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[alanchrishughes]

i dont know if this is the right website for this but i havent been able to find help else where, so here goes. im new to using after effects and im having trouble exporting full quality renders of my animations. i was wondering if there are any special settings i need to use to maintain a crisp image, through out the long process of creating the photoshop or illustrator images, imported to after effects, exported from after effects as an animation, imported to an adobe premiere timeline and then exported again where it has then become noticeably duller and pixelated.

if i use the "make movie" rendering process in after effects, it turns out a very crisp video, but doesnt fill the entire screen, almost like its in wider screen. if i simply export it as an avi file it will fill the entire screen like normal, but has this dull and pixelated quality.

i will import the cleaner "make movie" render to premiere to edit into my main sequence and premiere will stretch the clip vertically to fill the screen, and when i export or render out the final edit, the animation will again have this dull and pixelated quality.

soooo...i know its a long and vage question, and i apologize for that, but if anybody has any ideas i would definately appreciate it. ive tried all sorts of combinations of pixel aspect ratio settings, frame aspect ratios, resolution settings and everything i can think of, but no luck so far. thank for reading all that if nothing else haha.

[funkysoul]

First of all.. NEVER use compressed movies in case you want to create high-quality stuff.

Pixelated videos happen when you have the wrong pixel aspect ratio or you use wrong codec for your encoding. Personally I prefer to use uncompressed AVI or QT. Sure you will need a lots of space depending on your project. but that's basically how Video editing works

When exporting from PS or AI, just save the files in their native file format, and import them to AE, they will look completely the same in AE. No quality losses no nothing.

Also always keep in mind to check on which resolution your movie was shot or created if motion graphic, when exporting keep the same size as the source file, otherwise things will stretch

Didn't understand the fill screen question though, maybe you explain it better or post a screenshot for a better view of the problem.

[Scythar]

Hail Hail funky, hes so right,
I would even suggest more:
when you make your PS or AI files, make them at the right resolution already, f.ex. for ordinary DVD/Video --> 720 x 576 (pal / 25fps)

[alanchrishughes]

i have the right resolution settings, its strange though because after effects says 720x480 is a 3:2 ratio for some reason. and photoshop and illustrator files use square pixels right? so when i import them to to after effects would interperating them to a .9 ratio help any? since that is what it will ultimately end up as anyways?

[funkysoul]

720x480 is the NTSC standard format.. depending on where you are located it's the right one.

PAL (Europe): 25fps, 720x576
NTSC (US, Canada, Japan): 30fps, 720x480

On the 2 last versions of Photoshop you are able to create psd corresponding to the pixel aspect ratio you need, including title safe and work safe areas.

If you import content which has a 1:1 px aspect ratio the movie will look jaggy/edged.

Interpreting footage may work on most of the cases, anyway I would ensure that you always shoot your footage / create your footage with the correct ratio, so you don't need to care about that aswell

following this url you will find a nice graphic of the different formats as also a comparison between them.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:St...d_video_res.svg

Scythar: Video is my main occupation I work for a broadcasting company

Edited by funkysoul, 17 August 2006 - 12:12 PM.

[alanchrishughes]

you dont get what im saying, but dont worry about man

[Scythar]

k,
i have this feeling to tell you, i am gonna kill you, but i wont...
(think italian accent, maffia boss kinda "yo no notting" style)

Lets start with the beginning: your making a video, right?
Does this include photographs and moving pictures?
How did you get the raw material: video camera, digital camera, etc.. and at what resolution?
Then what are you going the movie for: TV or Computer?

I know i am gonna insult your intelligence here, but i just want to know: your not trying to turn a video, recorded with an ordinary videocamera (f.ex. 720 pixels x 576 pixels) to fill a PC-screen (f.ex. 1280 pixels x 1024 pixels)?

[alanchrishughes]

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