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It’s time to add another notch to your After Effects belt. After this quick how-to, you’ll know how to export H.264 video in only six easy steps!
Need to save an After Effects project as an H.264 file? Here’s everything you need to know to make it happen. Top image via Shutterstock. It’s time to add another notch to your After Effects belt. After this quick how-to, you’ll know how to export H.264 video in only six easy steps! Go to Composition and Click “Add to Render. Video tutorial created by Phil Davis - Professor of Digital Art & Design (Towson University) Shows the steps of rendering from Adobe After Effects CC 2020 using both the Render Queue and sending a composition to the Adobe Media Encoder. Demonstrates rendering a file as.mov using Apple ProRes422 codec and a.mp4 file using H.264 codec. H.264 is a video codec standard, which is also known as AVC. The AVC stands for Advanced Video Coding MPEG-4 PT 10. H.264 codec can achieve high quality video in relatively very low bit rates. It is from one of the most commonly used formats for recording, distribution and compression of video content.
Step 1. Go to Composition and Click “Add to Render Queue”
In the menu structure, click on Composition and select Add to Render Queue. (Alternatively you can use the keyboard shortcut Control+Command+M.)
Step 2. Open Output Module, Set Format to QuickTime
Click on the blue text next to Output Module to open the menu. Change the Format to QuickTime.
Step 3. Click “Format Options,” Set Video Codec to H.264, Set Quality to 100
Open the Format Options… menu list. Under the Video tab, change the Video Codec to H.264, set Quality to 100. Click OK, and then click OK again.
Step 5. Open “Output To,” Set Your Project Save Settings
Click the blue text next to Output To, add your project name and destination location, click Save
Step 6. Click Render
Click the Render button and you’re done. No problem!
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