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720×480 mp4…from Premiere…is this possible?
Hi, everyone!
First of all…I am a newbie…and I would prefer my question to be addressed, please…not merely to be told “go get an editing degree”, as I have been told in previous Creative Cow posts.
My question is this:
720×480 .avi file in Premiere Pro CS3
I need to export/convert this to mp4 somehow…as my client will accept only mp4 files for this project.
The end use is for standard full-screen projection (use during a convention presentation). As such, it needs to be full frame, uncompressed, and highest quality possible.
I tried exporting from After Effects CS3, but it would only let me export at 320×240 or smaller. I tried using Sorenson Squeeze, but that also compressed and reduced the file size. I tried exporting it as H.264 from Premiere, and that I was able to do at the correct size…but the image quality was poor.
Is there anyway I can export as a high quality, uncompressed, full frame 720×480 mp4?
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5 Replies
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Hi Rachel,
You probably don’t really mean “uncompressed”, as the file would be huge and not playback smoothly on any but the most powerful edit machines, more likely you mean “compressed to look really good”.
Try choosing H.264 < NTSC DV at 3000 data rate, I've had good results this way, assuming 4:3 video. If widescreen 16:9, then the dimensions need to be altered to 854x480, 1.0 Pixel Aspect. Jeff Pulera Safe Harbor
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PS – make sure that “deinterlace” is checked for any file export destined for computer playback
Jeff
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Thank you very much, Jeff!
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Hi Rachel,
You’re welcome…so I assume this resolved your issue then?
Thanks
Jeff
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Hi, Jeff! Sorry for the delay in this reply…last week was a whirlwind getting that project out the door.
That solution did not completely solve my problem, but it definitely pointed me in the right direction to finding the solution.
And yes, I did use H.264 compression, which worked great!
Thank you again for your input!
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