[Richard Herd]

This is probably not a basics question. You might want to ask in the other forums. (Don’t forget After Effects forums, either.)

Good luck 🙂

[Richard Herd]

Any time.

AE is not that tough. It’s super deep and there is no end to it, but the initial stuff is pretty easy to use. Give it a try 🙂

[Richard Herd]

[Andrew Kimery] “workflow junky”

Perhaps that should be the new forum name. 😉

[Richard Herd]

[Scotty Hell] “My deliverable are not specified, but I would like to use the highest res. possible.”

It’s perfectly reasonable to ask the client what they need delivered, in exact detail: running time, image size, codec, format, frame rate, bit rate.

The computer graphic specs change depending on the exact monitor and video card, in a particular device. For example, delivering a picture to a Las Vegas style marquee is probably still 1024×768 because the screens are giant, but also the scaler inside those machines can create a picture and picture, and if that happens, then those image sizes need to be created.

The latest and greatest computer graphic specs depend on the particular application. I am using dual monitors at 2560×1440, for After Effects, Premiere, etc. Apparently, there is a new iMac with some pretty crazy image size. My iPhone is different than that, but it’s pretty decent. The iPad is different again. And so on. Companies like Vimeo and YouTube have “flip factories” on their backend that created the video needed for each device, each browser, each bitrate — very fancy!

[Richard Herd]

There are a lot details to wade through.

NTSC video, the live action, is not actually 30fps or 24fps. It is 30/1.001 or 29.97 and 24/1.001 or 23.976.

Your first step in this process is to use Adobe Media Encoder to transcode everything to exact identical everything: codec, format, frame rate. Your transcode will depend on what your final deliverable is, so you need to know that first. It sounds like you are delivering to “kiosks” or “touchscreen” stuff, which are not video (YUV), they are graphics (RGB). This means you might have to transcode and export a few ways to test what looks best at the final deliverable experience for the audience/consumers.

When I did a similar job (for 4 years!), I used After Effects, not Premiere. I recommend AE because of the differences between a compositing program and a non-linear editor. Having said that (after you transcode) you will need to use the Effects Controls in Premiere (again: i recommend AE), to scale and position the graphics.

Also…if the animator is sending you low-res stuff then take a few moments to consider how you will replace the low rez with the high rez. Unfortunately, it is not as straightforward as we want it to be.

PS 1026×768 is not old Standard Def TV. Standard Def TV is 720×480. 1024×768 is an old computer graphics spec (any one want to play Lemmings? 🙂

[Richard Herd]

Your links are 404.

Check this site out first: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201948

How to tell if your Mac is 64-bit.

[Richard Herd]

Thanks!

[Richard Herd]

Sorry if I offended.

[Richard Herd]

[Walter Soyka] “If you don’t have a current bootable backup, today’s a great day to make one! “

I don’t. I have some time. Now, how do I do this (a link you suggest)?

Thanks!

[Richard Herd]

[Jeremy Garchow] “I got the joke, and I thought it was hilarious, actually. I Zing!OLed (ZOL)”

It was a good zinger! I smiled wryly.