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render file size is huge
i’m rendering a 7 second clip of a mov file shot with a canon 550d.
i’ve warp stabilized the clip and done nothing else to it.
when i render it out (whether as a mov or h264 file), the rendered file is over 1gb.
the entire original 11:57 clip from which i grabbed the 7 seconds is 3.98gb.add to that i changed the comp settings from 1080 to 720 (to remove the black from the stabilized footage).
i am using “best” settings in render.
btw, rendering said clip utilizes 100% of my cpu. i just rendered a 6 second clip with text and six clips all running at the same time and only a fraction of the cpu was used and it rendered it like a hot knife through butter.
the stabilized clip is taking 20 minutes.does stabilizing a clip add that much to the file size?
tksps using cs6
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i did figure out how to drop the project into AME and it rendered out in a few minutes — 11MB file.
still curious why AE makes the file king kong size.
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[tom edwards] “does stabilizing a clip add that much to the file size?”
How large a rendered file is has nothing whatsoever to do with what effects have been applied and all to do with the render settings you’ve chosen. In AE, your data rate was set to be a lot higher than the data rate that the Adobe Media Encoder defaulted to.
Encoding is quite the science and there are a lot of factors involved. If you’re just starting out, you should probably learn about things like codecs, formats, and things like data rate.
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actually i’m very familiar with many adobe products. this one just happened to have me stumped as i never ran into it prior.
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Start here:
“FAQ: Why is my output file huge…?”———————————————————————————————————
Todd Kopriva, Adobe Systems Incorporated
After Effects quality engineering
After Effects team blog
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very helpful Todd. Just what I was looking for. Thanks
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