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Add back rendering support for H264 codec directly out of AE

Forum|Forum|3 years ago
September 28, 2022
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Around 2012 you removed the option for rendering a .mp4 file directly out of AE. Please add it back. The work around is to either render in a different codec and compress that in media encoder, or to launch the render directly from media encoder from AE (which is extremely slow and cumbersome, especially when you have large/complex project files). Not sure why removing functionality seemed like a good idea at the time...?

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VictoriaNece

Community Manager

Media Encoder supports H264 in an mp4 container. Will your clients accept that as an alternative?

And you have two ways to store and eyedropper color swatches in AE: use the Adobe Color Themes panel (Window > Extensions > Adobe Color Themes) to create palettes, and you'll see them in the Libraries panel as well.

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FeedbackCommunityMember

Inspiring

Why should I have to open a second application just to export a file, when it used to work perfectly from AE render queue. It's ridiculous... There used to be tons of formats to choose from in the render queue. Now it's a graveyard.

It's like writing a document in Word, and to print it, you have to open an additional printing application

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FeedbackCommunityMember

Inspiring

Also, if you need a quick preview render aescripts.com/aftercodecs/ will be even faster than the previous built-in H264 codec (use Speed=8 and Quality = 80 !)

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FeedbackCommunityMember

Inspiring

It'd be GREAT to be able to get our videos in these formats. Thanks.

Heathenlamb

Known Participant

I 2nd this ... I require the ability to export H264 straight from After Effects. I used to have it and it was a far superior workflow than adding an extra step to AME. Some people use AE in industries other than film and TV and the removal of H264 export form AE is a major pain **********.

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Smilevil

Known Participant

A better idea would be simply to add the export dialogue of AME to AE, as PPro has, so all (AE, Ame and PPro) are in harmony with the same export dialogue.

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FeedbackCommunityMember

Inspiring

same here, it was a quick alternative to get a small file rendered for preview purposes.
What is the need to remove it!!

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FeedbackCommunityMember

Inspiring

If I have a project that has Variable Frame Rate H.264 footage and interpret the footage to Smooth Video and then collect and transfer this project, I find that the Variable Frame Rate option has been reset back to Preserve Audio Sync!

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FeedbackCommunityMember

Inspiring

I use this codec multiple times a day as an editor/animator, absolutely devastated after updating AE and finding this codec missing...

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FeedbackCommunityMember

Inspiring

Yeah this is a big bummer. I get you want us to transition to AME when opening it out of AE its soooo slow, and I have to wait minutes for Dynamic Link to sync up if it does at all.

Please bring back all the codecs you stripped out (including HAP!) or make AME more user friendly. Thanks!

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