• Adobe After Effects

  Rendering and File Size problem

  Posted by Anand on November 5, 2005 at 9:25 am

  I created an entirely animated clip just for a length of 2 minutes and a few seconds, but if I render this with best settings, the rendered final output file size comes to a whopping 6.5 GB. Could someone guide me how to access the various compression settings in Adobe After Effects, please ?

  S. Anand
  aka Andy
  Adobe Certified Expert, Photoshop CS

  Roland R. kahlenberg replied 20 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Roland R. kahlenberg

  November 5, 2005 at 10:17 am

  Two things you can do:
  1) Set a maximum output size in the preferences>output dialog window. Set a value for max single filesize. Should AE require more space than the value you sethere then you will end up with more than 1 movie.

  2) Use a CODEC that provides a high quality output without requiring storage space equivalent to having no compression – essentially you’d want a lossless CODEC. Use QT’s Animation CODEC with a quality setting of between 92-96%.

  Of course this answer is provided without knowing your actual workflow requirements.

  HTH
  Roland Kahlenberg
  broadcastGEMcustomizable animated backdrops with Adobe After Effects project files

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