This was posted by one of my former students. She recommended I post this on my site for students interested in rendering their demo reels for your 30 Second Reels. Thanks Ruby!
On the after effects project, go to Composition Settings
-Preset, choose NTSC DV
-Manually type in 720×480 px for the width and height. (what the instructions say the school wants)
-Pixel Aspect Ratio, is D1/DV NTSC (0.91)
-Frame Rate, manually type in 29.97 (which is what the instructions paper says)
-Duration, 30 seconds.
Once the project is ready to be rendered, Add to render Queue
-Click on Output Module
-Choose QuickTime for Format
-Click on Format Options
-Select DV25 NTSC for Video Codec
Since there is no audio, I didn’t click on the audio check box.
I hit OK
Then I hit Render.
The file rendered out
Most of the DV options on Adobe Media Encoder would force black horizontal margins on the top and bottom of the screen.
You can add it to the Media Encoder, and then render it out as QuickTime Format, then choose NTSC DV, but you pretty much end up with the same file regardless. I tried it and played back the file, and it was pretty much just a replica of what I had already rendered out in After Effects itself, so there was no alteration to that file. Using the H.264 format in the Media Encoder and then rendering it out with the NTSC DV High Definition preset just forces the file to render out as MPEG, so I don’t recommend that.
I hope I did it right – this render is what I’ll be submitting to your inbox.
If I did do it right, you should keep these instructions and teach it to your other presentation classes. Even better, if this is the correct format, you should add these instructions to the piece of paper that Grace gave us that instructs us about the 30 second reel.
There are already specific instructions there for students who submit still images, so why not add specific instructions to help GAD and MMA majors with their video reel submissions? Everyone in the class seemed to have issues, and this would make things so much easier.
Thanks for your time!
