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AVI and DV-AVI nightmares
Hello. I have been a Premiere user for a long time, and have always felt that I could use it. But now i have Pro v 2.0, and exporting has become much more complex.
I have created an animation in AnimeStudioPro, and am editing all the exports from that program in Premiere.
I am in Europe, so am 25fps, and PAL. I exported from ASPro with these settings also. Although I exported from ASPro in the 16:9 ratio (1024 x 576), I am not using HiDef or anything (so the res is actually 720×576).I finished the edit, and exported NOT using the media encoder. I got terrible colour quality when using the ‘Microsoft DV avi’ set to DV PAL of course. I couldn’t play the file when i exported ‘Microsoft uncompressed avi’, and have got what I want with the ‘Microsoft avi’ and NO codec under the video options. It plays in all my players, looks great, but is of course gigantic in file size (3mins40secs = 6.7GB)
I have messed about with other codecs in the ‘Microsoft AVI’ option, tried using the Media Encoder to make a MPEG 2 (which I am told is best for DVD) but none of it is strong quality. The encoder created separate files, for the MPEG2, and then I just started getting lost. I tried a HuffYuv codec, but it wasn’t good enough. i know I will want to put it on the net too, and have used a different program to create FLV’s, but knowing the MedEncoder does this aswell, seems pointless to continue the old method.
What can I do to get the best quality and smallest size for my file?
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2 Replies
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There is a lot in this thread, but I have a felling that what you are seeing is a color space compression. What color space are you working with in ASPro. Going from 32, 24, or 10 bits, to 8 bits will cause banding on gradients, and other artifacts.
There is not way around it with SD DVD formats. You just have to preview when you work in ASPro to see how it translates in 8 bits.
As far as uncompressed goes, that really is the only way to go.
It’s not uncommon today for editors to work in terabytes, even in SD… have to with HD.
Exporting to DV will not only compress the color range, but it is also one of the animator’s worst offender with its 5:1 ratio.
Never a good choice for anything else than camcorder footage.
Microsoft uncompressed AVI export will not work in Media player, because it’s an AJA codec. It will only work in your Adobe applications.
BTW, as I’m sure you know, just because Premiere previews in DV, doesn’t mean it affects your footage at export time. Don’t trust what you see on the preview.
Cheers,
Vince
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Thanks Vince,
This helps. It is under control. Now I am simply having problems with my aspect ratio and how to handle it properly. 😕
Steve
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