Exporting Video from After Effects
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- Video can be exported with the After Effects Render Queue or with Adobe Media Encoder.
- Video with a transparent layer needs to be exported with an alpha channel.
Render Queue
Export ProRes Mov with the Render Queue
- Select the composition in the Project Window
- Go to File > Export > Add to Render Queue.
- In the Render Queue window click on the blue text to the right of Output Module
- For Format choose Quicktime.
- In Video Output set channels to RGB for regular video. For a video with an alpha channel choose RGB + Alpha.
- Click Format Options and choose Apple ProRes 422 (LT) for regular video and or Apple ProRes 4444 for an alpha channel.
- The Audio Output setting defaults to Auto. Audio will only be exported if the composition has audio. Audio can also be set to on or off.
- Click OK
- Set the output destination by click on the blue text to the right of Output To. Browse to your folder and click OK
- Click Render in the top right corner to start to exporting the video.
Export H.264 with the Render Queue
- Select the composition in the Project Window
- Go to File > Export > Add to Render Queue.
- In the Render Queue window click on the blue text to the right of Output Module
- For Format choose H.264.
- In Video Output set channels to RGB for regular video.
- The Audio Output setting defaults to Auto. Audio will only be exported if the composition has audio. Audio can also be set to on or off.
- Click OK
- Set the output destination by click on the blue text to the right of Output To. Browse to your folder and click OK
- Click Render in the top right corner to start to exporting the video.