Export settings

[Louis Shula]

Hi Dave,

Thanks for your reply!

I have CS5 version of After Effects,4gb memory and I’m using a Mac book pro.

[Louis Shula]

Thanks so much, that’s very helpful!

[Joseph Borg]

Hi , Im a newbe, My machine is 2GB ram OS- win 7 32bit.my first project is to make animated line across a map to include in a slideshow which will be edited/created in power director 9.The final product will be a DVD (inc menu).And I guess widescreen is the way to go.here in this region we use pal.
How do I go about it? Not sure what format to go with or pixel aspect ratio etc..thanks 🙂

[Usman Hussain]

I’m having pathetic type of Export problem 🙁

[Joseph Borg]

yes i have 2 gigs of ram, OS win 7 ultimate 32bit (upgraded from Vista.) CPU Intel core 2 duo t7300 @ 2Ghz.
Well , doing small projects it not to bad however if I work with HD it preview really slow. but thats all I have at the moment. cant afford a new pc at the mo 🙁
I just want to create some animations like i mentioned previously and maybe some text animations to include them in a slideshow in Power director.(containing photos and video clips)Im just overwhelmed at how much import settings exist.
I just want to burn to a dvd that will be viewed on widescreen tv sets mainly on dvd players.
Questions; does it have to be in pal or ntsc? does it even matter for dvd playback?
what about pixel aspect ratio?
what file format? mpeg4? mov? QT?
Lossless I guess is the way to go
Im afraid AE projects will clash in PD?
I dont know
Sorry for too many questions

Merry Christmas xx

[Michael Szalapski]

[joseph borg] I just want to burn to a dvd that will be viewed on widescreen tv sets mainly on dvd players.
Questions; does it have to be in pal or ntsc? does it even matter for dvd playback?
what about pixel aspect ratio?
what file format? mpeg4? mov? QT?
Lossless I guess is the way to go
Im afraid AE projects will clash in PD?

PAL or NTSC? For playback in a DVD player, it matters a whole lot. You mentioned in a previous post that in your region you use PAL. So use PAL. There is a preset composition size in After Effects for a PAL widescreen aspect ratio comp. I would suggest you use it.

File format to export should be a lossless file. Quicktime with the PNG codec works pretty well. Then you would use the Adobe Media Encoder, Quicktime Pro, or some other program to do your final compression. As to what format and codec to use for your final compression, that would depend on the intended final playback. MPEG-2 DVD would be the best bet. Again, there’s a preset in the Adobe Media Encoder for that. Although, if you have the Creative Suite, you could import your lossless file into Encore and let it do the compression settings for you. It’s very good.

As to your comment about AE projects clashing in PD, I don’t know what you mean so I can’t answer it.

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[Joseph Borg]

Thats great Micheal, however there is still some few more settings that trouble me.
Things like interlaced, upper or lower field, square or non square pixel, frame rate
In render settings should I leave settings as they are?

In compression settings, should I check interlace?
Should I check audio settings and set to maximum 48khz,16bit stereo?

I think thats all for exporting. thanks a lot man

Merry Christmas xx

[Michael Szalapski]

For your export settings, match your comp settings.
I wouldn’t interlace it unless your particular situation required it. (From your description, I would say no.)

You should only check the audio box, if you have audio in your comp.

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[Joseph Borg]

Ok
I just want to create an animated map and some text effects. I will then import these clips into Power Director 9 for the final editing and production of my project.( I was thinking I was to edit and produce my whole project in AE)

So what I learned so far is that I will save these AE clips as lossless, Quick Time with png encoder .Other settings like frame rate etc I will match them to the video clips format from my footage I took with my compact camera.
Does that sound right? :))
thanks a lot for your help 🙂

Merry Christmas xx

[Michael Szalapski]

I’ve never worked with Power Director so I don’t know the sort of things it prefers.

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