AE to SP

[Jeff Mullen]

Hello!

Are these for the render settings from AE? My workflow from AE to DVD Studio Pro follows:…

1) Render uncompressed .avi or using the animation codec, a .mov.
2) Import into Final Cut Pro (or some other converting project/NLE)
3) Render out an MPEG
4) Import into DVD Studio Pro.

Not sure if that is the best way to go about doing it, but MPEG formats really speed up the build time for DSP because it doesn’t have to convert another format to MPEG.

Hope it helps!

Cheers!

-jeff mullen

[Chris Smith]

I just use the D1 I was working with in the first place (720 x 486) then I drop it into Apple’s Compressor and use the DVD preset which changes your clip to the format you want for DVD anyways.

It pays to use a dedicated Compression program like Compressor because it uses VBR or Variable Bitrate Encoding which makes a much better looking image in far less space becuase it compresses each frame as much as that frame needs. That’s the way Pro DVDs are done.

Chris Smith
https://www.sugarfilmproduction.com