-
Video Rendering
Hello, 🙂
I made a project in 4K resolution. I wanted to render it in 540p. Created a new composition(960×540) and scaled my project to 25% to fit everything in. When I render it in MP4, it takes same time as 4K. But final quality is really bad…
What does that mean? How can I fix that if that’s a problem?
Thanks!
Best regards,
DADA -
6 Replies
-
[Dada Kräuter] “I made a project in 4K resolution. I wanted to render it in 540p. Created a new composition(960×540) and scaled my project to 25% to fit everything in. When I render it in MP4, it takes same time as 4K. But final quality is really bad…”
With this setup, Ae is calculating the entire 4K frame, then scaling that down to 25%. If you want to render directly to 540p, add your 4K comp to the render queue. By default, Ae will set the render settings to Best Settings in the render queue. Click on Best Settings and set the resolution to Quarter. Be aware that this may impact the look of some effects.
What is your process for rendering to MP4? In what way does it look bad? Scaling down does mean throwing away a lot of detail, and some content is not well-suited for this.
Walter Soyka
Designer & Mad Scientist at Keen Live [link]
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
@keenlive | RenderBreak [blog] | Profile [LinkedIn] -
Thank you for your reply, 🙂
“In what way does it look bad?”
It’s to much pixelated. But when I render one frame(JPEG) in 540p, it look good…
What does that mean?
Thanks again!
-
Thanks for reply, 🙂
“It could mean that you are rendering at a very low bit rate.”
Target bitrate is set to 40.
Maximum bitrate is set to 50.So… :\
“It could also mean that you are judging the rendered animation while the viewer is paused.”
Sorry, but I don’t understand what do you mean. I leave it on render, then come back and watch rendered video… Nothing else.
Thanks again!
-
40-50 [Mbps]
Thanks!
-
Add 4k vid to render queue click “output Module”(where it usually says lossless), tick the resize and plugin your resolution. 50MBS should be just fine. Not sure how you are calculating your downscaling but here is a resolution calculator – https://bneijt.nl/pr/resolution-scale-calculator/.
Good luck.
-
“How does the animation look?”
It looks same as H.264 version… :\
Reply to this Discussion! Login or Sign Up