After Effects CS5

[Christiansltd]

Hi, I am teaching myself after effects, I am just having one issue, when rendering my final animation it is saving as a file that is way to large, is there a format to save to that keeps the quality but also reduces the file size.

 

Thanks in advance for any tips

[aaronrumple]

Quicktime Mov's export pretty well from After effects. Try the H264 compression.

[hockley91]

I agree with Aaron. The H264 compression has looked great in my opinion and has a good file size. I have found the 1280x960 format in .mp4 sluggish with Quicktime so I usually convert to .WMV with "iOrgSoft Video Converter" and play through Windows Media Player without much noticeable loss in quality.

[erickdt]

If you're planning on editing your AE compositions in Premier I'd suggest you not export them at all and instead import the AE comps directly into Premier. This establishes a link between the two files so if you make anymore tweaks on you AE comp it will automatically update itself in your Premier timeline.

 

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[Craig Ramsay]

If you're planning on editing your AE compositions in Premier I'd suggest you not export them at all and instead import the AE comps directly into Premier. This establishes a link between the two files so if you make anymore tweaks on you AE comp it will automatically update itself in your Premier timeline.

 

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That's awesome... I had no idea you could even do that! Thanks for the tip

[PuffinViz]

Thanks for the tips on what compression you guys use, this just helped me out of a tricky spot