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Rendering issue with h.264
Basically, I’m making a video in 720p and want to render in HD h.264 format. I chose the QuickTime Movie option, and h.264 compression type.
I get this error:
But, when I try to use h.264 as an option, it’s not there!
These are the other options I have.
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4 Replies
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Which version of After Effects are you using? I know in CC the H.264 option is gone because Adobe expects you to use the infernal Media Encoder.
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Yeah..I have CS4, that might be the reason why. I don’t have the money to upgrade right now, as what I do is only a hobby.
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Well, you probably shouldn’t be doing H.264 renders directly out from After Effects; it tends to do a poor job, especially since it can’t do multipass (or at least it couldn’t in CS4.) Exporting out as a lossless file and then encoding in Media Encoder or your application of choice will result in a much nicer result.
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David, nothing is gone. H.264 is just turned off in the default state. You can turn it back on.
from “what’s new and changed in After Effects CC (12.0)”:
“removed H.264, MPEG-2, and WMV formats from the default state of the After Effects render queue: In general, you should use Adobe Media Encoder to create output in these formats that have been deprecated from the After Effects render queue. If you need to be able to export these formats directly from After Effects, you can re-enable them by setting the preference Show Deprecated Formats In Output Module Settings in the Output preferences category.”
Why do you refer to AME as “infernal”. It is _much_ better than After Effects at making H.264 files.
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Todd Kopriva, Adobe Systems Incorporated
After Effects quality engineering
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