Trying switching to 1 pass VBR in AME and see if it looks better

On Sep 1, 2014, at 9:17 AM, "Roei Tzoref" <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:

hey guys

I have been having problems achieving a decent crispy video from my AE composition

it is a graphic pencil drawing come to life  with a lot of sharp details and grain too.

I have tried rendering from AE via AME with the presets,

or even manually adjusting with VBR ,2PASS 10,12 

and I cant get the grain and the fine details

I see in the high quality large file version.

I have tried rendering a high quality version (photo jpeg 100% from AE) and that I compressed

in sorenson squeeze with multipass and still the grain is not as sharp as it should be.

so I would like to sort this mess and while I am at -  reinforce my render decisions on Lossless video as well.

would like to have a survey among you guys.

my questions are:

1. what is your export option for lossless high quality video for further editing purposes?

streaming quality is not important. 

my answer is:

Quicktime animation for 8bit

Png sequence for 16bit

Render through AE

2. what is your export option for high quality viewing purposes HD video? 

say for showing in a presentation or exhibition. 

file size doesnt have to be small and streaming quality is important.

my answer is:

H264 with very high bitrate 

Render through AME

3. what is your export option for sending for client video that maintains

high quality (grain especially) or for uploading for youtube/Vimeo

streaming quality and low file size are important

my answer is:

H264: Render through AME

HD720 2Pass VBR 6,8 

HD1080 2Pass VBR 10,12

or Render through Sorenson squeeze multipass (which take forever)

Thanks