[Roland R. kahlenberg]

Try using an actual QT movie instead of a QT Ref.

HTH
RoRK
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[Roland R. kahlenberg]

When importing an AE comp into AME, AME’s workflow is a dual, sequential process. The comp is first rendered at high rez and then this high rez is compressed. Rendering directly from AE precludes the first process.

If you want to render from AE and continue to work, then look at this script – https://aescripts.com/bg-renderer/

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RoRK
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[Roland R. kahlenberg]

This is very strange. I suggest you trash your AE prefs – Hit CTRL+ALT+SHIFT (Command+Option+SHIFT) as soon as you start up AE.

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[Roland R. kahlenberg]

A garbage matte prior to keying will not do the job – all it’ll do is prevent the green bar from being keyed. I assume that this is what you’ve done. Hence, the green bar on the glasses.

You have to do the following –
1) track the green bar
2) create a patch to cover the green bar
3) apply the tracking result onto the path in (2)

Good Luck
RoRK
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[Roland R. kahlenberg]

There is no clear winner because you have left out an integral coefficient for compressing moving imagery – Bitrate. You not seeing a discernible difference between two movies with final rendered sizes of 11.1MB and 81MB, can be attributed to the difficulty (or ease, in this case)involved in compressing the video, for the CODEC.

I suggest that you look at the bitrate settings of the two movies to have a more appreciable understanding of what’s happening in the background.

Lastly, I can’t be certain, but I believe that all versions of AME, hitherto, use the Main Concept H264 encoder.

HTH
RoRK
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[Roland R. kahlenberg]

See if this helps – https://cgi.tutsplus.com/tutorials/learn-how-to-create-chromatic-aberration–ae-657

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[Roland R. kahlenberg]

It’s really simple. If you want good quality stuff then stick to working with the highest quality files your storage can afford. For pre-renderss, stay away from H264 as its a good capture format for lower-end cameras and for final delivery – NOT GOOD for production/timeline work.

Try rendering to QuickTime ProRes, Animation, Uncompressed etc

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RoRK
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[Roland R. kahlenberg]

Check to see if you have Render Multiple Frames Simultaneously selected in Edit>Prefs>Memory & Multiprocessing. With RMFS, it may take some time to initialize multiple cores prior to a RAM preview.

With CS6 and CC, you really need to get to know your setup really well. RMFS, on certain types of footage/layer/comps, RMFS can be slow. In CC, there is a setting to initiate RMFS only for final renders and not for previews.

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[Roland R. kahlenberg]

The proper term is multiplex – IOW, you want a multiplexed MP4 file. QuickTime Pro is able to do it. I’m sure there are other options that are free. Google should provide you with a few alternatives although I believe VLC player should also be able to do this. Of course, you should ensure that the currently individual files are not corrupted in any way.

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RoRK
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[Roland R. kahlenberg]

There is no SC for a lot of the Shape Layer props. For masks, there is “m” which reveals the Mask Path prop.

You may want to send in a Feature Request for more Shape Layer SCs – https://www.adobe.com/go/wish

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