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How do you render a 720Pn project to stay HD??
I have created a project that i recorded in 30fps/720pN in my hpx170. I am using CS4 premiere & creative suite. I have a few motion design elements thatwere 1080 and I converted them down to 960×720 (which is my project settings) I effected them in After effects through dynamic link and then brang it back into premiere for some final touch ups. I am now in the rendering process and I can figure this out!!? How do I render this so I get the best HD footage as in premiere?
This will be played back on a projector (its a corporate christmas video with lower thirds and design elements) so the client wanted a DVD and then also a computer file he could play from his laptop through to the projector. (so any file would be suitable, either quicktime or avi or..? etc)
when I rendered a quicktime , it came out 4:3 but my project is 16:9. When I rendered it out as 16:9 it looked like standard definition (looked pixelated and NOT HD quality ) What method do I use and WHAT SETTINGS would I use to maintain quality??someone please help!
thanks.
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H.264 is probably your best option, but is order to avoid a gamma shift common with some QT codec, you should render to Quicktime Animation first, then get a copy of Quicktime Pro, and render from there. You will otherwise get a washed out video.
As far as settings go, choose 1280×720 / square pixels for Quicktime Animation, and 100% for quality. Those would be the same settings for a direct h.264 export.
From Quicktime Pro, you can make one export at 100% and one at 70%, in case the computer can’t keep up with the higher bit rate.
There are even better encoders like Sorenson Squeeze that will give you a much better quality, but there’s a steep price tag attached.
Finally, there’s always Window Media, although its funky tool bar makes it a bad choice for live playback.
Export settings would be again, 1280×720 square, and I would start with a bit rate of 3-4 Mb/s. If you have a lot of transitions, keep the keyframe interval low.
Vince Becquiot
Kaptis Studios
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Thank you for the help Mr.Vince Becquiot .. My friend has sorenson squeeze at his house so I could use it.. what workflow would you recommend with sorenson? ie: should I render to the quicktime file in premiere and then use sorenson in place of quicktime pro to get to H.264? Or is there a way from premiere to sorenson I dont know?
thanks again!!
Oh also since I have you or anyone to help me, I had another question. When I originally started my project, it was edited in premiere, then dynamic linked to after effects for some effects & Color correcting , then back into premiere. Only thing is, now that I am in premiere wanting to a couple transitions and sound efx, the only project in my timeline is the “AE inked file” ..? its like it has replaced my cuts with just one file and for the life of me I cant figure out how to bring back the full edits? Do you know what I did wrong and if there is any way to get my original edit cuts back in the timeline in replace of the one single AE file?
sorry for the 101 I am just stumped..
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Yes, same thing, export to Quicktime Animation from Premiere with the settings above and encode with Sorenson Squeeze.
Vince Becquiot
Kaptis Studios
San Francisco – Bay Area -
thanks.. I was actually editing my post when you responded but here is what else I was asking..(sorry to be a pain bro)
Oh also since I have you or anyone to help me, I had another question. When I originally started my project, it was edited in premiere, then dynamic linked to after effects for some effects & Color correcting , then back into premiere. Only thing is, now that I am in premiere wanting to a couple transitions and sound efx, the only project in my timeline is the “AE inked file” ..? its like it has replaced my cuts with just one file and for the life of me I cant figure out how to bring back the full edits? Do you know what I did wrong and if there is any way to get my original edit cuts back in the timeline in replace of the one single AE file?
sorry for the 101 I am just stumped..
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