Jagged edges in image

I am working with a PNG file where the image resolution is beyond 4k, on a 1920x1080 timeline. The image has just text, which is not jagged when i view it in any photo editor, but on import to Resolve, the edges are not at all smooth.

Any idea why this is happening. Clip Attributes > Alpha mode is set to straight. I don't want to redo this whole project in Premiere Pro. I would rather save this. Thank you.

Screencap of how it looks

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Are you parked (paused) on a still frame?
Does it happen when you play the file?
Is your project Frame Rate -PsF instead of -P?
What are you monitoring this on?


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Are you parked (paused) on a still frame?
Does it happen when you play the file?
Is your project Frame Rate -PsF instead of -P?
What are you monitoring this on?


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Yes it happens when I play too. In that image, yes I am parked at a still frame.
Project monitor settings say HD1080psF24. I don't fully understand what the PSf or P mean.
I am seeing this on a dell IPS display. U2917W

If your footage is 24P change your preference settings (if you are delivering for web and Google what the difference is to learn about it.
That may help.
There are many other settings you need to look into in regards to scaling and playback quality. That may be the cause. It also could be a number if other factors.
The manual covers the settings pretty well. Go through that and google any unknown terms.


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If your footage is 24P change your preference settings (if you are delivering for web and Google what the difference is to learn about it.
That may help.
There are many other settings you need to look into in regards to scaling and playback quality. That may be the cause. It also could be a number if other factors.
The manual covers the settings pretty well. Go through that and google any unknown terms.


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Thanks. Changing to a 60fps timeline weirdly made things a bit better. It's as if Davinci scaled the image down significantly on a 24fps timeline. Not that it actually did, I don't know. But this is weird. I will, however, read the manual's playback and scaling parts.

I discovered a method that worked for me, you may have some luck with this.

For this case, my text layer is from After Effects, rendered as Lossless with Alpha, so I imagine it would work for any pre-rendered video layer with alpha.

1. Go to Color Panel and choose the clip
2. Navigate to the Blur tab
3. Dial up the Radius (keeping the RGB linked) just enough so that the hard, jagged edge disappears
4. Optionally, add a Serial Node, then dial down its Blur Radius just enough so that the now nicely rounded edge is sharpened just a bit.


Let me know if that helps!

PS I'm using DaVinci 16

I discovered a method that worked for me, you may have some luck with this.

For this case, my text layer is from After Effects, rendered as Lossless with Alpha, so I imagine it would work for any pre-rendered video layer with alpha.

1. Go to Color Panel and choose the clip
2. Navigate to the Blur tab
3. Dial up the Radius (keeping the RGB linked) just enough so that the hard, jagged edge disappears
4. Optionally, add a Serial Node, then dial down its Blur Radius just enough so that the now nicely rounded edge is sharpened just a bit.


Let me know if that helps!

PS I'm using DaVinci 16

Oh nice! That is a great way of doing this. I did that to the new timeline I'd created for 60 fps and it works! Thank you!