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Movie/Render Settings
I’m a recent graduate and now working on some freelance video work for a client. I’ve been using After Effects for some time now but have always been confused on what size I should be setting up the video at and what settings to use to export the video. Currently I’m working on a video that is going to be played from a projector, rear-projected on a screen. How should I be setting up my movie, and what render settings should I use when I do the final render? I am going to be placing the video on a DVD for playback. I’m also not sure if I should place the sound directly in After Effects or if I should take it into something like Premiere (know how to use it) or final cut pro (have never used it) to overlay the audio? I’ve got the audio in after effects now for comping purposes, but every time I render a portion of the video out the audio has “clicks and pops” in it. The current settings I’m using for my comps is the NTSC D1, 720 x 486 at 29.97 fps, is that right? I’ve been doing this same video project for a couple years now and it has always worked fine, but I just want to make sure I’m setting it up correctly because my school hardly talked about after effects. Any help understanding these settings would sure be appreciated, or point me in a direction where I can find the information I need. Thanks!
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A standard DVD uses the following settings (NTSC signal):
720×480 non-square pixels
29.97 fps
DV-NTSC compressor
48KHz 16-bit stereoThis would then be compressed to MPEG-2 for the video, and your choice of formats for audio (pcm –wav or aiff– or AC-3).
Are you on Mac or PC?
Jim Kanter,
Digital Film Institute
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Thanks Jim, that clears things up a lot. My school taught us after effects, but not much, so I’ve had to learn a lot on my own (though my degree is in graphic design, not motion graphics, would really LOVE to go back to school for motion graphics, but that’s just not an option financially now). Thanks for clearing that up. To answer your question, I am on a Mac.
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You should check out Trish and Chris Meyer’s DVD “Videosyncrasies” to help you understand video better.
Jim Kanter,
Digital Film Institute
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Where could one purchase said dvd from the amazing Meyer duo?
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They have them at amazon.com
VideoSyncrasies, The Motion Graphics Problem Solver DVDKathlyn Lindeboom
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As far as the clicks and pops on your audio track go: It’s most likely that you’re using mp3’s for your sound? Am I right? Good.
You need to take your audio into Premeire, then output it as .wav or .aiff, or some other format. AE doesn’t handle mp3’s yet. Version 7? Maybe, we’ll have to wait and see.
Meanwhile make sure you’re using a different audio format in AE and in the render queue when you’re rendering, use the MPEG-2 DVD option if you’re planning to put it on a dvd.
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