Best practice of Format/CODEC export?

[Thomas Brigantino]

Good evening Dave,

Ok, that clears things up a bit, although, with that said, what if the rendering from AE is the final version without intent to be used by another person?

My file sizes for a 0:06 second clip exports around 48MB and I cannot figure out the combination of format/codec to reduce it’s size. If I was to use a Quicktime format what do you suggest I use as a CODEC?

Thank you for your patience, this is all new to me and I greatly appreciate any shared wisdom,

Thank you so much,

Thomas

[Thomas Brigantino]

Dave,

Thank you for your patience and I essentially just want the exported file to be compressed as much as possible, delivered and viewed; that is all. No additional editing at all.

I hope this answers, “What am I going to do with this file?”

Thanks again!

Thomas

[Richard Harrington]

1. Viewed where… TV? DVD? Blu-ray? Computer? iPod? Cell Phone?
2. What platform… Windows, Mac Linux?
3. What about archiving your work for future?
4. Downloaded? Uploaded, Streaming? Disc-based?

What you’re basically saying now is I’m hungry… what’s good to eat. A bit to broad to really offer meaningful advice (though I do feel like Pizza if you’re buying).

Richard M. Harrington, PMP

Author: From Still to Motion, Video Made on a Mac, Photoshop for Video, Understanding Adobe Photoshop, Final Cut Studio On the Spot and Motion Graphics with Adobe Creative Suite 5 Studio Techniques

[Jim Mcnally]

Try h.264

Jim McNally
The Commercial Factory
http://www.commercialfactory.com

[Thomas Brigantino]

Good morning Richard,

1. Viewed where… TV? DVD? Blu-ray? Computer? iPod? Cell Phone?

To be viewed on a Computer.

2. What platform… Windows, Mac Linux?

Exported on Windows and viewed on a Mac

3. What about archiving your work for future?

Never thought of it.

4. Downloaded? Uploaded, Streaming? Disc-based?

Downloaded.

Thanks for your help!

Take care,

Thomas

[Thomas Brigantino]

Dave,

Interesting, I am going to give Adobe Media Encoder a shot or Premiere.

Thanks for all of your help! Seems you cleared it all up!

Take care Dave!

All the best,

Thomas

[Thomas Brigantino]

Dave,

I hope all is well.

I know this has been awhile, although, would a high quality render from AE be a Lossless AVI or are there other formats that I can use?

Kindly,

Thomas

[Dave Crones]

Thanks Dave that’s the advice I was looking for!