Hey, I just released a teaser video for my game. But I'm not too happy with the video quality here. The game is retro-styled, so the actual screens are only 300 by 225 pixels. Seems like with such a low resolution I should be able to get a better quality here, but then again, I've never used video editing software before.

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As you can see the video looks muddy compared to the screenshot.

I'm recording the game using Fraps and editing the video using AVS Video Editor. I've tried producing it as an avi, mpg, and swf but the quality does not seem to improve.

Maybe this is as good as it's going to get, or maybe there is something I don't know about video editing. Or maybe there is a special technique that should be applied to small sprites like the kind used in my game.

I notice that if I want to resize sprites in photoshop I need to use "nearest neighbor" to preserve hard edges instead of "bilinear" that I typically use.

Any help will be appreciated. In any event, thanks for taking a look at my upcoming game.

To: DapperDave


Hello,

As we understand you captured the video using the Fraps program. Please check if this program allows you to capture video (see Fraps capturing parameters to do that) with a resolution higher than 300 by 225 pixels. If so, try to capture your video with the highest possible resolution. Then edit this video with AVS Video Editor and save it with the resolution closest to the original. You can modify the resolution of the output file if you open Advanced options.

Best regards.