered videos are noticeably worse quality than preview

As an example, here’s a rough “Not exact” rendering ran through Premier Pro. You may want to click the Vimeo link to view at full resolution. Theres no artifacts that I detected.

Hit Film Express is a Free Program that I’m pretty sure has all the tools you need to create your animations. They sell filter packages to enhance the program separately. I’ve used the hit film express program I just don’t remember exactly all the features that come with it for free.

 https://fxhome.com/express

the full-featured program is about 400 bucks. I would probably lean towards Sony Vegas if I was going to spend that kind of money. There are other programs out there as well.

I’ve been a Premier Pro user for years and that’s my preferred choice. However, at 20 bucks a month subscription rate. And you never own the program outright. It’s not a very attractive option for many people.

I’m not suggesting you abandon Camtasia. I just think you could enhance your video work if you pick up a program to handle your heavy lifting with stuff like this. Because I don’t think you’re going to be satisfied with the artifacts that you’re seeing in your watch.

As I was writing this it hit me the Premier Pro would have no problem whatsoever with the original image. Yes the white pixels would be there. But they would be intermittently lighting up and going dark. So I went ahead and I replaced the new image I created for your use with the original one. And went ahead and rendered it for your viewing as well. As you can see in the video below. They don’t really create a problem. They don’t even stand out all that much less you look for them.

while this was a problem with a Camtasia production issue. It was rooted in a PNG image. I suspect that the watch in this image was photographed with a white background. Then extracted from the white background onto a transparent one. Whoever did the extraction, managed to leave between one and two white pixels “in general” surrounding the watch.

These white pixels contrasted with the image. During the rendering process they flashed and danced around the watch. So in a way, it’s largely a image editing error. I’ve created a short video so you can see the error for yourselves.

removing the white pixels alleviated the bulk of the rendering issues.

 If you look at the watchband in the far right enlarged image in the video. Just below it you will see the curvature of the watch. In the platinum area or whatever metal that is. You don’t get a nice steady PNG image as the watch as it is moving. You have a wavy water like motion so to speak. With pixels flowing all over the place. Primarily close to the watchband. That’s a Camtasia rendering issue. This is not uncommon with these type of renders in Camtasia. At least that’s been my experience. What Camtasia does best is record your screen and do basic animations.

But this one still boils down to, had the image been properly extracted or photographed or whatever happened here to begin with. For the most part, the animation may have been good enough to live with as is?

So in summary, with it being primarily an image problem. And one that most people are not going to run into. I don't think it necessarily falls into the category of TechSmith support articles. No it shouldn't happen, and it shouldn't be an issue. As my video demonstrates it doesn't happen in Premier Pro. I think the likelihood that many people are going to run into this is slim. Then, you need a photo editor to correct the problem. So it's another step removed from being something you correct using Camtasia.
Anyway, I think I'm comfortable leaving it at that.
Regards, Joe

Regards Joe