Rendering the final movie for broadcast

Movies for mobile devices

You can create movies in After Effects for playback on mobile devices, such as the Apple iPod and mobile phones. To render your movie, use format options presets in the Output Module menu in the Render Queue panel. For example, use the H.264 preset to render movies for iPhone playback.

Adobe Device Central, which comes with After Effects CS5, lets you preview movies for specific devices. You can learn more about Device Central in Device Central Help. For the best results, consider the limitations of mobile devices as you shoot footage and work with After Effects. For a small screen size, pay careful attention to lighting, and use a lower frame rate. See After Effects Help for more tips.

Now, you’ll render and output the NTSC broadcast version of your final animation. This may take half an hour or more, depending on your system.

1 Click the Render Queue panel tab to bring the panel forward, and hide the Lesson05 render details so you can focus on your next renders.

2 Drag the Final Comp NTSC composition from the Project panel to the Render Queue panel below the Lesson05 composition.

3 Next to Output To, click the orange, underlined words Final Comp NTSC.mov to open the Output Movie To dialog box.

4 Name the movie Final_NTSC.mov (indicating that this item will be rendered at NTSC D1 resolution), and specify the AECS5_CIB/Lessons/Lesson14/Final_ Movies folder. Then click Save to return to the Render Queue panel.

The Final Render_Fullres setting is selected in the Render Settings menu and the Final Render_QT_audio setting is selected in the Output Module menu because you set these as the defaults when you created the templates.

The composition is now ready to render.

5 Save the project one more time, and then click the Render button.

6 When After Effects has finished rendering and outputting the file, close the Render Queue panel.

7 In the Project panel, double-click the Final_NTSC.mov file to open it in the Footage panel, and then make a RAM preview. Or, you can play the movie from the Explorer or Finder.

As you play the movie, compare your final rendered output to the NTSC sample movie you watched at the beginning of this lesson. If necessary, reopen the composition and make changes. Then save the project and render the movie again.

You have created both a web version and a broadcast version of the final animation. Congratulations! You have completed all the lessons in Adobe After Effects CS5 Classroom in a Book.

While this book is intended to give you a good foundation for working with

After Effects, it can’t cover everything. To continue learning about After Effects, check out the resources described in the Getting Started section at the beginning of the book.

_ Note: Because this movie is so large, it may not play back in real time in QuickTime Player. If you have a video playback card installed on your system, output the movie after choosingthe appropriatecompressor and frame size for that card in the QuickTime Options dialog box. Import the movie into your editing software, and play it back using your hardware for real-time playback.

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