• Adobe After Effects

  NEWBIE: PLEASE HELP Export settings

  Posted by Ben Matt on November 8, 2008 at 4:53 pm

  Hi Guys,

  I am trying to do a motion loop for a project. I have been looking at the motionloops created by powerpointsermons.com. They are awesome. I see that they say their settings are 720 x 480 NTSC, 30fps and they give the loops in WMV, MPEG1, MPEG4.

  I am using after effects CS3. I create my background graphic as 720 x 480 and apply my plugin effect. But I have not clue how to export or render my movie so it remains good quality. The following is my problem:

  1. MPEG 4 – I render as this but the quality becomes so pixelated. I dont know how and where to choose the right settings to render in the above mentioned format/quality etc. etc. PLEASE HELP

  2. MPEG1 – Does not exist anywhere in my aftereffects. I dont know where to find the format. It does exist in Premier and I also use Vegas. What should be the right render settings here ?

  3. WMV – This also becomes really blurry and pixelated after my render. What should my settings be.

  So basically, that is my problem. I have everything ready but I am sure that in the export/render I choose the wrong settings and that is why my project looks so blurry/fuzzy/pixelated.

  Look at the loops at

  https://www.powerpointsermons.com/_sermon_motion_splash_screens_ppt_c-96.html

  PLEASE !!! CAN SOMEONE SHED SOME LIGHT FOR ME, OR HELP ME TO KNOW WHICH RENDER SETTINGS TO CHOOSE TO GET GOOD QUALITY IN THOSE FORMATS ABOVE ?

  I WOULD BE SOOOOO GRATEFUL !!!

  Simon Bonner replied 17 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Simon Bonner

  November 9, 2008 at 8:45 pm

  Ok, you can forget mpeg1. That’s old school, pre-dvd. Go for h.264. You’re always going to get a drop in quality, otherwise it wouldn’t be compressed. But a h.264 at high quality should look good.

  Simon Bonner

  youtube.com/simonsaysfx

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