Export animation renders the RIGHT way in Blender!

Blender Output Settings Explained Step-by-Step!
This beginner tutorial for Blender animation output settings will cover exporting your animation in Blender step-by-step. Blender's render settings and output settings need to be understood in order export your final Blender animation correctly. I'll also show you how to render an animation in Blender with a transparent background (alpha channel).
Rendering a final animation in Blender frame-by-frame using .png files as the output file format is better than rendering an animation directly using FFMPEG or other file formats. I cover Blender time re-mapping, Blender resolution settings, transparent backgrounds, alpha channels, frame step, frame rate, the Blender video sequence editor, video codec, video container and more.
This is a Blender animation tutorial for absolute beginners that covers the basics of exporting your animations, output settings, render settings for both Eevee and Cycles. Plus I'll show you how to render an animation with a transparent background.
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TIMELINE:
00:00: Introduction
00:45: Properties Settings
01:06: Output Settings - Resolution
01:46: Frame Start, Frame End, Step
02:36: Frame Rate
03:20: Time Remapping
04:00 Output Setttings
07:03: Metadata
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[@Brandon-3D]

Get more straight-forward Blender tips and tutorials sent directly to your e-mail inbox by joining my mailing list: brandonsdrawings.com/subscribe Thank you for watching!

[@mystery5252]

If you're only suppose render out image frames with Blender and not full animations. Then why is there even an option to render out full animations in Blender?

[@user-ep1bf5kt8s]

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[@willowminnow]

I'm here 3 years after the posting of this video to tell you that you're still helping people - thank you!

[@willsonadjovi1778]

I have never seen such a methodological and complete video..... I learnt everything about the output settings ...😍

[@Brandon-3D]

Thank you so much !!

[@zedzara4122]

if anyone out there gets the error message "Border rendering is not supported by sequencer" after trying to render your edited animation, there is a SIMPLE FIX: -at Output Properties, make sure "Render Region" is NOT checked. you're welcome anyway thanks Brandon for the video!

[@skideedleskidoodle5399]

it helped but in the render window is just grey can u help me there ?

[@skideedleskidoodle5399]

it says width not divisible by 2 (745x1324)

[@ZenMonkeyGod]

I don't know if the video's creator will see this comment, but I have to say this is one of the most helpful videos I have ever seen in the whole 2 years of learning Blender. Not only does he explain things concisely and in all the needed detail, but he leaves out no information and honestly does better than any of my teachers at making this process clear to me. Thank you so much!!!

[@beefier]

im autistic so i really struggle understanding most tutorials. You were calm, to the point, and said all the necessary steps without babbling on. this is the first tutorial I have actually understood. thank you! :)

[@sennabullet]

Fantastic, ultra-clear tutorial video. Thank you immensely for sharing your knowledge.

[@Brandon-3D]

Thank you so much!!

[@TheMajesticSeaPancake]

A tip for some people who might have encountered the same problem I did, If when you put the pics in the sequencer they are out of order and/or reversed, the order in the sequencer is changed by the way the pictures are ordered in the folder when they're selected. Before pressing A, click the "name" option in the file explorer blender pop-up to sort by name, if you did things right up to this step the pics are going to be numbered in order of first to last, this way they're imported to the sequencer from first to last.

[@fnsgaming9756]

Actually a saviour, i was looking at it dumbfounded as to why it was inverted

[@ZiotechVideos]

I subscribed, but I personally wanted to thank you for being the best damn instructor on Blender. There are a lot of knowledgeable people making video tutorial on Blender but the do not know the first thing about teaching. Give you an example, you actually edit your videos and show close-ups and move like you actually want the viewer to understand. I have been making video editing tutorials for years and I appreciate a great teacher. You are the best! I also visited your website and will visit often. Thanks again! Ron

[@Brandon-3D]

Hey Ron, that is the nicest comment I think I've ever gotten on KZbin. I really appreciate it and will work to keep making my videos better! Thank you so much and take care!!

[@SlickFX_TF]

Yea, I agree, so very helpful. I didn't even know there was a video editor in Blender

[@ronaldhulsmeyer1052]

Wow. Today was the first time I looked for a rendering video on YT after starting Blender. Thinking this was going to be ridiculously hard from what I've read online, you have gone through it in great detail, unlike numerous videos I have watched before on other stuff. That's what we need, someone to explain exactly what every aspect of this program does. Thank you, Brandon. I will no doubt be looking for more of your tutorials. Hopefully you've upgraded to 3.5 and will post more helpful info. Excellent, my friend. Thank you again.

[@Brandon-3D]

Hey Ronald, thank you so much for the kind words! I have indeed updated to 3.5 and am always working on updating stuff. I send out a monthly newsletter with a lot of updates and new content. If interested, you can join at brandonsdrawings.com/subscribe/

[@fujtkrisztian]

I came to the conclusion that this video is literally perfect. I have saved it in a playlist like a year ago when I've found it and I still come back to it when I need help. Perfectly clear explanation, all topics covered, short and easy to navigate. Thank you so much man!

[@youngwoocho2643]

although it's 3 yrs ago, thank you so much for your tutorial. I've been struggling with this for a week and you finally helped me out. Thank you so much!

[@swordsdancer99]

Simple, detailed but not verbose, and practical. This was so helpful and much better than a lot of explanations and tutorials I've seen.

[@Brandon-3D]

Thank you for the feedback and the kind words!

[@powersprouter]

I'm absolutely loving your tutorials! So clear and concise. I'll stop commenting but looking forward to binging the entire collection and watching your uploads, thank you again.

[@Brandon-3D]

Thanks so much, that is awesome to hear and I will try really hard not to disappoint!!

[@creativekaii]

Great stuff man wow!! Complete tutorials are rare with such clear and slow instructions. The way you explain every single step is awesome!

[@Saunteringvaguely.downwards]

Thank you! It’s very informative and too the point. I hate tutorials where they just hop around from setting to setting because I don’t actually learn what I personally want for my own animations. Usually because by the end I don’t truly grasp what each setting does. Thank you so much

[@ryashock]

Thank you for making this so to-the-point! So many channels make it about themselves, and not the content they're presenting. Was able to grasp the info quickly in this fashion.

[@Brandon-3D]

Thank you for the kind words, that means a lot and is exactly what I was going for. Thank you!!

[@Remowylliams]

I didn't see it mentioned, but quicktime encoding can also handle alpha and the image file will be smaller. Great tutorial, the mapping settings I've never played with, that's super helpful.

[@Killysunt]

I always come back to this it helps a lot LOL, thank you. Something worth noting for people who want to export a transparent animation into Premiere, changing the container & codec to Quicktime / QT Animation instead & then selecting RGBA will be supported, the PNG codec doesn't seem to get along with Premiere

[@QT5656]

Happy 2023! 🎉 I'm back again. I love this video!

[@Brandon-3D]

Happy to have you back! Glad you like it! I’ve started a monthly (might be twice a month soon) newsletter where I’m emailing new videos and non-video tutorials out for free. You can sign up here if interested: brandonsdrawings.com/subscribe

[@1MrMossASMR]

literally the most helpful video ever!!! Rly AMAZING Thank you

[@Brandon-3D]

Wow, thank you!! Glad it helped!

[@brendangarcia172]

Literally a life saver man, great Tutorial. My render kept crashing and I was getting no progress and feeling discouraged. Thank you.

[@Brandon-3D]

Glad I could help!! Thank you!

[@davids173]

Thank you! I am new to Blender, have watched MANY tutorials. Your style is the best I have seen. Clear, easy to understand, and I greatly appreciated how you not only explain each step but also provide your reasoning. Definitely subscribed.

[@Brandon-3D]

Thanks man, I send out a monthly newsletter with all my new tips, tutorials and other Blender things if interested, you can sign up here: brandonsdrawings.com/subscribe

[@malsawmliana5998]

I did once well outputting animation video but I struggled weeks for outputting animation still image. This humble and clear tutorial make my blind eyes opened. Thank you very much.

[@matejapanic2063]

Words cant describe how thankful i am for concise, straight to the point educational people like you. Thanks for existing bro

[@ProximaCentauriC]

I love how clear and concise this is! Excellent tutorial!

[@Brandon-3D]

Hey, thank you so much! Clear and concise is what I’m trying to focus on!!

[@fionanimations]

thank you sir 😀 I recently tried my first render. good thing I saw your video first. After 3 hours of rendering, Blender crashed. I just continued from the last frame where it stopped 😀

[@craftypads]

This tutorial is fantastic, I have subscribed. You have a real skill for getting straight to the point in a clear and easily understood way. I spent hours last night looking for tutorials on how to do this and I just found this one this morning and I was done in a minute or two. If anyone gets a message saying "Sequence/bordering rendering is not supported" when they go to Render - Render Animation, then go to View in the preview window and click on - Sequence Render Animation, as I had this problem.

[@maycieblair4848]

slow clap for brandon. hands down the best instructional video I've ever seen for these types of projects.

[@Teatheard]

The perfect tutorial, simple, tells you why you need to do certain settings, I feel like I didn’t even k ow where to start when learning blender but now I feel like I actually know what I’m doing sometimes and it feels great not to need a tutorial every time I do something

[@Brandon-3D]

Wow, thank you so much!!

[@EL_N0IR_2201]

Pardon the way I say this but it’s with all respect sirr, it’s always older folk that teach the best it’s all these younger “blender teachers” having videos with info all over the place and ALWAYS leaving out all kinds of details, then they ask you to join there discord to get “help” just to watch the guy help others first right in front of you and I sat there all day staring at the damn computer screen hoping somebody would help for 8 freaking hours, you are straight to the point and deserve my subscription, if you happend to read this I have a question please.

[@Brandon-3D]

I read it. Thank you! I’m 38. Not THAT old. lol!

[@EL_N0IR_2201]

@@Brandon-3D sorry man I meant older as in not juvenile and straight to the point usually older folk but not elderly lol my bad bro I feel and now.

[@Brandon-3D]

@@EL_N0IR_2201 haha. All good! Appreciate the support!!

[@EL_N0IR_2201]

@@Brandon-3D quick question about rendering will color banding always be present in renders? Weather it be png sequence or mp4 ffmpeg constant bit rate high? U can’t get rid of it 100% just minimize it?

[@lolodens]

I'm just starting to learn blender. I've been watching so many tutorials but I think yours is the best. Simple and direct to the point! Thanks! :)

[@Brandon-3D]

Wow that is so kind, thank you!!

[@lodgechant]

What an INCREDIBLY helpful tutorial Brandon - super-informative and practical, with no wasted time on gimmicks. A thousand thanks! With greetings from Cape Town.

[@Brandon-3D]

Hi Andrew, I'm sorry this took so long but thank you so much for the kind comment and for watching! I will work hard to not disappoint on future videos. Thank you!

[@lodgechant]

Every time I take a break from Blender, I come back to this video to remind me how to render my animations. You're a lifesaver!

[@salutnmm]

This was helpful, especially transparent exporting part :) Thanks

[@fosu2]

(12:10) The "Placeholders" option comes in very handy when we save an animation rendered on more than one computer on the local network (home rendering farm). This informs other computers on the network about the image frame currently being created.

[@SlickFX_TF]

I went over this about 6 times and made a bunch of notes. Heaps helpful and my renders are better already. Now all I need to do is figure out how to use spatial :) Thanks, heaps!

[@Brandon-3D]

Glad it helped, thank you!! I send out tips every few weeks to my email list as well if you’re interested: brandonsdrawings.com/subscribe

[@nikhedrick3977]

I just started with Blender and today I made my first animation, I was ready to render it and I was about to do it wrong. Im SO glad I found your Channel. Thank you so much Brandon, your really good!

[@Brandon-3D]

Glad I was hopefully able to save you some time and frustration! Thank you for watching as well!

[@stevenlitvintchouk3131]

Excellent tutorial. You explained the purpose of each setting you chose or didn't choose. I've seen too many tutorials where the narrator just says "Set this setting to A; next, set that setting to B and this other setting to C", leaving you scratching your head as to why the narrator did that.

[@goku_dunker_420]

Great tutorial that has an actually clear explanation unlike a lot of others, love to see someone that is capable of making good tutorials

[@Brandon-3D]

Thank you so much. I really appreciate that! Take care!

[@asimali3898]

I can understand every single word you explain. Your tutorial is very clear. Thank you a lot

[@Brandon-3D]

Very happy to hear that. Thanks for the kind feedback. Stay creative!

[@Liminally_ill]

his is the best video for exporting animations. I have it bookmarked it and I'll come back to it until Iearn the process by memory.

[@isabellarammcreative]

A fantastic, thorough, and simple tutorial. Thank you for taking the time to create and share this content. Just what I needed to wrap up my project!

[@Brandon-3D]

Great! Happy to help. Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment and support the channel!!!

[@krishgujaran3987]

Dude You saved my life! This video is so helpful to first time people animating

[@flamedphoenix84]

Everytime I need to relearn this I come back to your video. It is very good at teaching when you forget how to do it thank you very much for your content and videos.

[@naturesoundup]

You r kind of doctor Strange of multiverse, thx for the greatest tutorial. You got a new subscriber

[@Brandon-3D]

Lol. Thank you!!

[@rogergaborski]

This is a great video. Nice to see all the information in one video. I followed your description and made my first video without any problems. Thanks

[@369octavio]

i want to appreciate your video. i have been struggling following guides and this is exactly what i needed, thank you.

[@Brandon-3D]

Awesome to hear, thank you for taking the time to leave a comment too! If interested I send out monthly roundups of my own tutorials and other helpful things for Blender in my newsletter. You can sign up here: brandonsdrawings.com/subscribe

[@magicalspell3399]

Thank you so much . One of the best blender teachers in youtube . Made everything clear and easy to understand 💝💖

[@Brandon-3D]

Wow, that’s quite a compliment :). I think I’m very far from the best but I am glad to hear you liked it. Thank you so much for taking the time to leave the feedback!

[@dillonpense6530]

This worked wonders. Spent all day working on a rain scene and this was exactly what I needed. BTW render the second time was wayyyyyy faster lol

[@Brandon-3D]

Glad it helped!!

[@vlodgoral8258]

thank you, I had already known which settings to use from previous tutorials but nice to have a slightly longer more in depth tutorial that explains why these settings are better

[@stevesculptor1]

Brandon, thank you, thank you for using the bare bones to explain this, I've been trying for a week (with other tubers) to get my head round render/video edit, yes I too thought rendering was the finality, until I tried to put my finished project into Premier Pro, Dow! . . Top man !

[@Brandon-3D]

Sorry for the delay but thank you so much for leaving the kind comment. I was going for exactly what you described and it's so good to hear that it was helpful. Thank you!

[@MaarChokoj]

Very helpful tutorial and clearly explained! Thank you so much! U R Z Best!!🤩🤩🤩

[@Brandon-3D]

Thank you!!! 🙏

[@elzbietalewicka5865]

wow, this was the first time I watched Your tutorial and I have to say.... I'm really amazed! I just attempted to create an animation in blender. I did, watching different tutorials. But Yours - explains it all and very, very good medium scientific way ;) which I like very much. A lot of youtubers don't bother to explain things. They just say "waht to do" becouse they did that. I prefer Your attitude. I liked and subscribed becouse You deserve that.

[@flamedphoenix84]

thank you for the great information. I will have to watch more of your video to learn more of these details. Thank you very much. These steps made it so easy to follow.

[@luiseberrojasduque1104]

Gracias, me sirvió para aprender a exportar la animación a video con audio incluido.

[@michaelpenco546]

This is one of those very clear and understandable lessions on blender Thanks much. I wished something was said on using an audio file though. I hope sometime in the future?

[@loudertv8676]

Still the best tutorial and tutor. Hands down❗️❗️

[@Brandon-3D]

Haha, thank you so much. That means a lot! Take care!

[@FamilyGuyVids11]

Thanks for the great tutorial. I have subscribed :) I will watch your other video about animating to music next

[@brendang2115]

Thanks for the video my man. Helped more than you know.

[@Brandon-3D]

Glad to hear, thanks for taking the time to leave the note. Take care!

[@aar.on3d]

This video literally taught me everything about exporting animation the proper way, my rendering speeds for animation has got real faster now! Very informative lesson, you will definitely learn a lot from Brandon the Master :D

[@asimali3898]

Me too before watching this video I was suffering in animation render

[@ronaldhulsmeyer1052]

All bow to the almighty Brandon. Lol.

[@TheNarratorworld]

Man, you are a life saver.

[@Brandon-3D]

Happy to help!

[@adnankamen6470]

This is a faultless tutorial, absolutely perfect, thank you!

[@Brandon-3D]

That is very kind, thank you!

[@alpha-centaury]

Bro you have been a mentor throuh out my learning and saved the day so many times. Thank you.

[@extrenova]

best tutorial ever! thank youuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you saved me!

[@Brandon-3D]

Happy to help!

[@celestekillian8466]

nice, thanks, needed this for a project i'm working on and will be using this method of animating moving forward, sooo much more efficient!

[@angelaengle12]

THANK YOU for making this very crystal clear and short and sweet. I greatly appreciate it that. Liked and subbed.

[@Brandon-3D]

Happy to hear, thank you so much for the support!

[@LinKaaxMu]

Thank you so much for taking the time to explain and clarify. This is very helpful! U R Z Best!!! 🤩🤩🤩

[@emmad.8815]

thank you for actually explaining what i needed to know!!!

[@Brandon-3D]

I am here to help :). Thank you for watching and for commenting! Really appreciate it!

[@richardjohndimaranan8901]

i started to use Blender for animation, i watched so many video tutorials ... but this video helps me a lot. it explained everything... thanks Sir Boss Brandon..

[@Brandon-3D]

Hi Richard, it is so awesome to hear that you found it useful, I really appreciate you taking the time to comment. Thank you!

[@creativecuts1200]

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[@benjurmind1318]

This video was clutch for me. Liked and subbed. Thanks ✌

[@Brandon-3D]

Thank you! That means a lot. Hope to see you on the next one!

[@johntorrington2672]

Some tips from 30 years of CGI experience: rendering out to individual frames is old school and creates more problems and doubles your render times. Use only if you need alpha/green screen channels.

[@arktikfoxtrix]

Thank you, so clear and to the point, already learned more in the first four minutes than I have any other video. Big ups!

[@alessandra2100]

thank you very much, this really was easy to understand, thanks for explaining what was for every function

[@minskyboi]

thank you so much, I was working on something for too long and couldn't render it

[@mothra5712]

This was exactly what I needed! It walked me through everything and it was clear and concise .Great tutorial, thank you so much.

[@GizmoJunk]

Side note: While you wouldn't usually render straight to video, it is helpful to do so when animating to a sound effect track-especially one that's a flat (mixed down) audio track. This lets your renders have the synced sound in them, and easily playback in the Blender animation player. Such renders are often very short; just a few seconds out of the whole, until you want a full preview. Also, you will lose your work when a crash happens while rendering to an MP4, but with the Matroska container format previous frames are not lost; the video is playable up until the crashed frame.

[@cspidereyes]

Incredible video, super comprehensive and useful, even for someone who thought they knew Blender render stuff!

[@Brandon-3D]

That is great to hear, thank you for the kind words!

[@jebbesecker3668]

Fantastic video, very easy to understand. Immediate sub

[@anthonycadette]

Dude it's videos like this is what I like it's to the point well edited and over all well done this is a great video and i learn a lot

[@Brandon-3D]

Sorry for the late reply but thank you so much. I'm really glad you liked it!

[@matthewward1346]

this is fantastic! everything I needed to know, no bs and no fluff. thank you!

[@Brandon-3D]

That’s what I was going for! Thank you!

[@guillerminalopezkraus7992]

Thank you so much. I search a lot to found a solution. I was rendering FFmpeg that was the reson it was allways empty the box of render. Thanksssssss

[@Brandon-3D]

Thank you! Sorry this took a few days to get to....been swamped.

[@azwarmehmood4457]

Excellent Tutorial

[@Brandon-3D]

Thank you!

[@a-liquis6456]

Thank you so much for this great explanation. I have seen many Blender tutorials and this one is among the best. It couldn't be done better.

[@Brandon-3D]

Wow! Thank you that means a lot to me, really appreciate it!

[@xScooBa]

Most helpful and well explained export video I have come across regarding Blender. Thank you.

[@Brandon-3D]

Thank you for taking the time to leave the kind words! Means a lot!

[@ItsWesSmithYo]

Brooooooo, I was looking for that setting under post processing/sequencer for an hour 😭😭😭. I was using animation and video editing pipeline and I could not figure out how to turn off the video editor output…but I knew some smart Blenderverser knew this 😎🍩🖤 thanks buddy;). #StrongWorkYo

[@Brandon-3D]

Haha....very glad I was able to help, thank you!

[@akiuara666]

Thanks bro, I rendered my first text animation :)

[@Brandon-3D]

Nice! Thanks for watching and glad it helped!

[@imclueless9875]

This is by far the best video and explanation of things ive ever watched. Incredible Video

[@yueraelian9755]

布兰登的绘画，讲得清楚，让人听得明白。谢谢你：）

[@lasthunter572]

Thank you Brandon it was very helpful To finally understand how the work flow work

[@Brandon-3D]

You got it man, glad it helped!

[@death1406]

I LOVE YOUUUU MUWAH MUWAH YOU MADE MY RENDERING VERY GOOD.

[@aliendee8015]

Thank You so much! This is the best video which actually helps a lot and explains the concepts properly ...... I had been searching for this.

[@Brandon-3D]

Glad to hear, thank you!

[@andrew87773]

Realy helpful tutorial. ❤. Thanks for uploading.

[@fredistockinger9511]

Very Very Helpful! Thanks a lot!

[@Brandon-3D]

Thank you - really glad it helped!

[@Layth71]

Thanks for your helpful tutorials!

[@over-50entrepreneur007]

Yes, the "Best" that I have seen so far, as one of the comments described. I subscribed immediately. You are a natural teacher. So many people know the information but cannot deliver it. I am not criticizing here, as not all skill sets are the same. Michael Jordan was never going to be a good coach ... period. Anyway, I'm hoping you can help. For two days I've had one hell of a time trying to simply "export " a PNG out of Blender, no animation, just a simple FBX to go up to Mixamo. An Imported 890k PNG (imported image as planes) is producing a 19k fbx that is blank in Mixamo and AccuRIg. Render results show the image but saves it as a bigger PNG The exported FBX apparently doesn't capture any information. Please can you get me on track? Thanks.

[@patient4047]

Amazing video, definetly earns a sub

[@Brandon-3D]

Thank you so much, that means a lot to me!!

[@cube5697]

THANKS THANKS THANKS this way is much better to render on notebook

[@talesfrombookend]

This helped a lot. Thanks so much

[@janisgraf3682]

Just awesome. That saved me!😍

[@Brandon-3D]

Glad to hear! Have a great week!