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Long form import
I have an 9 minute project I edited in AVID Xpress Pro, I exported a quicktime of the project. Put it in after effects and added motion graphics and text. I now want to bring it back in to avid to integrate it into a much longer project. However the 9 minute rendered Quicktime of the project is 11 gigs big and avid wont import it. How can I work with long form projects in after effects and avid. Anyone do this that can give me a way to work with long form stuff. I typically work with 30 & 60 sec TV commercials and this is never an issue. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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2 Replies
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Why not export your AE sequence with just the graphics / text, using an alpha channel? Did you affect the video as well? I’m not sure you going to get a smaller file out of AE, unless you chop the export into chunks…
Jon
“The Almighty tells me He can get me out of this mess. But He’s pretty sure you’re F%$#*D!”
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If it’s not for broadcast, try playing around with a few different codecs when you render out of aftereffects. H264 for example is pretty amazing at high quality settings considering the tiny file sizes.
If you have plenty of disk space and you’re not moving the files from station to station, you can always export the programme in segments and re-assemble them in the Avid as Jon says.
It might help to test 1 minute [or some easy multiple] exports in a variety of codecs and note down the relative sizes for future reference. Although with some codecs the sizes will vary depending on the ‘complexity’ of the content.
And of course, if it’s going to be a time-pressure situation when you come to delivering the final render, there is a lot to be gained by rendering and importing to the Avid an early unfinished test to gauge the time needed.
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