Exporting/Editing/Uploading

Suchiko · Post by **Suchiko** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 1:30 am

I am pulling my hair out trying to figure out how to get my animation on a website (blip.tv; veoh; anywhere but youtube) without it being super blurry or pixelated. The file sizes are huge and I don't know which compressor works best, plus it takes like 50 years to try them all anyway. I just ended up using xfire codec because it looks the best without messing up (other than uncompressed). Every time I convert the vids with something (WMM, Easy FLV converter, blah) They get blurred and ugly. I want it to be perfectly crystal clear (like it looks in the render screen) because I spent a lot of time on it. It seems like it would be best to convert them to FLVs, but I tried that and it still looked sucky, even though I was able to get them on the sites. Will someone please help me?

P.S. - I don't have any money, AS6 was a gift itself, so I can't afford to go buy anything sorry D:

Oh - here his a sample of one of my crappy uploads for reference.

Nolan Scott · Post by **Nolan Scott** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 2:47 am

Well, I would recommend creating your project in 1280 x 720, or higher.
25 or 30 frames per second that’s up to you, but stay with the same frame-rate and resolution through your whole project. (personally I use 25 fps)

Export as QuickTime:
Resolution 1280 x 720 / Deinterlace
Compression H.264
Quality High / Multi-pass
Data-rate Automatic or at least 3000 kbits/sec
Sound AAC, Stereo, 44.100 kHz, 128 kbps

Regards
Nolan

Suchiko · Post by **Suchiko** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 3:21 am

Thanks, Nolan. I tried what you said, well most of it. I exported the 200 frame clip and got half a second of video for some reason. That's never happened before...

Export as QuickTime:(did that)
Resolution 1280 x 720 / Deinterlace (wouldn't let me go past 780)
Compression H.264 (did that)
Quality High / Multi-pass (yep)
Data-rate Automatic or at least 3000 kbits/sec (yep)
Sound AAC, Stereo, 44.100 kHz, 128 kbps (didn't even see this one...)

Any ideas?

Nolan Scott · Post by **Nolan Scott** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 4:30 am

Well, the above mentioned QuickTime export settings are suppose to be used when exporting from your “Video-Editor”, like iMovie, Final Cut, Movie-Maker...?
H.264 is a delivery format (e.g. Website) not a production format...

Export your animation from Anime Studio using the “Animation” codec, or if you are on a Mac use “Apple Intermediate Codec”...(if you’re using the pro-version try image-sequence)
Import those files into your chosen Video-Editor...

Depending on the operational system one has many choices:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_vi ... g_software

Add your sound and then export to the above mentioned settings...

If your version of Anime Studio (Debut or Pro...?) doesn’t let you export higher than 780 pixels, you might have to stay with one of the NTSC or PAL presets...?

Regards
Nolan

Suchiko · Post by **Suchiko** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 3:55 pm

I tried using VideoPad and I get the same junk for each video, even though I can try your settings. It doesn't have anything on there about H.264 though. Is there any free editor that works best?

I'm using AS6 Debut on Win XP and I don't know what NTSC or PAL is...

Nolan Scott · Post by **Nolan Scott** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 9:57 pm

Well, I am using Final Cut Express on a Mac...
For Windows, what about Movie Maker, thought this one comes free with XP...?
Otherwise check out: Video Spin, Virtual Dub, Jashaka, Wax, Avidemux...etc...
I guess, there are many more....

NTSC: National Television System Committee.
(analog broadcast television system for e.g. America, parts of South America, Japan...

PAL: Phase Alternating Line.
(analog broadcast television system for e.g. most of Europe, parts of Africa and Asia, Australia / New Zealand...

SECAM: Sequential Colour with Memory.
(analog broadcast television system for e.g. France, Russia, parts of Africa...

Regards
Nolan