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Choosing encoding format that wont cause issues in later compression
I am using handbrake to compress 250mb of 3d animation stored in .mov. This is how the mov looks:
https://i.stack.imgur.com/STGkO.png
The compressed version has some artifacts. Like it doesn’t have enough shades of grey:
https://i.stack.imgur.com/2kKVN.png
Is there something I can do to in Cinema to avoid that layer when compression will took place? Should I render in a .mov file in the first place? Compressed version is something like 500kB. I would still be satisfied with 10MB of compressed file size.
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As long as you are rendering in an uncompressed format (QT animation best, tiff pshop etc) then the kind of file you render to doesn’t matter. The image will be what it is.
Going from 250mb down to 10 or less you will loose something but if you are only doing grays then you are ahead of the game. Is the compress for the web or are you just trying to reduce the size and the you will work with it as an element? Different output formats from a compressor can make a difference in quality vs mb. But as long as the input movie is clean then the format you render to doesn’t matter.
Also don’t judge the movie by a still – if you judged netflix by a still you would never sign up. The motion of all the compression “noise” often blends together and you don’t really see it. After all few notice film grain and it can be horrible. -
I am doing an app promo and I extensively use reflections coming on to the screen and off while the mobile phone rotates. The reflections are a big deal for this particular use case. I am currently just trying to reduce size, but at the end, web is where it will be used.
Video directly out of the Cinema is perfect so I guess I will need to further play with handbrake settings. None have been okay so far.
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Ok. Its probably the high rate of change of the bright flashes. If you increase the number of keyframes per second that will help. A big change can’t be captured properly in between keyframes. But be aware more keyframes means higher mb.
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