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FLV export CS4
Hi,
I have created a composition on After effects CS4,
i want to import it on flash to create a SWF,
So i Rendered my composition as FLV.
or i also tried to render it as MOV and encode it with the media encoder on flash in order to create my FLV.Some of the elements of my composition on the newly created FLV comes out low resolution, pixelised, and ESPECIALLY the elements that are red, like red text, red image etc…
I tried everything but it does not seem to export full resolution FLV.
Does anyone have any idea ??????
please help me out as i my deadline is actually for today.Thanks for your help.
Jason.
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9 Replies
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What settings did you use to compress the FLV? The general advice is to stay away from File:Export in AE.
It sounds like either your render or your compression is set to a lower resolution than your stage size, or the bitrate is far too low.
Adobe CS3, Apple FCS2
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Hey, thanks for replying,
I have an animation on Black background, “only the red text and objects” appear pixelised,
I use the render queue to export the FLV, i preserve the RGB in the color management, i use the Best settings and Quality,
the preset FLV-same as source (flash 8 and higher)
Video codec: On 2 Vp6
and a Bit rate of 1,500Somebody told me that encoding Quicktime to FLV with a black background cannot be succesfull, i tried everything and it is still pixelised;
Thanks for your help guys.
Jason
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I’m not extremely familiar with using VP6 for animation (only for live action), but it sounds like a color sampling issue. Typically reds block like that in 4:1:1 (and even on occasion 4:2:2), especially against black.
Two suggestions:
Do you have the option of using a very dark red for a background instead of pure black?
What about rendering out as with the Animation codec and using the adobe video encoder, Sorenson Squeeze, or On2 Flix?If you’re using Flash 9, you can also compress to MP4 files (even with h.264 encoding) and they will play back in Flash.
Lastly, make sure you’re not scaling the video once you bring it into Flash. What is your comp/render resolution vs the area of the stage your placing the video? You’ll want a 1:1 match.
(Sorry if this is redundant.)
Adobe CS3, Apple FCS2
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Hey , thanks for the help Paul,
I will try what you suggested,
I tried exactly the same settings with a white background, and the result is stunning…. i a bluffed, there deffinitely something to do with the Black background, it has some radial gradient to grey, but very light, i will try to change the color to something lighter.
I tried using “Sorenson Squeeze” : same troubble
and many other convertor.I will keep on posting;
Thanks for your help
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It definitely sounds like an issue with VP6. We had some issues on a static logo over black even when in a DVCProHD timeline. Ultimately, we tried to keep things in After Effects at Animation and even 16 or 32 bpc.
If you can, definitely try using an h264 encoded MP4. It should be much better. But the usual disclaimer applies: YMMV.
Adobe CS3, Apple FCS2
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You mean if i try to render it as an Mpeg 4 and then Encode it to flv
with the flash media encoder?Or export the video as H264?
Will try both.
It seems that there is no solution, since i tried every settings etc..
Will keep on trying;
Thanks
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No, you’ll want to keep your AE render as uncompressed as possible. If you have QuickTime Pro, use these steps to get an h264-MP4:
Open your render in Quicktime.
Choose File:Export and select “Movie to MPEG-4” and click on Options…
Make sure “File Format” at the top is MP4, NOT MP4(ISMA).
Change your video format from MPEG-4 Basic to H.264.
The rest of the settings are pretty self explanatory (image size, data rate, etc).This is the method we use to create h.264 encoded MP4s. It works for us, but is hardly an elegant solution. The adobe video encoder (and on2, etc) will not use h.264, as far as I know. They are limited to producing FLV files, not MPEG files.
Adobe CS3, Apple FCS2
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If you are exporting using the Render Queue in After Effects go to the Output Module, click on it and in the Vidoe Output under color choose Straight (Unmatted) instead of Premultiplied (Matted) and try it again.
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Thank you all for your help,
I have decided to switch to white background as there isn’t any solution to my problem,
Damn it!!Cheers,
Jason
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