Jeff Merkel
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Hi guys, you just proved with your generosity and helpful wisdom once again why this community is such an incredible resource! Thanks to all!
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Steve, thanks a ton for all the info, it really helped me to understand what’s going on under the hood. The aircraft carrier analogy was excellent by the way. I do happen to have some blue glows and you’re correct about those being the most egregious!! One question though, and I hope it’s not a stupid one, is what exactly do you mean by FPS and adding distance between keyframes? I assume you mean something in the render settings as opposed to the actual FPS of the animation in the project. If so, how would I change that in the render settings?
Chris, what you’re saying actually makes a ton of sense. I genuinely appreciate you sharing this secret solution!
I’ll give these methods a try and let you know how it goes. Thanks to everybody for the suggestions and insights.
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So assuming all I needed to do was increase the bitrate on my h.264 output, unfortunately it didn’t have any noticeable effect on my render. I’ll mention it only allowed me to increase the target and maximum bitrates to 50 mbps.
It’s annoying because working in 16-bit within AE almost completely removes the banding.
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In terms of delivery specifications, I assume you mean what I’ll be using it for? Well I’ll be uploading to Youtube ultimately, but primarily will be playing this from my laptop which will be projected onto a large presentation screen. I’m really just trying to solve the issue of exporting a file which allows for 16-bit exporting/playback. That’s about all I can offer in terms of how it’s being used, is there any other information I can provide which would be helpful?
And yes, h264 isn’t the greatest I know. I’d gladly use something else (even if I need to purchase it) if there’s something better.
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Hi Dave, really appreciate the prompt response!
Typically I render out an h264 but I’m definitely not claiming to champion this output method over any other. I’m just really not very advanced with my outputting (trying to get better).
Thank you for the suggestion, I tried adding noise (ranging form 1-5%) but it really didn’t help at all. My glows are happening on a dark background so the banding really is quite apparent.
So is there really no way to work with some kind of 16-bit export? And thanks again for the help.