After Effects Rendering?

[DeviousTom]

I'm currently using a trial of After Effects to test it out before I buy it. I tried doing some things but when I rendered... it came out all shitty and wavy like. What settings should I render (export) it in?

[dimaxx]

here is my settings i use all he time:
MOV file format with Motion-B 95% compression - HD size preset.
or
AVI with Logarith lossless codec.

[DeviousTom]

I think one thing that went wrong is that my dimensions ended up being different when I converted from vegas to AAE back to vegas...

any ideas on how to keep it the same?

[dimaxx]

try different settings, then make a preset so next time you don't have to worry about!

[lilboybelew12]

what are the settings for after effects to save videos , then upload them to youtube?

sorry i just got after effects today.
do you just go to export then select mp4 or whatever?

[ciwi286]

There was a weekend extra episode on this! Wmv is pretty good, but check out the show for the details!

[WorkedOverProductions]

There really are no set standards on what people use. Everyone is different. What I do is export in AFX as full quality AVI, then compress to h.264 in Quicktime Pro.

Youtube says the best quality you can get on Youtube is by using the settings found here (http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?answer=55745&topic=10526).


Good luck!

[Egg Dude]

Render Settings: Leave it as the default. (Best Settings)

Output Module: Select H.264 as the format, set the frame size to 320x240, the pixel aspect ratio to square pixels, the frame rate to 30 or 29.97, and the target dada rate to 700-900kbps, or just don't set the data rate at all, so that After Effects can choose it for you.

For YouTube, use the above settings, but for sharing normally, set the frame size to 640x480 instead, the frame rate to whatever you want, the pixel aspect ratio to square pixels, and let after effects determine the data rate.

[DutchBoyJr]

Hey Mogulville,

Alright, so I'm getting fairly acquainted with Adobe After Effects and Sony Vegas, but the one thing that I'm still not sure about are composition and rendering setup/settings. You can adjust the pixels, pixel aspect ratio, frame rate, file types (.avi, .wmv, .mov, ect.) frame size and then you have your audio settings as well like the format and Bit depth and so on. So I'm kind of lost when it comes to that. What I'll usually do is if theres an option for "Best Quality" or something like that i will just select it. When I composite video in After Effects I always tend to get a bad quality product. I'm just wondering what these things do and how i should set up my compositions and rendering to produce the best picture/sound quality.

Thanks.

[Egg Dude]

Bit-rate is how much information is used per-second to incode. Increasing this will increase quality and file-size. Usually it's best to let AE/Vegas decide for you if you can do that, but for 320x240 video 1mbps is good, and for 640x480, 4mbps is good.

The amount of pixels is the amount of pixels. More pixels is better clarity but larger file size. Standard definition is 640x480 (if square pixels is used), and this is what you should usually use if you're shooting fullscreen 4:3 video.

Pixel aspect ratio is how wide each pixel is. When doing your final render, set it to square as this is what computer monitors use. However, your camera most likely shot in a non-square aspect ratio (0.9 for DV). To change it in AE, create a composition with the desired aspect ratio, drag your footage into it, and ajust the frame size (number of pixels) to fit. Remember to turn on pixel aspect ratio correction in AE (it's a switch on the viewer window) to look at the real picture, without distortion. Vegas does this automatically.

Audio settings are the codec and sample rate. Use the sample rate of you footage, and for codecs, use either AAC, IMA, or PCM. Those are what I use.

File types are for different viewers. Quicktime is usually best because you can get it on windows or mac.

Video Codecs are different methods of compression. I usually use Soreson Video 3 or H.264 for quicktime.

Frame Rate is the number of frames per second. Use the one that came with your footage (usually 29.97). If you want to change it in AE, create a new compositon with the desired frame rate, drag your footage into it, right click on your footage, go to frame blending>PIXEL MOTION. This will do it very well.

There. Copy this down for reference if you want, and remember, it's just as important to get good-looking footage in-camera, so light well.

[nooneimportant77]

don't forget about bits per channel, which i don't have the time to explain because i gotta run, but if you google it you should get lots of good info.

[xpurexhellx]

when exporting there is a format option and there is a bunch o options... the default set is animation, but i recorded all my footage in DV so should i choose DV or just render it in animation?

[nooneimportant77]

Animation is used more often for motion graphics, you should probably render to something like H.264, or if you're going right to the web MPEG4.

[xpurexhellx]

Animation is used more often for motion graphics, you should probably render to something like H.264, or if you're going right to the web MPEG4.

im on PAL sistem does h.264 works on PAL?

[paradox_qu]

I am used after effects to make an animation for my movie. When I render it it looks good. But when I import it into my premiere project and render my premiere project it looks like crap.

When I render it on after effects I am not compressing it.

I think I heard that the animations for the beginning of BFX were made with after effects and that animation looks great. But my animation looks pixelated and their are tracers when the character move. But as soon as the motion of the character stops it looks good again. And the rest of my movie looks good and not pixelated.

Any suggestions?

Thanks
-Paradox_qu

[freakonaleash223]

it really depends on ur render settings

[paradox_qu]

I am using the adobe media encoder

Format: Windows media

432x240 29.97 fps

Compressed, VBR, 2 Pass, Audiences:1, Avg 1622.00 kbps

Codec: Windows Media Video 9

File size 98mb


Is there anything else you need to know?

[paradox_qu]

Ahh crap, I just realize I misspelled after. Stupid sticky "t".

[feralucce]

I think I know your problem

try a resolution of 720 x 480 (NTSC) or 720 x 576 (PAL). You are upsampling form a smaller file and therefore are getting a noisy picture.

Secondly - I KNOW they get big, but try an uncompressed avi.

[WesScog]

Merged.