• Adobe After Effects

  After Effects to Avid Render Compression

  Posted by Colin De jose on March 23, 2008 at 8:58 pm

  I am rendering video in AE 7 for import into an Avid Express Pro Timeline, could someone please enlighten me on which is the correct codec to use ?

  Avid DNxHD Codec
  Avid 1:1x
  Avid DV
  Avid DV100 Codec
  Avid Meridien Compressed
  Avid Meridien Uncompressed
  Avid Packed Codec

  Thanks for your help,
  Colin

  Chase Gordon replied 18 years, 5 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Michael Hancock

  March 25, 2008 at 4:19 pm

  What’s the source of your footage? Is it HD? DV25? DV50? SD uncompressed? Your source will make a difference on what you render to.

  Otherwise:

  DNxHD – for HD sources.

  1:1x – Uncompressed 10-bit

  DV – DV footage

  DV100 – DVCProHD footage

  Meridien Compressed – SD footage. This is a legacy codec and can transfer back to older Avids, but works great with new ones too. This is at least a 2:1 compression, good only for SD footage. Your AE comp must be set to 720×486 (NTSC, not sure about PAL) for it to render. Anything else and it craps out.

  Meridien Uncompressed – same at Meridien Compressed, but it’s 1:1 – uncompressed.

  Does this help? Also, do you need to render with an alpha channel? If so, that changes things.

  Michael.
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  Chase Gordon

  April 10, 2008 at 4:14 am

  I have the same question. My source is 10-bit Rec 709 Linear DPX files.

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