• Adobe After Effects

  client deadline looming… final question.. pls advise.. thanks a lot

  Posted by Mohit Woody on September 10, 2006 at 8:01 pm

  motion logo i hv made in AE is suppose to be for tv/ cinema..
  do i use some specific codec.. or i need to do it uncompressed.. pls advise.

  Jason Rouleau replied 19 years, 8 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
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  John Davidson

  September 10, 2006 at 8:34 pm

  Is it TV, or Cinema (i.e. theater)? They’re different. Pal? NTSC? Do you understand issues with frame rate (24 vs 29.97 vs 25)? Nobody can give you a definitive answer until we know where you’re going with your title. Also, do you know what program your title is going to be edited with? Has the client given you any details as to what they need?

  10bit uncompressed is usually the way to go as for codecs, but the animation codec at full quality is also pretty standard as it also can output an alpha channel in the quicktime file.

  It might help you to fill out your profile just a little more. I used to get busted for not having one filled out long ago. 🙂
  -neo
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  Mohit Woody

  September 10, 2006 at 9:07 pm

  hey neo… thanks dude.. ok here are some specs… my output is for cinema..
  its a 30sec production house logo.. and its 24fps PAL

  and i hv my movie at 720*576

  any further advise would be great..

  p.s. nopes.. i hv no idea which editing app the client will use.. all i know is.. this is their company logo.. which will appear before the movie starts..
  similar too paramount pictures etc..etc..
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  John Davidson

  September 10, 2006 at 9:18 pm

  It sounds like you’ve got it all covered. I’d provide the client with these specifications in a few different file formats/taps.

  1. Animation QT, with alpha channel (look under the render settings, check RGB + Alpha, and make sure your background layer is off for that specific render), labeled as such.

  2. Animation QT, with no alpha channel, labeled as such.

  3. Tiff/Targa sequence using the animation codec, just in case they’re on a machine that can’t handle a QT.

  That should make them happy. I’m not as familiar with PAL, so if I’m missing something, perhaps somebody else will chime in.

  Cheers,
  -neo
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  Jason Rouleau

  September 11, 2006 at 7:28 pm

  I’m curious as to know why you haven’t asked your client first? I mean… if they are a production house, they would know what they want right?

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