Reduce File size while rendering

[jousefm]

H.264 is not available in AE CC 2019, is there another option that you would recommend? 3 minutes video resulted in a 5GB file which just takes too much time.

Any help would be appreciated!

Best,

Jousef

[Martin_Ritter · Accepted solution]

H.264 is not available in AE since years! The QT implementation of H.264 was never really good, too.

To export in H.264, you add the composition to the Media Encoder queue. There you can set up everything the way you like. For repeating exports, I recommend creating a preset.

You can also export in an intermediate format and then shrink the file with Media Encoder.

In my workflow, I always render my animation as PNG sequence, put this back into AE after rendering and export with through Media Encoder to H.264.

*Martin

[jousefm]

That worked Martin, was just typing the answer Unfortunately I have had a long break from AE and was not up-to-date. Thanks for jumping in so quickly, wish you a nice day!

[jousefm]

Solved it myself. I used Adobe Media Encoder and encoded my file to H.264 from there