Exporting Animated PNG's sequence with H.265 to achieve less weight in Megabytes

[Drones25269160ddwm]

Hello Guys,

I am trying to lower the Megabytes of a 5 minutes animated png sequence that contains a lot of shapes and lines in motion. If I try to export Media under the maximum 20 bitrate CBR/VBR 1 pass and Ticked "Use Maximum Render Quality" and "Render at Maximum Depth"  it becomes fuzzy when streamed through a created mobile app or media channel.

My question is:

Is there any other way to lower the file weights (currently at 798 Mb) that the one uses without losing so much bitrate that it becomes a fuzzy moving image when streaming?

Thanks in advance!

[MyerPj]

Untick: "Use Maximum Render Quality" and "Render at Maximum Depth"

Try again, then you can lower the bit rate to see how it goes.

[Drones25269160ddwm]

Thanks for the reply!

When bitrate goes lower than 20 gets blurry. Do you think that unticking will retain quality when lower than 20?

[Jeff Bellune]

You don't need max bit depth for video that is destined for streaming online. Max render quality is really only useful when scaling video from one frame size to another. For example, exporting a 4K sequence to HD frame size.

[Drones25269160ddwm]

Thanks for replying and explaining Jeff.

FYI, I did "untick" both, and I could reduce the file by only 76 Mb at 18 Bitrate, bellow that starts to get blurry again when streaming(i.e through google drive as a test), unfortunately.

[Jeff Bellune]

Please post a screenshot of all your export settings.

You didn't say what format and codec you used to export. I'm assuming H.264 in an MP4 file?

You've gotten almost a 10% reduction in file size so far. If file size is your biggest concern, then you may be able to reduce it further by lowering the bit rate a little more and selecting VBR 2-pass.

Be aware that encoders can't work magic. If there are fine details and fast motion (it seems your video has both!), then it needs lots of bits to encode good quality video. The video content may prohibit small file sizes.

[Drones25269160ddwm]

Hi Jeff,

Unfortunately, I guess this kind of video (1920x1080 @30fps) requires at least 18 Bitrate and it seems it works a bit better (less blurry) when exported with CBR.

I have used H.265 since H.264 managed the same or a bit more megabytes.

The attached picture shows you also that this png sequence has fine details and expanding, contracting, and circular motion. In the attached file that one still frame will move in a circular and expanding and contracting (zoom in/out) way, which has all those lines "inside the reference red circle" which get blurry.

I'm not sure if I can make it less than 670 MB without getting a blurry effect inside this area...

[Jeff Bellune]

Indeed. You'll need lots of bits for that!