Final video pixelated after compression

Hello,
I am sort of new to this but seemed to have found a system that works, but for some reason my latest video is pixelated after compression for vimeo.
I am following the exact same steps as I do for all of my videos and I have never had a problem.
I have shot it on a Canon 5D mark III / 1920X180 / 25FPS
I convert it to apple pro res 422 for progressive material
I drag it into final cut
I export it as quicktime file
I then drag into compressor and use the vimeo recommended settings that I use on all of my videos
final video is very pixelated
I will attach the process in screen shots below and hopefully someone can point out where I am going wrong.
Thank you!

It is kind of hard to tell what is going on from your screen shots, but a couple of things:
It's been a while since I used that version of Compressor, but you are resizing (correctly) the 1080 source to 720, and I believe there are settings for "Best" available to make the resize as high quality as possible.
The 5 Mbits data rate seems low to me. The Vimeo guidelines specify a rate between 5 and 10 Mbits for 720p, I'd set it to average at 8 and peak at 10. The scene with the ocean is a really tough scene to compress, because there is so much motion, throughout the frame, that it might be lowing the quality there to keep to the 5Mbits target.
Compression works by finding areas of the image where there is little or no difference from frame to frame - so a locked off shot of a person giving a speech at a lectern is much easier to compress than a scene with an ocean where there is movement and change on a frame by frame basis.
MtD

Similar Messages

Video pixelation after export?

I edited a project for my mulitmedia class in imove, the video looked fine when viewing it in imovie but once I exported it as a quicktime, the video has pixalation in several places, but I don't see that in the imovie version, how can I fix this or edit this

What are your export settings?
And what version of iMovie you're using (answers differ)?

Horrible final video quality in After Effects CS6 when rendering a 1920x1080 video with H.264 format

I've been using After Effects CS6 on my Macbook Pro for over a year now with no issues. However, today when I exported a video to be rendered in 1920x1080p with H.264 format, I got the worst quality final video I've ever seen. I filmed my video files in 1920x1080p (like usual), and I clicked all the same buttons I normally do to export a video, but every HQ video I try to export looks horrible. I haven't clicked any crazy buttons or anything out of the ordinary.
I always export a video following this sequence:
File > Export > Add to Render Queue > Lossless > H.264 (quality format) > video output (make sure it's checked) > audio output (make sure it's checked) > OK > Output to Desktop
My render settings are always set as "best settings" including "full" resolution and "best" quality.
Now, when I click H.264, a "settings mismatch" pops up and says:
"Warning: Output file will be resized from 1920x1080 (1.00 PAR) to 320x1080 (6.00 PAR) to meet format constraints"
The rendering quality and playback quality within After Effects is great, but once the video is exported, it is horrible.
PLEASE HELP?! I have deadlines I need to meet!

Use the H.264 encoding presets in Adobe Media Encoder.
The H.264 export features in After Effects have been removed in later versions because of numerous problems.

Video has noise after compression

Hi, does anyone know why my videos are showing up wavey after compression is complete?
The following is what's going on:
Video files originally imported to FCPX at 1920x1080p. I then realized I should have imported them at 720p per what has been suggested for exporting videos for web use. I figured I could merely change the settings in compression so I selected Export>Send to Compressor option. I have my video set for 640x360. Other information I have is for size 1450 bytes, 100 milliseconds duration. Video frame rate is currently at 29.97 fps and key frame interval is 30. I've been teaching myself FCPX and digital editing on the job so a lot of this is a foreign language for me.
My video's resolution looks fine before I send it to the Compressor but after the Compressor successfully completes the job, my video wiggles and waves.
Suggestions?
Thanks!

By Web use, do you mean uploading to a site like You Tube? If so, there are Web sharing presets in Compressor that work well for sites like Vimeo and You Tube. Export as a Quick Time movie and then bring that file into Compressor and use the presets.
If not, describe how you're going to use the video.
Russ

Very poor video quality after transcoding in Adobe Encore CS5.1

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!
I have very poor video quality after transcoding the video file (MPEG) in Adobe Encore CS5.1. Below you see my used settings in my filmproject.
The problem exists after transcoding in Adobe Encore CS5.1. I checked all steps and found out that there is no problem until transcoding. My exported file in MPEG has very good video and audio quality.
Facts:
1. Camcorder: Panasonic AG-AC160AEJ
Operating System : Windows 7, 64 Bit, Ultimate edition
Source files: MTS files
Recording settings (clip settings):
Type: MPEG Movie
Image Size: 1920 x 1080
Frame Rate: 25,00
Source Audio Format: 48000 Hz - compressed - Stereo
Project Audio Format: 48000 Hz - 32 bit floating point - Stereo
Pixel Aspect Ratio: 1,0
2. Sequence settings in Premiere Pro
Sequence was created from Clip directly with settings above.
3. Exporting settings in Adobe Premiere Pro:
Match sequence settings was activated. Now other changes were set.
4. Exported File:
Video
Image Size: 1920 x 1080
Data Transfer Rate: 25920 kBit / s
Frame rate: 25
Audio:
Bit rate: 384 kBit / s
Channels: 2 (stereo)
Frequence: 48 kHz
5. Transcoding settings in Adobe Encore:
I used different transcoding settings such as automatic DVD Transcoding, CBR and VBR.I also set “use maximum render quality”. But all results were always the same: very poor quality.
Why does the encore transcoding cause such bad video quality?
How can I solve this problem?
Please help me soon.
Best regards.

Hi Ann,
1) I did not only „Automatic (based on source)“ options in my tests, but also many other customized options.
The results are very poor. I have done a new test with the following settings. The result is also poor:
Download link: http://www.klavierlehrer-bayern.de/download/test_mpeg2dvd_1.m2v
Export Settings:
Format: MPEG2-DVD
Preset: Custom
Codec: MainConcept MPEG Video, Quality: 5
Frame Rate: 25 fps
Field Order: Upper
Pixel Aspect Ratio: Automatic (based on source)
Render at Maximum Rate: [active]
Bitrate Encoding: VBR, 2 pass
Minimum Bitrate (Mbps): 5
Target Bitrate (Mbps): 9
Maximum Bitrate (Mbps): 9
GOP Settings
M Frames: 4
N Frames: 12
Use Maximum Render Quality: [active]
Multiplexer: None
2) Why shouldn’t I use the “Match Sequence Settings” in exporting? Because of the big output file size?
I used it and the results are very good as I expected:
Download link: http://www.klavierlehrer-bayern.de/download/test_MatchSequenceSettings.mpeg
Export Settings
Match Sequence Settings [selected]
1920 x 1080, 25 fps, Upper, Quality 50
User Maximum Render Quality: [active]
3) I tried also Dynamic Link in PremierePro (to Encore).
The results are also poor.
4) I will test also LagarithLoslessCodec and frameserving +DGMPGDec. But the video is vertical long drawn-ot.
I think I did not use it correctly.
Regards

Issues with video quality after editing in Premiere Elements. Please help!!!

I am having issues with the quality of video output from Premiere Elements. I tried to combine 4 videos clips that I took (all were crystal clear when viewed prior to combining them in Premiere Elements). The first clip is quite pixelated, the second has wavy lines running across it the whole time (recorded webinar), and the third clip looks crystal clear. (FYI...first clip and third clip were both taken using the exact same settings on my Canon) I am not very tech "savvy". I am guessing it has something to do with the way I saved or "shared" the video after editing? But I have NO IDEA what settings I need as I am not very "tech" savvy! I want to upload the finished product to Vimeo. I looked on Vimeo and followed instructions from a tutorial that a Premiere Elements user posted about how to save the best quality video for uploading to Vimeo, and the quality turned out FAR WORSE than the first time I saved it. Please help!!! Thanks so much!

Thanks for your response John! Do you think my issue may be due to the way I initially "set up" the project when I created a new project from the very beginning? I am operating on Premiere Elements 10, so I do not see an option for sharing online directly to vimeo....only facebook and Youtube. I am combining 4 video clips. 3 of the 4 clips were shot on my Canon EOS 60D, and 1 of the video clips was a recording of a PowerPoint based webinar that we did via Meeting Burner (meetingburner.com). Since I am combining more than 1 video format, is it likely that I will run into quality issues? The strange thing was that 2 of the clips shot with my Canon showed up blurry after exporting/sharing my final video, but one of them was still crystal clear. This doesn't make any sense to me since I did not change any settings on my Canon. I didn't see any specific tutorials on setting up the project to match the video from that list of Tutorial links.

Novice to Adobe video issue after encoding.

Hi
Im very new to Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe Media Encoder so I realise it might be something I havent or have done to give me my problem.
Im attempting to create a Minecraft video for YouTube, Using Fraps as the recording program and Adobe Premiere Pro as the video editor.
My Adobe is the CS4 version
I have looked at tutorials and followed several different people that are using the same programs as I am but every video I make goes into Adobe Premiere pro good quality but after the Adobe Media Encoding is complete I get like a Motion Blur that was not seen any where during editing.
I was wondering if this was something I had done or not done, ive tryed many different settings both presets and custom found on the tutorials but what ever I do the final video has this Motion Blurr. Also when the final video has encoded it has like a grey film over the video rather than crisp, which I think is causing the issue.
I have included some settings that I am currently using but as I said it happens on all settings.
The specs that I am using are
Fraps:
Recording at 30fps
Screen Size 1920x1080
And for Adobe Premiere Pro
New project settings: are all default except the Capture format which I changed to HDV (Ihave also tryed DV with the same problem)
New sequence settings: HDV 1080p30
Adobe Premiere Pro Export Settings
Format is H.264
Preset is custom following the HDTV 1080p 29.97 High quality setting, these settigns are as follows:
Video Settings:
TV Standard: NTSC
Frame: 1920x1080
FPS: 30
Pixel Aspect Ratio Widescreen: 16:9
Profile: Main
Level: 4.2
Bitrate Settings are
Bitrate Encoding: VBR, 1 Pass
Bitrate Mbps is 8-8
Ive tried to include as much detail as possible.
Any Help would be appriciated thank you.

I'm not entirely sure how much difference this will make, but have you tried VBR 2 pass encoding? It'll take longer to encode but you should get a better result.

Is there a final video size limit or restriction when rendering a composition?

Im a self thought After effect user, so I might not know the exact terms that I need to use for my question. I need to create a video thats is in its final size 1080x3840 px. This is being used in a two screen setup and being played by a single player that splits this on video into the two screens without having to create two separate videos. I can create the composition size to the pixels needed but when I render the video it automatically refers the video to 1080x1920 px which is the size of only one screen. When this render happens the top and bottom of the video get cut off. I have create the final video to 3840x1080 px but this is not what works for the set up. Does After Effects have a height limit when it comes to the final output of the composition? If it does, can it be unlocked so i can create the final 1080x3840 px? Do I need to use an other program to accomplish this, anything would help. The codec I'm using is H.264 at a 10 Mbps. Thank you

Well what i got from them is that they need the the file to be on H.264 codec at 10-15 Mbps at the size of 3840x1080 px. It would be played by one player that uses the H.264 codec. All i need is to be able to do is to output the final video to the size they are asking since everything else works fine. I want to know if i could make the final video size in After Effects or if I have to switch the layout to 1080x3480 px since that has no restrains and then bring it into another program. I have done multiple video files for them and the work fine but they are not to the size they need since every time I render the composition it crops it from 3840x1080 px to 1920x1080 px leaving the the top and bottom of the video out completely.

VIDEO PIXELATED

A 30 second portion of an 8 minute SD sequence becomes pixelated after I burn a DVD in DVD Studio Pro, there is no issue with the video playing in the editing software I'm using (AVID) or when I make a quicktime reference file, or even after it imports into DVD Studio Pro, just when it burns and it and its the same like 30 seconds of video every time. Has anyone had this issue? Thanks!

I've duplicated and then modified a few of the DVD presets (DVD is standard definition only). With the copy of the Dolby Digital (.ac3) preset, I changed the DIAL NORM to -31dbfs and set the Compression to NONE so the audio will be at the same level as it was in FCP. And I'll usually adjust the video (.m2v) custom preset to best fit my program's duration.
-DH

2048x1536 videos and best compression strategy

Hi,
I can't quite figure out if DPS on the iPad3 supports palyback of videos in 2048*1536 resolution. Should I stick to 1024*768 even for the 2048 rendition?
The cover of our magazine includes a full-screen video that features animated text. I'd like it to stay as crisp as possible, but had an error message pop up when tried to play a 2048*1536 video. Playback of a 104*768 video works just fine, but I find the text somewhat pixelated, especially after compressing it to mp4 (I exported from AE in Quicktime format using the Photo - JPEG codec, and then compressed to h.264 in media encoder)
The second part of my question, which I realize may not really belong in this forum but rather in the After Effects or Media Encoder forrums, is what would be the best rendering and compression strategy to keep the type as crisp as possible, especially if 2048*1536 is indeed not supported?
Thanks

1536x2048 will not render on a iPad3 this is something programed in to the video play back on iOS basicly it only supports up to 1080 which is 1920x1080 and it really is just the 1920 we have to worry about anything over that does not play. So this is what I do with my full screen videos on the iPad3 I scale them to 90% of 1536x2048 which is 1382x1843 which plays just fine with no noticable loss in quailty.
Here are the sizes I use for full screen videos on iOS devices.
iPad3 - 1382x1843
iPad1&2 - 691x922
iPhone4 - 576x864
iPhone2&3 - 288x432
The second part of your question I can help answer but I am no expert on video encoding I will just sure the settings I use.
Video
Format: H.264
Frame Rate: 30
Field Order: Progressive
Aspect: Square Pixels (1.0)
TV Standard: NTSC
Bitrate Encoding: VBR, 2 Pass
Target Bitrate [Mbps]: 8
Maximum Bitrate [Mbps]: 8
Key Frame Distance: 72
Audio
Audio Codec: AAC
Sample Rate: 48000 Hz
Channels: Stereo
Audio Quality: High
Bitrate [kbps]: 320
Precedence: Bitrate
Multiplexer
Multiplexer: MP4
Stream Compatibility: Standard
Hope that helps.

Bad reporting performance after compressing infocubes

Hi,
as I learned, we should compress requests in our infocubes. And since we're using Oracle 9.2.0.7 as database, we can use partitioning on the E-facttable to still increase reporting performance. So far all theory...
After getting complaints about worse reporting performance we tested this theory. I created four InfoCubes (same datamodel):
A - no compression
B - compression, but no partitioning
C - compression, one partition for each year
D - compression, one partition for each month
After loading 135 requests and compressing the cubes, we get this amount of data:
15.6 million records in each cube
Cube A: 135 partitions (one per request)
Cube B: 1 partition
Cube C: 8 partitions
Cube D: 62 partitions
Now I copied one query on each cube and with this I tested the performance (transaction rsrt, without aggregates and cache, comparing the database time QTIMEDB and DMTDBBASIC). In the query I selected always one month, some hierarchy nodes and one branch.
With this selection on each cube, I expected that cube D would be fastest, since we only have one (small) partition with relevant data. But reality shows some different picture:
Cube A is fastest with an avg. time of 8.15, followed by cube B (8.75, +8%), cube C (10.14, +24%) and finally cube D (26.75, +228%).
Does anyone have an idea what's going wrong? Are there same db-parameters to "activate" the partitioning for the optimizer? Or do we have to do some other customizing?
Thanks for your replies,
Knut

Hi Björn,
thanks for your hints.
1. after compressing the cubes I refreshed the statistics in the infocube administration.
2. cube C ist partitioned using 0CALMONTH, cube D ist partitioned using 0FISCPER.
3. here we are: alle queries are filtered using 0FISCPER. Therefor I could increase the performance on cube C, but still not on D. I will change the query on cube C and do a retest at the end of this week.
4. loaded data is joined from 10 months. The records are nearly equally distributed over this 10 months.
5. partitioning was done for the period 01.2005 - 14.2009 (01.2005 - 12.2009 on cube C). So I have 5 years - 8 partitions on cube C are the result of a slight miscalculation on my side: 5 years + 1 partion before + 1 partition after => I set max. no. of partitions on 7, not thinking of BI, which always adds one partition for the data after the requested period... So each partition on cube C does not contain one full year but something about 8 months.
6. since I tested the cubes one after another without much time between, the system load should be nearly the same (on top: it was a friday afternoon...). Our BI is clustered with several other SAP installations on a big unix server, so I cannot see the overall system load. But I did several runs with each query and the mentioned times are average times over all runs - and the average shows the same picture as the single runs (cube A is always fastest, cube D always the worst).
Any further ideas?
Greets,
Knut

Glitch that looks like a datamosh after compressing in Media Encoder

When trying to make a WMV of this video and after rendering out lossless from AE and then compressing in Media Encoder, I am getting this strange glitch at the same spot no matter how many times I try to redo the process with different settings within the WMV options. It works fine if I do an MP4, for example, so it seems like the problem is only with WMV files in ME. Just in case, I have completely redone it in AE several times and then put it through ME, but it does the same thing. It looks like a datamosh.
Any ideas? Thank you.

mp4's are more universally acceptable than WMV's so I'd just go with one of the H.264 presets.
If you really must have a WMV, what codec are you trying to use. There are hundreds if not thousands of possibilities and many of them are really flakey....

Issue with imported video in after effects!

Let me start by saying I am putting together a video editing portfolio.
I have the final video edit complete and have brought it into after effects, after exporting it as a current settings out of Final Cut Pro 7. I then, accomponied it with motion graphics that include my contact info all within after effects.
The problem starts here in AE: when I press play on the timeline the entire video moves very sluggish.. Then I exported out of after effects and the final export is still sluggish with the audio cutting in and out (viewing in quicktime player) !.. Is the video supposed to be imported into after effects by a certain format and if so what? or is it supposed to be exported out of after effects by a certain format or way, and if so what? Basically I'm at the end of this process and just need to export the final video with the motion graphics out correctly so that it plays smoothly without complications.
I've looked all over and can't seem to find a steady answer to this problem. Thanks in advance, much appreciated!

When previewing, make sure that you're using RAM preview to get real-time playback:
http://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/previewing.html#use_ram_preview_to_play_video_a nd_audio
See this regarding the issue with your output file stuttering:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/684381
Most important, start here to learn the basics:
http://adobe.ly/AE_basics

Using Adobe Media Encoder to create H.264, MPEG-2, and WMV videos from After Effects - 6/23/14

Very disappointed with this choice. I will definitely be seeking to uninstall this version and go back a version or two. Two many extra steps to export an mp4 now. And now we also have to wait longer for a mp4 to render and can't take advantage of the machine's hardware? You guys fighting mp4 as a standard, forcing us to an additional product, or what? I'll be sharing my extreme disappoint with this 'upgrade' with the rest of the developers at work and who just had it installed. I'm not seeing this being too popular opn social media either. Seems like you only did what was best for you.Thanks for showing us who's boss.

Frank VA wrote:
And now we also have to wait longer for a mp4 to render and can't take advantage of the machine's hardware?
Not necessarily. You can render an intermediate codec with AE's render queue (thus using all of AE's power to render) and then drop that file into the Adobe Media Encoder.
This was the workflow I've always used - even when AE could encode with MP4. Why? Well, because AE sucked at MP4 encoding. You couldn't even do multipass endoding with it!
This is a useful workflow in a few ways:
1. You have an archive-quality file to come back to in the future.
2. You can use AE's full power to render.
3. You can use AME's superior encoding capabilities.
4. You can tweak your compression settings and try various encoding parameters to improve the quality while decreasing the bitrate of your product WITHOUT having to re-render the AE comp every time you try since you're working off of the intermediate file. I mean, imagine a comp with several 3d layers, depth of field, shadows from multiple lights, and 250,000 particles from Particular. What if you made an MP4 and then the client needed a smaller file size or the MP4 you made was too heavily compressed and you needed higher quality? I don't know about you, but I'd much rather only render that 18-hour monster once.
This workflow actually saves time for many people.
And, in any workflow, this produces a better product.
Again, this is what I did even when AE could encode MP4's.
Frank VA wrote:
You guys fighting mp4 as a standard, forcing us to an additional product, or what?
They aren't fighting MP4 as a standard, in fact, when Adobe folks pop in here and answer questions, that's often their recommendation for delivery codec.
Frank VA wrote:
Seems like you only did what was best for you. Thanks for showing us who's boss.
Listen, I understand your frustration. Knocking out a quick compressed file from AE for client review is handy.
However, maintaining the h.264 encoding in AE took up development time. There are only so many person-hours per week for the (relatively tiny) AE team to spend on building each version of AE.
I never liked AE's h.264 encoding - AME has always done a superior job. Since we have AME to do our encoding, I would rather the AE team focus their effort on improving AE as a compositing and motion graphics tool rather than as an encoding tool.
Again, I get the frustration. I can see where it feels like they are doing what's good for them and not us, but I think, in the long run, this way is better for us. Right now, the majority of the AE team is working on making AE faster to work with and faster to render. The sooner we get a relatively bug-free version of that, the better! (Especially for folks on Mac OSX Yosemite who can't RAM preview smoothly in any version of AE).
And at least the After Effects team has been very transparent about things - for example, this blog post talks about their reasoning: using Adobe Media Encoder to create H.264, MPEG-2, and WMV videos from After Effects

Video Quality After Transcoding Disappointing In CS4

To All,
I am new to Encore so my situation may be as a result of my ignorance. I have come to appreciate HD video so I purchased a Hauppauge HD PVR to capture programs in HD. I have captured multiple HD video clips in a .mp4 format. I bring those clips into Premier Pro CS4 and when viewing them individually, they look great - crisp, clear video that looks fantastic. Once I have put my video together (consisting of several clips that is about 1 hour long total), I then select Adobe Dynamic Link and send the project to Encore to burn onto a 25GB blu-ray disc. I have tried 2 or 3 different settings in Encore and the result is a video that is 1920 x 1080 full screen but the video quality is disappointing. It's as though a "soft filter" is used in the video effectively taking away the crisp, clean video I see in the original clips I imported into Premier Pro - the very thing I have come to love about HD (ex: beads of sweat on faces, seeing individual strands of hair on someones head, etc.). Am I being unrealistic to expect the same quality video after being transcoded in Encore that I see in the individual clips I originally inported into Premier Pro or I am I just doing something wrong? Thanks for the help in advance!

It sounds like you are familiar with Encore. Let me ask this general question. Can one expect to achieve the same video quality after transcoding in Encore as the video originally imported or is some loss inevitable?
Actually, this should answer both questions.
What happens first is that your capture device/card will compress the signal originally. You then Import this footage into PrPro for editing. It will not be edited in it native format, as it is compressed and is also GOP (Group of Pictures) format, i.e. there are not real Frames to edit. These must be created for Frame editing. Now, you're working pretty much in a good replication of your initially compressed files. Here comes the problem: you now wish to Export to a BD. You need to re-compress and Transcode this material in PrPro to a format that can be used on a BD player. A second compression and Transcode will need to take place.
As an example, lets use FAX machines and desktop printers. You create a document in Word and print it out with your 1200 dpi desktop printer. This is a pretty high quality document. It's like the HD TV signal. Next, you run your original document printout through your copy machine. This still looks pretty good, but not up to the original. This is what your capture card has now produced. Then, you take that copy and FAX it to a friend. It now starts to show degradation. This is like that second compression and Transcoding.
Not sure what a better workflow would be for HD TV capture.
Good luck,
Hunt

Final video pixelated after compression

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for