Fast Low-Res Renders for Clients

Hey guys, recently I had a project that I needed to render out quickly for the client (anyone else always seem to have tight deadlines, haha), I haven't played around much with render settings before but I found it so helpful to know on a tight deadline that I decided to create a short video to share what I learnt... After Effects #1 - Fast Renders for Clients - YouTube Using Save RAM preview (set to 'third' resolution) saved me tons of time! I'm always interested to know and learn what workflow others use in this situation though, let me know if you have any other tips.

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Best Export Settings For Fast/Low-Res QuickTime Movies

I couldn't find a discussion room for FCP 7 so I figured if anybody is proficiant with FCP X, they could help me.
Hello,
I really could use some help with my export settings using FinalCut Pro 7. Most of my shows are no more than 20 minutes and I pretty much know the best QuickTime export settings for uploading to Vimeo, Exposure Room,YouTube...etc. But now I am trying export a lengthy project at 53 minutes.
The footage is mixed and some of it was not converted to ProRes but it plays great and renders fine in the timeline. The sequence settings were picked automatically at 1920x1080 because of the main footage that was brought in.
This upload is for client viewing purposes ONLY so I really don't care about the quality as much as the export speed. As far as what I’ve tried - I am using the H.264 codec. I tried lowering it to NTSC 720x480, then tried 1280x720 HD. I set the compressor lower than medium and the Kbps (?) settings to AUTOMATIC when I typically set it manually, between 3000 and 5000. My audio is set at AAC.
It’s a crappy project because of the way it was frankenstein’d together in the field (I’m just cutting it), but I'm committed now and have a huge deadline. I'm getting a bit nervous because of how many hours it’s taking to export. The client is going to make inevitablec hanges and will want to see those changes quickly again - online.
NOTE: My Compressor does not work and I’ve never needed to use so far so that option is not available.
I could really use could some wisdom today!
Thanks so much to whomever can steer me in the right path.
`Patrick
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Low-res PDF for web posting

IDCS3 -- I have a really cool little brochure with lots of art and transparencies. I need a decent-looking low-res PDF to post on the client's website. At the moment, from the IDCS3 PDF preset [Smallest File Size] it's exporting at 5.4 MB -- that's too big, it should be less than half that size.
I know transparencies use up a lot of space but don't know how to resolve that -- that's probably my biggest issue.
Someone suggested "Printing" to Adobe PDF 8; that's cool except half of my logo is disappearing... Haven't been able to resolve that.
Can someone guide me to some resources/instructions on the best way to save a lovely design for posting on the web as a low-res PDF?

>Replaced the vector art with lo-res PDFs but they didn't help the size situation much.
The lo-res PDF is the same vector data, but in a different format. When you make a PDF from that, you are making the same PDF as before.
>I saved one of the pieces of vector art as a lo-res Photoshop file but its quality in the PDF was awful.
Because it was rasterized at a low resolution.
You have exactly three options, in order of simplicity:
Just keep the file as is and let people download a 5 MB file. While this is obviously the easiest thing for you, I think it's the least productive. I would try the other options if this were my assignment.
Rasterize the vector data. You can do this with a Rasterize effect in Illustrator, using a high resolution, then play with different compression options and resolution when saving the PDF from InDesign.
Simplify the vector data. Delete small details that won't be seen on screen. Use Object > Path > Simplify to reduce the number of points on complex paths. If there is vector art that is cropped out in the PDF, delete it from the Illustrator file. Use symbols and pattern swatches to replace repetitive elements.

Screen sharing (low res pics on clients)

I'm new to apple so bear with me....I work at a college and facutly members are have problems sharing there screen to the students.....
A professor will try to share a picture and the clients see get a "posterized" or "grainy" low resolution picture on there computer....we are running tiger with all the updates including ARD 3.2.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreicated.

I'm new to apple so bear with me....I work at a college and facutly members are have problems sharing there screen to the students.....
A professor will try to share a picture and the clients see get a "posterized" or "grainy" low resolution picture on there computer....we are running tiger with all the updates including ARD 3.2.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreicated.

Best settings for Low-Res Video for email or download?

I have a 15 min video shot originally in HD. Just need a low def file that is universally playable on mac or PC. What are the best export settings for this? Need a file less than 100MB.
Also seems like everything is taking 1-2 hours to export! Why so long?!?!?

15min video down to <100MB?..
=> you will not see a thing in such a compressed 'video'.. no way.
consider splitting your project in two, use YouTube, mail YT-Url ..
YT is compatible for most OS, PC or Mac or Linux or ...

Replacing low-res images with hi-res images

I have an animated image sequence I created with low-res downloads for client approval. Now that they approved the images I want to replace the low-res with hi-res versions but keep my sizing, etc. Is there a way/command to accomplish this without having to resize every image?
Motion 4.
Thanks
-Scott

well the easy way to just replace the images is to either click on each of the images in the media tab and then click on replace media, navigating to your hi-rez versions. Or perhaps even easier would be to name all the hi-rez versions identically to the low rez ones and then in the Finder put the hi-rez ones where the low rez ones are. Of course you will still have to resize the high rez ones, but its easier than replacing each on in the timeline.
hth
adam

Rendered text looks low res

I've read every post I could find about this and gleaned some insight, but still need a more definitive answer than I've come across. I created title cards using the 2D FCE program, as the boris Calligraphy program seemed too complcated for what I need to do and I'm running out of time.
Problem is, the text looks fine until I render it. Render User Settings are 100% for Frame Rate and Resolution. Filters, Frame blending and Motion Blur are all checkmarked. I've tried various combinations of those uncheckmarked. No improvement.
The fonts are Gill Sans plain 27 pt. and Geneva bold italic 24 pt., but it doesn't matter what the fonts are, or the point size, or whether it's the graphic bar I created from a rectangular shape... They all look degraded after render, like a low res approximation for playback. The type, however big or bold gets suddenly darker, and less cleanly defined and the graphic bar actually shortens slightly. Is that in fact what it is, just a low res way of playing back, so I shouldn't worry about how it looks here? However, a fairly knowledgable friend says the image shouldn't look degraded after render. Ultimately going to DVD. Please straighten me out here. Much thanks.

The material is being rendered into an interlaced
digital format for display on an interlaced analog
monitor. It's not intended for display on a computer
screen. The Canvas is for monitoring purposes only.
If you really want to see how it looks set the Canvas
to 100% view. That's the true interlaced image as it
will appear. Of course you can't see this properly on
a computer screen especially if the material has
motion or is animated.
Thanks, Tom, for the explanation and your patience. All is clear except that you suggest that if I really want to see what it looks like, to set the canvas to 100%... that that's the true interlaced image as it will appear. I must be misunderstanding, but when I set the view to 100%, I get an enlarged, TV Safe sort of view, but the resolution looks the same (de-interlaced) as always after the render. Basically what I'm asking is whether the eventual video will look like (with, of course, the normal degradation of NTSC) what I created on 2D text or graphics BEFORE I rendered it.
I tried to check it on a monitor, but when I plugged Video Out from my G4 to the monitor, I got a nice image of the FCE interface on TV, rather than a screenfilling view of the selected sequence. What am I doing wrong here?
Thank you again. I don't know how you put up with these kind of questions, but I deeply appreciate it. Restores my faith in mankind.
- Frazzled in SF

LR 5 exporting low res files

Hi
My LR5 is exporting low res files for some weird reason. I figure it has to do with the fact that I recently started using the smart preview function. What made me almost 100% certain is has to do with this is the fact that I removed the hard drive that the files were linked to in LR, and then I was still able to export files. Now that in my mind shouldn't be as that file would be based on the smart preview created.
With all that said....any ideas on how to get around this?

The export feature is available when using smart previews. Sometimes users want to export images to post on the web or to give to clients for evaluation. You simply have to be aware of what you are doing.

Switching to low-res photographs

Hi everybody. I'm working with a project with about 500 stills. I need to reduce the size of about half of them. The ones that need resizing are scattered across the project, in various bins, and they need to end up in those same bins when I'm done. (As media, they're scattered across four hard drives.)
Since I need to keep the original hi-res versions on our hard drives, I'm thinking that if I use reconnect media, I would have to tell Final Cut to choose the new low-res version FOR EACH PHOTO (an ignore the old hi-res versions), one by one. Is that right? Or is there a way to get FC to connect to all the new low-rez photos in one fell swoop, ignoring the pathways to the hi-res versions, but preserving the pathways to the hi-res photos that weren't changed?
My plan at the moment is to reveal each still in finder, resize the ones that are too big, import the new low-res stills, one by one, place in proper bin, and once each one is in place, delete its full-res doppelganger. (we're going to keep a hi-res version of the project as a back up, BTW). This will also be cumbersome, but at least I'll be able to follow each still from downsizing to re-entry back into the project, crossing bins off as I go, and I won't have to make a list of every still I downsized and try to deal with them later in reconnect media.
But maybe I'm missing something. Any advice would be appreciated.

Duplicate the originals in the Finder, somewhere very safe. Once they are backed up, go back into FCP, do a find for all the images you want to adjust so they are in a single browser window, then select all and say open in editor. (Make sure you have the program you want to use for image editing defined in the FCP preference.) Then, resize all the images and save them. Don't save as, you already backed up the originals. Just save. Once finished, go back to FCP and all images should reconnect. It might give you a warning that some aspects of the files have changed. Say ok. You also are going to have to resize them in the timeline. If you are going to have them all at 100%, tell FCP to reveal them in the timeline, and press cmd-opt-v to remove attributes, and check off Basic Motion. That will reset the size, rotation, and center.

Premiere Elements 9 - editing in low-res then rendering in HD

Hi all,
Just started using Adobe Premiere Elements 9, editing together a 3 minute music video (so not an epic!). Half way throughand having all sorts of problems as the footage is running slowly or not running at all.
Just bought a brand new laptop with i5 core processor, 4 G RAM and 7,200 rpm, so don't think hardware is the problem.
Question 1.
How can I edit in a low res version and then render in HD (is this called editing by proxy?)? A friend with Premiere Pro said there should be a very simple button that does this. It would seem a basic requirement of any video-editing software. But I can't find how to do it and the only internet search have brought up very confusing and long-winded processes.
Question 2.
Having trouble rendering. I tried rendering as a WMV and the image was very pixilated even though it looks fine on the editing screen. File size was also huge and computer struggled to render it. Also tried FLV, which didn't work at all.
Would appreciate help as I've put hours into the editing process already.
Many thanks,
Christina

>don't think hardware is the problem.
If you want to open and edit a single photoshop picture file... you are fine
For video (which is, in effect, 30 picture files per second, plus sound) you are not fine at all
Trying to use only ONE Hard Drive for Video Editing
You are a music conductor, with a baton that you use to point to various parts of the orchestra... this is like Windows pointing to various parts of the hard drive to do Windows housekeeping or to load program segments for various functions
Now, at the same time and with the same hand... while still using the baton to conduct the orchestra... pick up a bow and play a fiddle... this would be doing something with your video file at the same time as all the other work
You as a person cannot do both at the same time with the same hand
A computer is a LITTLE better, in that it can switch from one kind of task to another very quickly... but not quickly enough for EASY video editing
You need AT LEAST two hard drives (separate drives, never a partition http://forums.adobe.com/thread/650708?tstart=0 for more) with Windows (or Mac OS) and software on your boot drive, and video files on a 2nd drive so the boot drive is not slowed down by trying to do everything
I find that the three drives I use work very well for me, for editing AVCHD video... some people use a 4th drive, so video INPUT files are on drive three and all OUTPUT files are on drive four... I only bought a mid-tower case instead of a full tower case (my bad... but had to fit in the space available on my office desk!) so I use the three drives that will fit
Depending on your exact hardware (motherboard brand & model AND USB2 enclosure brand & model AND external hard drive brand & model) AND the type of video file, you may... or may NOT... be able to use an external USB2 hard drive for video editing
Steve Grisetti in the Premiere Elements forum http://forums.adobe.com/thread/856208?tstart=0 and Jim Simon in the Premiere Pro forum http://forums.adobe.com/thread/856433?tstart=0 use USB externals for editing
A USB3 hard drive connected to a motherboard with USB3 is supposed to be fast enough for video editing (I don't have such, so don't know) but eSata DOES have a fast enough data transfer for video editing... I have not used this eSata Dock... for reference only, YMMV and all the usual disclaimers
http://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-BlacX-eSATA-Docking-Station/dp/B001A4HAFS/ref=cm_cmu_pg_ t

Why does "Print Booklet" from Indesign CS5.5 only create low res pdf? How do I get High Res for Offs

Long time ID user in Agency. Created a simple 4 page brochure in CS5.5 ID. Facing pages for cust size 11x17 half fold document.
Generating the pdf for Press and HQ Print renders a nice high res document, but the print booklet feature only produces a skinny low res version. Tried to mess with the printer settings, but the result is the same with a skinny low res document.
I didn't want to recreate the brochure as a two page manually imposed as I like the option of being able to add more pages in increments of four of course. Plus it's just silly to do that when ID is supposed to handle it for me.
I worked around it this time by printing to .ps output then distilling, and then splitting the document so printer could have a "front" and "back" 11x17. But this seems kludged big time. This has to be a bug unless I am missing something.

You probably never changed the default settings in the PDF printer properties. In the print booklet dialog, click the Print Settings button, then the Setup button at the bottom of the Print Dialog that pops up, choose the PDF printer and click on Preferences. Reset the default reset the default settings to the ones you really want to use, or reset them in Windows... Control Panel > Devices and Printers... Double-click the PDF printer, then from the print queue dialog, Printer > Properties... General tab and clcik the Preferences button.

Ideas and Suggestions for Working with Low Res Video Files

Hi,
A client has asked me to take all of her low res videos she shot with her iPhone and put them on a DVD.
I've made her aware that the end result is not going to be a Hollywood production. I even did a test for her to show the difference between a low res clip and a HD clip. You can see these clips here:
http://designerandpublisher.com/hs/lowrestest.mp4
and
http://designerandpublisher.com/hs/hdtest.mp4
She understands and will fix her camera to shoot high-res next time. Anyway, the footage (330 minutes) I have looks like this when imported into Premiere Pro CS4:
I first just set up a 640x480 timeline and imported one of her clips. It doesn't look too bad. I'm not sure why that green bar is there:
Then I went into the timeline's properties to see if I can somehow enhance it once it goes onto a DVD via Encore:
But i'm not really sure if it's worth fiddling around with a customized timeline. I don't have my hopes up though but I'd appreciate it if anyone could tell me what they did in this type of situation. It seems like the 640x480 timeline, once brought into Encore and transcoded for the DVD, may work best.
Any ideas are appreciated. Thanks.
The Deaf Guy

I don't edit video from a cell phone, and you don't mention any particular problems loading/editing... but in case you do have general problems with any of the files, some reading to keep in mind
Iphone won't edit easily because it uses a variable frame rate - A fix in message #22 http://forums.adobe.com/thread/934466

Any hope for my low-res photos?

My husband was a very bad boy. All of our honeymoon photos, and all of our new baby photos were taken at low res (640x480) and I can't get decent quality 4x6 prints. Are there any programs or easy ways to fix the resolution?

Sounds like your hubby was a "very good" boy. Gave you a honeymoon and then a child. This is our only job!
But he didn't read the manual (we don't ask for directions when we're lost, too) and recorded "digital" images that are too small to print.
The "software" to fix them costs more money than your new babies wardrobe and they take a level of skill to use. But it can be done. Ask NASA and the first Hubble images.
Copy and burn your low resolution images to CD. Call around (or online) to find a service that can help.
Obviously any "new" data added to the images will just be "guesses" by the software but many tools do exist to help improve them.

Link low res image in MUSE to a high res image for download

How do I Link a low res image in MUSE to a high res image for download ?

This is quite simple:
1.) Go to menu "File/Add files for upload"" and choose the highres image.
2.) Now place an element (image, rectangle or whatever you want) on your page.
3.) Select this element and use the "Hyperlinks" command in the upper command strip to link the element to the highres image you have selected in 1.)
Short way:
Place an element, select it and choose within the "hyperlinks" dropdown the entry "Link to file".

Rendering Lo-Res files for inspection by stock agency questions.

*Using FCE 4.* My stock photo agency is requesting videos now. I'm using a Canon 5D Mark II.
What I want to do is to render low-resolution clips for the agency inspection. They will choose from the LR clips and I will then supply HR files for submission.
I have been trying to render the lowest possible resolution files for submission and the files are ending up mostly rendered without audio. I'm sure it's something simple I'm missing but I can't seem to drink enough coffee to absorb what I'm missing from the digital manual or Tom Wolsky's book.
That would be two questions: what settings will give me the lowest possible file size for agency inspection and how do I make sure the audio is included in the rendered LR files?
I appreciate any help on this and I hope to bring my skill level up quickly over the next couple of months. Now I know how Photoshop beginners feel. I grew up with PS but video is a whole new world for me.
Fred

Bonjour (Hi)!
(I assume that the audio is enabled in your sequence)
So your sequence is an HD one.
_FOR DATA DV or HARD DRIVE ARCHIVE_, same process (altough you can keep the original 1920X1080 for hard drive way):
The simplest way is to export the sequence with the correct aspect ratio (16:9) to a smaller frame size.
1920X1080 gives a such ratio as 640X360.
To reduce your frame size to 640X320, no other choice than using "export->using quicktime conversion" in file menu.
In the Save window dialog, choose "Quicktime movie" in the local format menu. Click on Options to get access to desired settings like frame size, codec, etc.
In *Movie settings window* :
For video: click settings to open the *Standard video compression setting window* and choose the codec (here MPEG 4) in Compression local menu (there is a selector for compressor quality, maximum data rate.
Click OK to confirm the codec choice for video in *Standard video compression setting window*.
In *Movie settings window* select Size to get access to *Export size settings* window. There are some presets included but you can enter custom values here. Set frame dimension as you need, but keep in mind to choose numbers that have a 16:9 ratio like 640X320 or other one.
Desinterlace is a good option if your work with interlaced source material.
Click OK to confirm the frame size for video in *Export size settings* window.
For audio: click settings to get access to *Sound settings* window and choose the audio codec etc, Linear PCM at 48 kHz stereo give your the best audio from FCE. As you distribute on DATA DVD or hard drive, audio size is not an issue here.
Confirm the codec choice with OK key in *Sound settings* window.
Confirm the video and audio setting by clicking OK in the *Movie settings* window.
In the Save window, name the exported movie, select a destination to save and click Save.
The resulting file will a compressed one with all option selected. This movie is suitable for DATA DVD burning or Hard drive usage.
TIP: There is some compression presets included in the Save window at format local menu. iPhone or Apple TV are efficient ones.
Look at those links about video compression:
http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/qt_h-264_moviesfcp.html
http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/qt_movies_fromfcp.html
http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/video_to_ipodstone.html
To produce a _STANDARD DEFINITION WIDESCREEN DVD_:
Simply use the export-->quicktime movie in file menu. Select audio and video content in the Save window local menu. Check "self contained" and a destination for the movie.
To authoring the DVD, you can use iDVD:
there is an issue with wide screen content, see:
http://www.fcpbook.com/Video9.html
The other way to resolve this problem is to use Quicktime player PRO, open your wide screen exported movie and set the correct *Aperture playback* option for video track in Movie properties window (use Command-J to get this window in quicktime player PRO). Save the new version of the movie once this option selected.
Drag your exported movie in a *wide screen iDVD project* and burn your project. iDVD will handle the frame size reduction and the compression for DVD usage. You don't have to choose option here.
Or
Use Roxio Toast, or Compressor if you own it (included with Final Cut Studio 2).
The resulting DVD will be a *Standard definition wide screen* one (720X480). IMO, it's not the better way to go for material screening by agency as this DVD will have to be played with DVD player application from a computer or with a DVD player hooked on a TV set.
NB: To burn a Blu-Ray DVD you can use Roxio Toast with the correct Roxio plugin, but it' difficult to get a BR DVD burner right now. You can use standard def DVD blank to get a BR of 20 minutes in lenght. Search this forum with "Toast Blu-Ray DVD keywords.
Michel Boissonneault

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