Issues with rendering .avi file in after effects.

[Andrew Devis]

Firstly, you should really avoid all this rendering. Every time you render or ‘convert’ a file you reduce the quality. This means that you start with a wmv, convert to an AVI and then add your watermark and export again from AE you end up with 3 renders which will really affect the quality of your video. If possible (and I don’t know windows movie maker so I don’t know) you should add the ‘watermark’ as a separate layer in movie maker and then render it all out from there. If you must take it to AE, don’t convert it to an AVI first, but use the original wmv. However, if you can output a lossless AVI from windows movie maker use that and take it into AE, add the logo on another layer and choose composition>add to render que. Then, click on the ‘output module’ hot text and then I would probably advise to choose Quicktime from the dropdown and then hit the format button on the right hand side and select either H.264 or Mpeg4 and check that the size etc are all correct. This will give you a good quality and reasonably small sized file – ideal for the internet. Hope this helps. Andrew