• Adobe After Effects

  Export problem mpg

  Posted by Filippo Centenari on February 11, 2008 at 2:13 pm

  Hy
  I made a project with 768×1366 frame size and I need to export an mpeg at this resolution but when I try , using MPEG 2 codec, the video rendered is 720×576.
  Is there an option to change the frame size?

  I use After Effect 8

  thanks a lot
  filippo

  Steve Roberts replied 18 years, 2 months ago 3 Members · 10 Replies
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  Steve Roberts

  February 11, 2008 at 3:37 pm

  MPEG-2 is for DVD, and it can only be one of two sizes: 720×480 or 720×576.

  What type of machine will you use to play back your final movie? Computer? DVD player?
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  Filippo Centenari

  February 11, 2008 at 3:47 pm

  thanks for the answer,
  i Need to put this video on a Plasma using Scala Infochannel.
  the video is really simple and it’s 15seconds but any time I try to export in the other codec supported by scala (windows media video)I always have a bad quality.
  I don’t know how to set in order to have the best video setting for the quality.

  thanks really
  filippo
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  Filippo Centenari

  February 11, 2008 at 3:53 pm

  I understand the other codec supported for my player (Scala Infochannel) is wmv.

  But I can’t find a good export setting, I need to know the best way in order to export wmv at the best quality.
  if you know i’m here!!
  thanks
  filippo
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  Filippo Centenari

  February 11, 2008 at 4:08 pm

  ok so 2 last questions:

  what kind of export I use in AE? tga sequence?

  what program for the final render?

  thanks a lot
  filippo
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  Filippo Centenari

  February 11, 2008 at 4:24 pm

  Ok will try this way, I’m on PC not Mac.
  Any other software or only Sorenson?

  I exported the video as you said but the quality is not so good, in my video there are some psd file and exported have some artifacts..
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  Filippo Centenari

  February 11, 2008 at 4:36 pm

  sorry!
  the video is ok!
  it was my fault, now I will try to encode it using sorenson trial

  thanks
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  Brian Berneker

  February 12, 2008 at 11:02 am

  MPEG2 is not just for DVD. It’s used for all HD standards as well. Sounds like our friend wants to output to a an HD television that has a 1366×768 format display.
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  Brian Berneker

  February 12, 2008 at 11:03 am

  Are you using Export from the FILE menu, or are you using the render queue/manager? You may be able to get more control over the compression and size settings.

  Also, if you export to animation codec and still want to use MPEG2, I suggest using Episode Pro. It’s a high quality, FAST encoder. Why apple’s compressor takes SO LONG to compress video is beyond me…
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  Filippo Centenari

  February 12, 2008 at 11:11 am

  Thnaks for the answer
  I found a solution using Animation (Quictime) export in AE and then using Sorenson.
  But I will lokk for your direction too

  I use render manager and not export in AE but the frame size of MPEG2 is fixed at 720×576 or NTSC
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  Steve Roberts

  February 12, 2008 at 11:25 am

  Ah – of course. My error.

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