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Compressing PPro footage on a Mac
I use PPro on a PC, but one of our contractors uses a Mac. He prefers FCP. He has been encoding in Adobe Media Encoder. He has a preset that we use for a certain client to get the quality and settings that they require. All has been fine until the latest job.
Now his output looks muddy. Very obvious to a casual observer. I had him crank the settings up:
H.264, MP4
1080p
29.97 fps
profile HIGH
level 5.1
Render at maximum depth
VBR, 2 pass
Target bitrate (Mbps) 6
Maximum bitrate (Mbps) 10
Maximum render quality
Frame Blending is OFF
Use Previews is OFFIt doubled the file size, but still muddy. He used Apple Compressor and it was fine. See here for a comparison of the two.
What are we doing wrong? There was an update a week ago. This had been working fine — has anyone else seen this issue?
Thanks!
Neil Myers
Connect Public Relations
CS4 Master Suite, 3DS -
2 Replies
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Is it possible that he created this particular project at a lower resolution (like 854×480, or 640×360) and that AMC is consequently up-rezing the footage?
I might have him export a section of the video with an uncompressed-image codec, like animation, at 1080p. This would help verify that the problem is actually in the codec/compression side of things.
Ben Unguren
Motion Graphics & Editing
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It was 1080p at every stage (video, AE, 3DS, timeline, etc.).
Neil Myers
Connect Public Relations
CS4 Master Suite, 3DS
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