user11324: I am having an issue with a video that I am adding effects to. The video is clear when I import it, but when I drag it on to a composition, it gets blurry. 


user10619: 
Your resolution is on a third
But most importantly, your video is 720 x 480 resolution but on a 1920 x 1080 timeline (so it seems), so you are scaling it to fit (you can't make up for a lack of resolution but upscaling your footage).

To get the right comp size, you can: 

Drag your video file onto the little film icon to the immediate left of the 8 bpc selector below your footage tree 
Or create a new composition based on the dimensions of your footage

There is no real point in making 480 footage 1080, it will not increase the quality.

11324: <p>I am having an issue with a video that I am adding effects to. The video is clear when I import it, but when I drag it on to a composition, it gets blurry. </p>

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 10619: <ol>
<li>Your resolution is on a third</li>
<li>But most importantly, your video is 720 x 480 resolution but on a 1920 x 1080 timeline (so it seems), so you are scaling it to fit (you can't make up for a lack of resolution but upscaling your footage).</li>
</ol>

<p>To get the right comp size, you can: </p>

<ul>
<li><strong>Drag your video file onto the little film icon</strong> to the immediate left of the 8 bpc selector below your footage tree </li>
<li>Or <strong>create a new composition based on the dimensions of your footage</strong></li>
</ul>

<p><em>There is no real point in making 480 footage 1080, it will not increase the quality.</em></p>
