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Ryan D.G. Stone · August 24th, 2009, 08:43 AM

Hello everyone,

I'm looking to create stock video backgrounds in After Effects and sell them on DVDs. I was wondering whether anyone could give me some advice on the best format for wide use. I was thinking High-quality Quicktime files, would anyone disagree?

Also, and this is on the basis I go with QT, I've rendered out a few of my backgrounds (in QT based on Lossless), and they've been about 60mb (for 15-30sec clip) which has seemed fine. However, the colour seems a little washed out. I discovered if I rendered out with the animation codec it restored the brilliant colours and deepest blacks, which is obviously what I want. However, the file size spirals to over 600mb. Given that I want to create a DVD with approx 30-40 clips on, this is unusable. Again, could anyone assist in this matter? I know it essentially boils down to the age-old questions of quality vs size and for that I apologise!

Ryan

Shaun Roemich · August 25th, 2009, 11:50 AM

Have you considered trying to lossless DATA compress them (ie. ZIP the final Animation compressed files)?

PJ Gallagher · August 26th, 2009, 07:59 PM

Maybe take a look at some of the stock video websites that offer that sort of footage, like Pond5 or istockvideo, and see what format they're selling their stuff on.

Cris Hendrix · August 30th, 2009, 08:20 PM

Just speaking personally I'd rather have an avi than a quicktime, though I know from selling sounds it's good to offer as many formats as you possibly can.

August 24th, 2009, 08:43 AM	#1
Ryan D.G. Stone Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norwich, England Posts: 29	Stock Video Export Hello everyone, I'm looking to create stock video backgrounds in After Effects and sell them on DVDs. I was wondering whether anyone could give me some advice on the best format for wide use. I was thinking High-quality Quicktime files, would anyone disagree? Also, and this is on the basis I go with QT, I've rendered out a few of my backgrounds (in QT based on Lossless), and they've been about 60mb (for 15-30sec clip) which has seemed fine. However, the colour seems a little washed out. I discovered if I rendered out with the animation codec it restored the brilliant colours and deepest blacks, which is obviously what I want. However, the file size spirals to over 600mb. Given that I want to create a DVD with approx 30-40 clips on, this is unusable. Again, could anyone assist in this matter? I know it essentially boils down to the age-old questions of quality vs size and for that I apologise! Ryan

August 25th, 2009, 11:50 AM	#2
Shaun Roemich Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia (formerly Winnipeg, Manitoba) Canada Posts: 4,088	Have you considered trying to lossless DATA compress them (ie. ZIP the final Animation compressed files)? __________________ Shaun C. Roemich Road Dog Media - Vancouver, BC - Videographer - Webcaster www.roaddogmedia.ca Blog: http://roaddogmedia.wordpress.com/

August 26th, 2009, 07:59 PM	#3
PJ Gallagher Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Canberra, Australia Posts: 78	Maybe take a look at some of the stock video websites that offer that sort of footage, like Pond5 or istockvideo, and see what format they're selling their stuff on.

August 30th, 2009, 08:20 PM	#4
Cris Hendrix Regular Crew Join Date: May 2009 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 66	Just speaking personally I'd rather have an avi than a quicktime, though I know from selling sounds it's good to offer as many formats as you possibly can.