Exporting a 5120 X 768 file into 5 seperate 1024 x 768 files

[Donnie Mallkerb]

Hey, thanks for the quick reply.

Yeah, i had thought of that method, but my problem is I have around 150 – 200 clips to split. I think this will take me weeks to complete. I was just hoping there might be a method in which this could be done quicker.

I had searched a little around the forum, and spotted something that might work.

If I created 5 different cameras within that composition, each camera viewing each 1024 x 768 section, and rendered each of the camera views seperately? maybe then I could just duplicate the comp and just replace the 5120 videos and repeat the process. without having to try and accurately position things. Havent yet tried this, so unsure it will work.

again, if it does, this is still going to be quite time consuming.

Anyways, I thank you very much for you’re prompt response.

Maybe someone knows of anything automated to speed this process up?

I just thought….. once the video is lined up in each 1024 comp, I can duplicate each of them and then just use alt and drag a clip to replace video in each comp. That might be easier! and save moving into place each time!

[Chris Wright]

google image splitter for mac. then just batch process a folder and in a few seconds you’re done. I’m pc so I use batch it ultra.

[Walter Soyka]

Hi Donnie,

I use the same method Dave has described when I’m working on widescreen or multi-screen material in After Effects.

However, if you’ve already got a heap of clips at 5120×768, you could just create a series of 5 presets, one for each projector, for a compression program (like Episode) that performs the crop. This would make it a very simple batch process. Drag, drop, start, and wait.

Walter Soyka, Principal
Keen Live, Inc.
Presentation, Motion Graphics & Widescreen Design
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[Thomas Leong]

AFAIK, the common way to do this is not via Export, but via the Render Queue, within AE. No 3rd party app is required.

In the Render Queue, you can batch and crop the 5120 x 768 to whatever you want, name the destination files (eg. Video1_0-1024.xxx, Video2_1025-2048.xxx, Video3_2049-3072, etc.), then render away.

The crops are either –
0 – 1024
1025 – 2048
2049 – 3072
3073 – 4096
4097 – 5120

or –
0 – 1024
1024 – 2048
2048 – 3072
3072 – 4096
4096 – 5120

It depends on whether position 0 is considered a pixel or not. My bet is the first option ‘cos that = 1024 pixels across all the files.

Thomas Leong