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<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>

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2015-07-27T14:56:07.270Z
good improvements ;)
Alex
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Alex
<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>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/RSeaV.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/RSeaV.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

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2015-08-02T23:32:43.813Z
was the answer sufficient enough for you
Alex
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Video blurry after dragging it to composition
Matt
# Video blurry after dragging it to composition

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-07-27)

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.

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/RSeaV.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/RSeaV.png)

**Tags:** after-effects

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: was the answer sufficient enough for you  

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### Answer by username_1 on 2015-07-27. Score: 4

1. Your resolution is on a third
2. 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.*

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: good improvements ;)  

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