P: Max Render Quality - not functioning

Hey @Wes Howell,

I have done a test here, along with test files:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-bugs/max-render-quality-not-functioning/idc-p/13985699#M12889

I've added 2024-05-08_Prem_MaxQ_Bug.zip, which includes project files for Premiere 22 and 24(latest update).

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11u2D_6vp5KQ44dUDoGU8m5ZfiMXT6JTR

Export settings were always "Match Source High Bitrate" with only changing Resolution to 1080p and toggling Max Render Quality depending on the test.

Note that in Premiere, the image is always sharp - differences can only be observed in the final file.

The only export that was sharp was the export from Premiere 22 with Maximum Render Quality enabled.

Thanks a lot for looking into this!

I could probably track down an older version 🙂

Do you have a sample project that shows clear results that you can share?  I will send you a PM

@Wes Howell I would love to but the last un-affected version of Premiere/Media Encoder was the 22 release, which is no longer availble for download and I don't have a copy of on any of our edit machines. As an Adobe Employee do you have access to a working older release?

I'm very keen to get this fixed and happy to help any way I can.

From an engineering perspective, the most useful thing would be a small test project that reproduces the failure along with info on what prior release produced superior results.  Exports showing the difference between releases would be great.  Often times, the devil can be in the details so getting to a clarified simple repro case would be the clearest way to get any potential bug logged and prioritized.

Bumping, as it's still a big issue in our workflow.

And here's the source (left) and render (right) of a HD clip on a UHD timline.

Yep.

Are you setting both the Sequence Preview setting MaxR and export MaxR?

None to my knowlege. The work around I was using (rendering through a backdated copy of Media Encoder) is no longer working.

I've taken to exporting everything at UHD (our default sequence size) with bitrate dropped to VBR target 5 max 15. It's poor but better than HD with the potato scaling.

Is there still no workaround for this? As others have said, it absolutely ruins the quality of footage that is made in a higher resolution and then needs to be exported at a lower resolution. I used to do this all the time and tickingthe max render quality option fixed it, but now does absolutely nothing.

I'm on version 23.6