• Adobe After Effects

  Best Settings?

  Posted by Elaine Lake on November 14, 2011 at 7:13 pm

  I want to make a motion graphics video in the best possible resolution. I’ll be piecing together all the parts of the video in Final Cut Pro later.

  What are the best settings to use in AE and then in FCP later to get the best quality and results?

  Thank you!

  Tudor “ted” jelescu replied 14 years, 6 months ago 3 Members · 5 Replies
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  Walter Soyka

  November 14, 2011 at 7:27 pm

  The best settings are the ones that match your deliverables.

  What are your clients expecting from you?

  Walter Soyka
  Principal & Designer at Keen Live
  Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
  RenderBreak Blog – What I’m thinking when my workstation’s thinking
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  Tudor “ted” jelescu

  November 14, 2011 at 7:32 pm

  It depends what the final playback resolution will be.
  If you can use a hdd player and a 4k projector then you should work at 4k. But most likely you are referring to HD, in which case 1080p should be the resolution you use. I know that there are folks out there working at 2k and then downscaling to 1080- personally I think it’s not really necessary for motion graphics- vfx , maybe.
  If you can play 60p, then for super sharp graphics work at 60fps.
  For best color and quality, work in AE at 32 bit color and render an uncompressed format that can support 32 bit color.

  Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
  Senior VFX Artist
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  Elaine Lake

  November 14, 2011 at 11:11 pm

  Thank you very much 😉
  The video is geared for the web but I’ve had experiences in the past where the videos I’ve created in AE wind up looking grainy in FCP even though I use matching 1080 settings in FCP… I’m not sure why this has happened.

  What settings would you use in FCP for a high res video rendered out in AE?
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  Walter Soyka

  November 14, 2011 at 11:21 pm

  I’d render to ProRes at the sequence’s native raster size and frame rate if I were going from AE to FCP on a Mac.

  Walter Soyka
  Principal & Designer at Keen Live
  Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
  RenderBreak Blog – What I’m thinking when my workstation’s thinking
  Creative Cow Forum Host: Live & Stage Events
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  Tudor “ted” jelescu

  November 15, 2011 at 7:46 pm

  I’ll second Walter- ProRes is the safe and fast way to go for good quality on a mac.

  Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
  Senior VFX Artist

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