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oklava
oklava
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June 6, 2018
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In which format I should carry my project?

  • June 6, 2018
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Hi,

I completed my video on after effects.
Now I will do color correction&grading on premiere or maybe davinci resolve ( because my version of after effects doesn't have lumetri scopes )
Would there be any quality loss if I export the video from after effects as .mp4 (H.264) because of there will be the second export on premiere?

I was doing this kind of operations with PNG sequences but I realized it is heavier for preview

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Correct answer Brandon Loshe

Oh, yeah if you have 200 layers, then I don't blame ya. If you did the second option, you could bump the playback quality in Premiere to "Half" or "Quarter" during the sluggish spots.

If you go the exporting and importing method, then you might want to use an uncompressed codec rather than H.264. H.264 is a great codec for delivering a final compressed video, but not ideal if you're going to be doing additional work to the video, especially color grading. You could use a codec like Animation or another uncompressed codec so that all of the video information makes the journey to Premiere Pro or Davinci Resolve.

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Brandon Loshe
Brandon Loshe
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June 6, 2018

Hi oklava,

Possibly, although maybe not very noticeable. Personally, I would just import the After Effects composition into a Premiere Pro sequence. This is my preferred method so that I don't have to worry about exporting/importing until my final export from Premiere Pro. Obviously if there are heavy animation/effects involved, you'll be playing back unrendered content in your Premiere Pro project.

Alternatively, with After Effects already open, you can open Premiere and create a (throwaway) title (or anything with longer duration than what you After Effects composition is), right click on the title (or clip), and select "Replace with After Effects Composition." This will create a new composition in your already opened After Effects project. Then just copy all the layers in one composition into your dynamically linked new composition. Save it, and then your After Effects composition is updated in your Premiere Pro project. Just like before however, if there are heavy animation/effects involved, you'll be playing back unrendered content in your Premiere Pro project.

Hope this helps,

-Brandon

    oklava
    oklavaAuthor
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    June 6, 2018

    Thanks a lot for your help and great explanation Brandon,
    I didn't know the second option and it is really cool, and I'm trying it now but it became too heavy to preview in premiere.
    There are 200 layer on after effects and I guess the first option will not solve the preview problem neither. I prefer to start color grading as a fresh new video instead of dealing with that mess Actually this is one of the reasons for exporting/importing in the first place.
    I guess exporting and importing it as .mp4(H.264) -if there will not be considerable data loss- will be ok for me

    Brandon Loshe
    Brandon LosheCorrect answer
    Legend
    June 6, 2018

    Oh, yeah if you have 200 layers, then I don't blame ya. If you did the second option, you could bump the playback quality in Premiere to "Half" or "Quarter" during the sluggish spots.

    If you go the exporting and importing method, then you might want to use an uncompressed codec rather than H.264. H.264 is a great codec for delivering a final compressed video, but not ideal if you're going to be doing additional work to the video, especially color grading. You could use a codec like Animation or another uncompressed codec so that all of the video information makes the journey to Premiere Pro or Davinci Resolve.

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