Final Render is AWFUL QUALITY

[Hammy25]

OKAY- I've troubleshooted SO MUCH and NOTHING has fixed this. I'm making a short intro video for a different video, and no matter how I try to render it out, the end product looks NOTHING like it did in the timeline in Premiere. I'm still pretty new to this kind of rendering stuff, so if someone could really dumb it down for me explaining what I need to do in order to get my final render looking decent. There are pixels everywhere and extreme discoloration. I'm working off a 2017 MacBook Pro with 8GB RAM, and the specifications for the video (which is LITERALLY 5 seconds) are attached. (Also sorrry I was too lazy to take screenshots.) Thank you!!!

[thilal12]

Make sure source and output settings match.

[Hammy25]

They don’t, how do i fix that (also thx)

[iJase]

Hammy25B, to answer quickly I would recommend you hit Ctrl + M on your final project inside Adobe Premiere and it should take you to the "Export Settings" Pop Up Page.

Once you have this open (The "Export Settings" page): follow these steps.

1. Start from the top (on the righthand side) where it says "Format:" and change it to Windows Media
   (If it doesn't allow you to change "Format:" uncheck the "Match Sequence Settings" found on top of "Format:")
2. Then under "Format:" it should say "Preset: "change that you whatever quality you want it to spit out.
   
   

These steps should help you render a better quality video, once you try it out- try messing around with the different "Format:" to suit your video needs!

Hope this wasn't confusing! - Jase

[Hammy25]

I don’t see an option in format to change to windows media, is it because I’m working off a mac? (also thx)

[Stan Jones]

Does the source footage match the sequence settings for your timeline?

An additional screenshot that would be helpful is the summary at the upper part of the export settings dialogue: essentially the sequence settings as source, and the export settings.

[SAFEHARBOR11]

Two important questions:

1) Resolution and frame rate of source video you are editing, for instance 1080p60

2) Do the Sequence Settings match #1??

In one of you screen shots of export settings, I saw "DV" which suggests your Sequence is actually set to DV video which is SD (720x480) and not HD and that's why it looks bad because it is set to low quality. Please don't make us download multiple jpg images, one single shot of entire export panel would have sufficed.

Please see example of Export Settings for a 1080p60 project, where Source and Export are both set to 1920x1080, 59.94fps, Progressive

In most workflows, you will want Source and Export settings to match. You can use various export formats like H.264, ProRes, DNxHD, whatever, but the parameters should be in sync with any of them.

Your Sequence is the foundation to build your project on. Start with the wrong settings and everything else will be messed up moving forward. Right-click a video clip in Project Bin and select New Sequence from Clip for a good start. Or drag preferred video clip to empty timeline, and timeline sequence will adjust settings to match clip. No reason to be starting with a DV sequence, unless editing DV material.

Thanks

Jeff

[Hammy25]

Sorry about the jpgs, like i said, I’m new to this. It won’t give me the option to match source in the preset, and I get a message saying the files video stream is not compatible with the preset. is there a way i can change this? (thx)

[Stan Jones]

You are still jumping past step one: I asked what  your source footage was and whether it matched the sequence setting.

Jeff in part said, "Your Sequence is the foundation to build your project on. Start with the wrong settings and everything else will be messed up moving forward. Right-click a video clip in Project Bin and select New Sequence from Clip for a good start. Or drag preferred video clip to empty timeline, and timeline sequence will adjust settings to match clip."

If the source footage does not match the sequence, you are going to have a lot of trouble finding an export setting that will work.