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WMV export quality not satisfactory
Before we begin, I know encoding is a fine art, you can see plenty of my artistry at https://www.gamespot.com and many other sites, now, the issue:
I have been working with CS4 for a while and only recently had to start making WMV finals for a client.
On CS3 they were perfect, pixel for pixel clear as a bell. These are downloadable files so I can run them out at 2.5Kbps and they looked great. In CS4, something has changed and the output is terrible. Images with fine lines, such as PSD art or vector files look chunky and pixellated like they are rendering at half resolution.
To solve the problem, I have been employing the following method:
Export to uncompressed AVI
Import to Windows Media Encoder
Export using stock settings for DVD playback
Wait
Using this workaround, the files look crystal clear and are very impressive. Why isn’t CS4 able to output these files satisfactorily? Anyone know a secret trick? I’ve used the “maximum quality” hidden button and that doesn’t seem to fix it either.
Le Sigh…
Tracy Peterson
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Give us the details of your export settings that result in the poor encodes.
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I’ve tried too many combinations to mention. Start with the first one that comes up under windows media “High Quality NTSC download” and see the magical results on all fine lines.
Tracy Peterson
http://www.onetwomany.com -
Whilst rude to post “me too!” responses; may I say how delighted I was to read this thread. This is exactly what I found a few days ago.
I got better WMVs from Windows Media Encoder than from Adobe’s.
Like Mr Peterson, I saved uncompressed from Adobe, and let the Microsoft sofware create the final output files.I wonder if comparing the files, using GSPOT https://www.headbands.com/gspot would show any differences in the codecs or settings used.
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Thank you for seconding the workflow from AVI to WMV, Tim, my suspicion is that the issue lies within the adobe media encoder. I’ve used premiere since before the pro series and sadly, WMV continues to suffer. I use dynamic linking constantly but I have to jump through many hoops to create output the way I expect it to be.
Tracy Peterson
http://www.onetwomany.com -
I am having this problem also, and I still haven’t found an acceptible workaround. I usually do my editing in After Effects, but for this project, I decided to use Premiere. I need to end up with a 720×480 WMV, but Adobe Media Encoder is yielding janky video that looks like it might be as good as 360×240. I have CS3 on an older machine, but I can’t get the project to load. Very frustrating.
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