Add back rendering support for H264 codec directly out of AE

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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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David Simonton, DVA

Community Manager

After Effects can export H.264 by adding your comp to the Media Encoder queue; can you tell us what's missing or bad about this workflow? What features do you get in AE's native render queue that you can't do by sending it to Media Encoder?

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FeedbackCommunityMember

Inspiring

Bring back the ability to export H.264 format in After Effects. I use that codec weekly for my work. What is wrong with you people???!!

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FeedbackCommunityMember

Inspiring

Thanks for your response Tim, Media Encoder is a nice solution. Though I was wondering if H264 is offered as an output option in the render queue, it might be nice to be able to get better results rather than having to double handle a file, saving time on the user end.

TimKurkoski

Community Manager

Do you use Adobe Media Encoder to export your compositions to H.264? The H.264 options in AME are very flexible.

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FeedbackCommunityMember

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The current H264 compression out of the render queue compresses the quality of video, whilst keeping the file size still quite large. Overall better compression would be great out of AE, rather than rendering out Lossless or ProRes4444 and then compressing using QuickTime 7 Pro.

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