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Rendering for Output vs. Exporting as QuickTime Movie in AE
I have been using AE, as a video/installation artist, for quite a few years now and have always used the render queue to prepare movies for output. I’m currently teaching a college-level video class and one of my students pointed out to me (in class!) that you can use the Export command in the file menu to export QT movies just like in Final Cut Pro. Is there any difference in the final output, other than the Render Queue providing more options, which one should be preferred over the other? Any reason to tell my students they SHOULDN’T use the Export command? I use both Hands on Training and Classroom in a Book as reference texts for my class and couldn’t find anything about “Export” in either book.
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I think it’s holdover from older days, but i could be wrong. You have a lot less control over the render this way.
On the other hand – flash export is only available this way (at least I think it is).
But I;d stear your students towards the render Queue. It may not be as easy, but it’s generally the best way to do things – more importantly, in a pro environment, you need to be familiar with the opotions there.
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I have noticed that their is a greater chance for you know artifacts in the export side of things. but thats just a thing I have noticed … I could be wrong.
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I have ALWAYS followed this rule of thumb, and it has never let me down:
If you have a choice between exporting and rendering in AE, it’s better to render.
when you render, you have a greater choice of codecs. You have a choice between rendering files with transparencies or not rendering transparencies. You can render just an alpha channel. You can crop and (even though it’s not recommended) scale. Even more valuable are things like embedding the AE project in the rendered file, and automatically importing the rendered file back into the AE project. Let’s not forget this, either: you can make your own custom render settings and output modules which you may need for specialized circumstances.
I’ve always regarded exporting as the lazy person’s option for file creation in AE, for the reasons enumerated above. Unless, of course, you have no other option than to export.
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