Mailing List AE-List@media-motion.tv ? Message #49400
From: Robert Kjettrup <robert@stvmayday.dk>
Subject: Re: [AE] Format that can be exported directly from AE that would be acceptable for a TV station to work with?
Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2013 19:28:38 +0200
To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>

As others have said, DNxHD or ProRes is almost universally accepted, most will also accept XDCAM HD in mxf container.

But what i think is more problematic for you, assuming that you are in sweden and therefore should work within PAL standard, is that you say that you make your animations in 24fps and not the standard pal 25fps.
There are various ways to convert this, some less elegant than others. Having one frame each second repeat is not doing anything good to your animation if it is to look fluid. Convert it to interlace and have a field repeat every half second is better IF you see it on a device that can properly display an interlace signal, but interlace is mostly baaad. :-(
The best option is to either play back your 24fps animation in 25fps and compensate in the audio mix so it still sounds correct, or rerender your animations in AE. Put your original 24fps animation comps in a 25fps comp and let AE do the resampling og all your ae animations in 25fps. AE magic :-D

- Robert

Den 09/06/2013 16.59 skrev "Robert W. Walker" <robertw@walkersound.com>:
There is no "one format fits all" answer. Each station has its own set
of specifications which they publish to their content suppliers. If you
are submitting content for "demo" or "audition" purposes, then any
typical specs, including 1080p/24 (or 23.976) h.264 would be fine. But
they will tell you how they want it delivered for air.

Robert W. Walker
Los Angeles

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [AE] Format that can be exported directly from AE that would be
> acceptable for a TV station to work with?
> From: "Anders Sundstedt" <sundstedt@hotmail.com>
> Date: Sun, June 09, 2013 8:49 am
> To: "After Effects Mail List" <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
>
>
> Hi,
> I normally only ever do animated video in 1080p 24 fps for web video (Vimeo, YouTube embed etc.)
> Now if someone tells me my video is so awesome it belongs on TV, what is the simplest, best, easiest acceptable format that a TV station could accept / work with that I could export to directly from AE?
>
> Now I am not talking about a course in video formats, let us assume this is a guide for newbies, not someone working in broadcast, also lets assume that it doesn’t need to be ready to broadcast directly without preparation , only a format that they would be happy to work with.
>
> I have a guess that the popular video format of QuickTime, 1080p, 24fps, H264 lossless is not acceptable? (would be great if it is so I don’t have to render multiple versions).
>
> I just want a simple answer here, not a handbook or a complicated guide, thanks.
>
> What is the digital format that would be best (and ideally small in size but ‘lossless’) that could be simply uploaded to FTP or shared on DropBox etc.
>
> I am talking about 3 minute length of video max, so 60 to 180 seconds. (The type of video is animated cartoon type video).
>
> Perhaps there are alternatives, but I would be happy with just the best, simplest, smallest, most compatible format.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Anders
> http://sundstedt.se

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