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Chandan Rajdeep Mohanty
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July 1, 2021
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Is it possible to render longer videos with higher resolutions in after effects?

  • July 1, 2021
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So, this is something I wanted to ask from a long time (from 2014 to be precise). I just wanted to know if it is possible to render higher resolutions like 4k and longer videos like 8 minutes, 10 minutes etc in after effects.

 

I have seen countless tutorials, web articles and a lot of things in which the YouTubers or tutors never go above 1920x1080 and 10 sec of time.

 

I was thinking if it is possible to render as I mentioned above or not if we have a PC with good enough or great components. I am going to build my life's first ever PC soon as my old i3 3rd Gen laptop died last year and this is my upcoming rig's specs-

 

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

NVIDIA RTX 3090

32GB 3600MHz CL18 RAM

Samsung 980 Pro 1TB NVMe

Samsung 980 Pro 2TB NVMe

 

So, as you can see this is fairly powerful PC. I know it can do great renders with fairly lowest possible time but just wanted to know if it's possible to render higher resolutions with longer time on after effects or not, as I have never seen anyone doing it. Not in front of me, neither anyone in internet.

 

Thanks in advance

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nishu_kush
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nishu_kushCommunity Manager
Community Manager
July 2, 2021

Hi Chandan,

 

Thanks for writing in.

You haven't seen anyone working on 8 or 10 minutes Compositions because After Effects is usually used to create short-duration shots. After Effects works differently if compared to an NLE like Premiere Pro (which is designed to work on long duration projects). I think After Effects can export 8 to 10 minutes long comps but if you've used any resource-intensive effects on the project, it could take a long time to export. Hence (as an After Effects user), exporting the project in several parts in a lossless format and combining them later would be a better choice.

I wonder what kind of projects you'll be working on. 

Hope it helps.

 

Thanks,

Nishu

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Chandan Rajdeep MohantyAuthor
Participant
July 5, 2021

I am going to work on mostly creating audio visualisers and VFX shots (i.e.- avengers scatter effect, some anime effect recreation like kamehameha from Naruto anime, and other possible VFX scene) but it was only a doubt I had so I asked.

 

But I can't do every work at the same time. So, the duration is going to be short but resolution are going to be 4k (3840x2160) shot in iPhone or if I created something like audio visualisers then they are also going to be made in 4k resolution (3840x2160)

 

Thanks for the reply sir

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