CS4 rendering issue

[Steve Blacker]

What sort of file are you trying to render to? What resolution?

A lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine.

[Michael Szalapski]

To back up what Dave said, read this entry on Adobe’s site: [link]

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[David Roffman]

Thanks Dave — much appreciated

I’m about to us Adobe Media Encoder as per your suggestion, but I’m a little confused as to the proper settings to use once inside AME. For the Format I’m using h.264, but what should I use for the preset? It defaults to NTSC DV High Quality.

Also I’m having difficulties discerning the method of output. Under Export Settings it shows my source as 960×540 with an output of 720 x 480. Is that what h.264 does?

I’ve been using Compressor up to this point, but now in my quest to switch to an all Adobe workflow, I’d really like to start using Adobe Media Encoder.

Thanks in advance

[David Roffman]

I’m following the link now – thanks – It’s very helpful – great link! (leading to other great resources)

[Michael Szalapski]

You can specify anything you want as far as H.264 goes (within the limits of the codec, of course).

You’re going to want to change the frame size to match your source (unless you’re shrinking it for some reason and/or if you’re changing the pixel aspect ratio). You’ll also want to play with the data rate for the video and the data rate for the audio. This is where the dance begins – image quality vs. file size: GO! Don’t forget to hit the radio button for two encoding passes instead of one.

– The Great Szalam
(The ‘Great’ stands for ‘Not So Great, in fact, Extremely Humble’)

No trees were harmed in the creation of this message, but several thousand electrons were mildly inconvenienced.