Post by Scott on May 11, 2005 15:34:06 GMT -8
So here's some info I found about rendering options in After Effects. In addition, I also rendered out my ML project in each setting to test it out (using just medium quality). I posted them on the student dropoff if anyone's curious to compare quality versus file size.
The best is quicktime compression set to animation/millionsofcolors/best - which is technically lossless. If anyone's having trouble playing their footage back full speed at this setting, quicktime set to video/best is a decent alternative for dailies if you have too.
(from Visual Quickpro Guide to After Effects 6.5)
QUICKTIME (mov)
-Animation: uses lossless compression at its 100 percent quality setting and supports an alpha channel when color depth is set to Millions of Colors +. Designed for images that contain large areas of flat color, such as cartoon animations, it can result in smaller file sizes than the None codec.
-Cinepak: compresses 24-bit video for data rates suitable for CD-ROM playback or Internet download, and it can be played back on older computers. Compression is slow.
-DVPAL/DVNTSC: compresses video to the DV standard used by the MiniDV, DVCam, and DVCPro video formats.
-Video: supports Thousands of Colors. Designed for video content, it's good for fast, low-quality drafts.
-MotionJPEG: support video captured with some hardware capture cards.
-None: saves uncompressed images and supports an alpha channel when color depth is set to Millions of Colors +. It maintains the highest image quality but also results in the largest file sizes.
-Sorenson: yields high compression with high quality for data rates ideal for Internet download. However, it can be very slow to compress and only plays back on computers with relatively fast processors.
VIDEO FOR WINDOWS (avi)
-Cinepak: compresses 24-bit video data rates suitable for CD-ROM playback or Internet download, and for playback on older computers.
-No Compression: saves uncompressed images and supports an alpha channel when color depth is set to Millions of Colors +. It maintains the highest image quality but also results in the largest file sizes.
-Intel Indeo: is used for video distributed over the Internet for computers with fast (Pentium II or better) processors, and is designed to work with the Intel Audio Software codec.
-Microsoft DV: compresses video to the DV standard used by the MiniDV, DVCam, and DVCPro video formats.
-Microsoft RLE: is designed for images that contain large areas of flat 16_bit color (256 colors), such as cartoon animation. Lossless at its 100 percent quality setting, it's suitable for interim storage of title sequences and animations.
Hope this helps a little with your final projects. Good luck!
The best is quicktime compression set to animation/millionsofcolors/best - which is technically lossless. If anyone's having trouble playing their footage back full speed at this setting, quicktime set to video/best is a decent alternative for dailies if you have too.
(from Visual Quickpro Guide to After Effects 6.5)
QUICKTIME (mov)
-Animation: uses lossless compression at its 100 percent quality setting and supports an alpha channel when color depth is set to Millions of Colors +. Designed for images that contain large areas of flat color, such as cartoon animations, it can result in smaller file sizes than the None codec.
-Cinepak: compresses 24-bit video for data rates suitable for CD-ROM playback or Internet download, and it can be played back on older computers. Compression is slow.
-DVPAL/DVNTSC: compresses video to the DV standard used by the MiniDV, DVCam, and DVCPro video formats.
-Video: supports Thousands of Colors. Designed for video content, it's good for fast, low-quality drafts.
-MotionJPEG: support video captured with some hardware capture cards.
-None: saves uncompressed images and supports an alpha channel when color depth is set to Millions of Colors +. It maintains the highest image quality but also results in the largest file sizes.
-Sorenson: yields high compression with high quality for data rates ideal for Internet download. However, it can be very slow to compress and only plays back on computers with relatively fast processors.
VIDEO FOR WINDOWS (avi)
-Cinepak: compresses 24-bit video data rates suitable for CD-ROM playback or Internet download, and for playback on older computers.
-No Compression: saves uncompressed images and supports an alpha channel when color depth is set to Millions of Colors +. It maintains the highest image quality but also results in the largest file sizes.
-Intel Indeo: is used for video distributed over the Internet for computers with fast (Pentium II or better) processors, and is designed to work with the Intel Audio Software codec.
-Microsoft DV: compresses video to the DV standard used by the MiniDV, DVCam, and DVCPro video formats.
-Microsoft RLE: is designed for images that contain large areas of flat 16_bit color (256 colors), such as cartoon animation. Lossless at its 100 percent quality setting, it's suitable for interim storage of title sequences and animations.
Hope this helps a little with your final projects. Good luck!