Export HD Videos with Small File Size - After Effects

[@BrookerFilms]

You asked for it so here it is... this is how you can export HD video from After Effects with smaller file sizes 🙌🏼

[@ashleyhari3610]

very helpful vid sir! i was wondering if there is any app on android that exports high quality vid with low file size? thank you sir!

[@equiaux]

What if i render it twice in media encoder , after rendering it and rendering it again in media encoder

[@noirca]

Thank you so much! I've been struggling about the bigger file size from after effects since last year. It really works!

[@dhanrajchoudhary4585]

30 SECONDS VIDEO BEFORE-1GB NOW-758 MB NOT THAT MUCH difference

[@rupeshjoshi8763]

Thank You Dude, you have really helped me out, I tried exporting a minute-long video, and AE gave me a 24GB + file size, I was so shocked but after watching your video, it will really help me out. Thank You Very Much

[@ricksfantasy4905]

I went from waiting 4 hours to 3 mins💀💀 literally a god🙌🏻

[@BrookerFilms]

That’s awesome! Thank you so much 🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@ketchupknight]

I went crazy a 10 sec video took 4 minutes to render and it was a 12GB video I got crazy

[@ssJ-jm8um]

@@BrookerFilms I have installed Adobe media encoder but after effects shows it is not installed pls help

[@sharon9462]

@@ssJ-jm8um Use Adobe creative cloud to update both programs and open it from there. Opening the programs from any other folder might accidently open an older version of the program.

[@seoyeon111]

I need to wait instead of 1 hour 30 minutes

[@shamriznisthar270]

This is what you call a tutorial. No useless talk straight into the point. Awesome work 👏

[@hungrycoffinproductions4693]

Thanks!

[@BrookerFilms]

You’re welcome! Thanks for your support

[@SaruKauri]

This was really straight forward and well explained, I wish more people made tutorials as grounded and simple as you. Thank you a lot, I'm subscribing!

[@craigernstzen2372]

Damn! My previous video was 3,2gb. It's now 110mb! You're a wizard Harry... Thank you!

[@gareththompson699]

I've gone from maximising one of my SSD memory spaces (400gb ish) to less than 1GB. Honestly you are a legend :)

[@superwildejellyfish]

You are a lifesaver, my storage space was near full when exporting two 1+hour after effects animations so being able to reduce 89GB each to 17GB each with the same high quality worked wonders.

[@drewras]

I made a 20-second animation and when I rendered it.. the file size was 10gb. HOW THE HELL DOES A SMALL VIDEO BE THAT LARGE WTF

[@kylorojen8066]

IKR but mine is 7 min and I have 11 gb

[@equiaux]

What if i render it twice in media encoder , after rendering it and rendering it again in media encoder

[@nothubix]

@@equiaux quality loss?

[@equiaux]

@@nothubix a bit .!

[@equiaux]

@@nothubix not much , i reduced a lot.

[@LarsAgerbk]

I followed your instructions step by step. Because I had the space and because I wanted to compare the quality, I rendered another version with ther settings I always use: Render setttings: Best settings Output module: AVI file, RGB + Alpha Your method made the movie twice as big as my usual settings. Thankyou you are great.

[@adventurebasics]

You’re an absolute hero, thank you. Urgent project and rendering that through AE was painful!! Thank you 🙏

[@BrookerFilms]

Legend! Thank you 🙌🏻

[@Fallenmichael81]

you deserve 100 million views. theres a bunchof other lame video tutorials. but yours is straightto the point

[@BrookerFilms]

I really appreciate that! Thank you

[@edgarspavlovics3540]

it's NOT straight to the point. He felt the need to show his mug and explain the video at the beggining even tho everyone already knows what it is about from the title

[@dhanrajchoudhary4585]

@@BrookerFilms 30 SECONDS VIDEO BEFORE-1GB NOW-758 MB NOT THAT MUCH difference

[@alrightythen759]

No lies here.

[@AviYa_Singer_Songwriter]

@@edgarspavlovics3540 WE LOVE THE VIDEO. IF YOU DONT LIKE IT GET OUT

[@absar_ahmad]

I first rendered from after effects and the file size was 8GB ! But it was reduced to 126MB Thanks to you ❤

[@zrockstxr]

It’s mind blowing it can do thar

[@bighearts4330]

GENUINELY THANK YOU SO MUCH. NO ONE ELSE WANTED TO MAKE A VIDEO ON THIS AND FOR DAYS IVE BEEN UNABLE TO POST MY EDITS AND AMVS BECAUSE OF THE GB PROBLEM. THANK YOUUU!!!

[@BrookerFilms]

Ahh thank you so much! I’m so glad that this helped.

[@martinkaloki2677]

This is incredibly helpful. I remember dealing with a 380MB video at just 1min 20sec... it wasn't even 4K! Talk about being frustrated

[@BrookerFilms]

After effects can be crazy. In full resolution, 10 second videos can be 1GB+ 🙈🙈

[@kayfer3638]

@@BrookerFilms My 40 second vid was 7.38 gb. 1080p 30fps.

[@xxdigbyzzxYT]

@@kayfer3638 my 10 minute vid was 300gb

[@milan5079]

my 10second intro was 3gb

[@milan5079]

@@xxdigbyzzxYT lmao

[@peasantuprising9399]

Thanks for the info! Couldn’t believe how large a 30 second clip could be until After Effects! Keep up the good work!

[@BrookerFilms]

It’s crazy, right? Thanks for your support

[@SmansMusic]

You saved my day bro. A lot of people putting up videos on this issue but nothing as clear as you did. Thank you :)

[@partypao]

Adobe Media Encoder is great, but you can also do this without AME with similar results: Choose H.264 as Output module. In its settings choose CBR, profile: Main, Level: 4.0. This is important, 5.0 will have small file size, but 4 will even be smaller with the same quality. 3 also works, but I use 4 as the size difference is negligible. Do not go to 2 or lower. But for the bitrate, you can go as low as 2.

[@SmorgasLord]

I don't have any settings for the encoder output module... it's grayed out

[@ToddDolce]

i have no idea what you mean by "Main" as I do not see that in ANY of the output options in AE's Render Que.

[@bengovier]

You have no idea how useful your videos are buddy - saving me so much time - thanks buddy from Lancashire!

[@BrookerFilms]

Thank you so much!

[@TillyWasher]

Thank you so much! I almost had a fit when I saw an 11 second animation I made was over 10gb, this is straight to the point and now I can email easily!

[@d.ollish6238]

THANK YOU SO MUCH OMG MY RENDERING WENT FROM AN HOUR TO LIKE LESS THAN A MINUTE!!!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH ILY

[@stefanlancaster]

Nicely explained with simple visuals that show precisely the "step by step" method to do this correctly. Well done!

[@BrookerFilms]

Thank you so much!

[@Pafkatax]

Thank you very much for the video. i was recording gameplay and 4 mins of it were 32gb. now the entire 50 mins are 21gb. LIFE SAVER

[@fishcakes9146]

Thank you so much. I was like, why is it 30 gb? Now it’s 700 mb. Thank you.

[@BrookerFilms]

You’re welcome! Glad this helped

[@kewldemon2943]

Used all these settings in Shotcut and worked like magic.. U are awesome..!!!

[@Sp00n_n_4K]

1:47, most of the video settings didn't show. why

[@Cookies_aregood]

Omg thanks I’ve been using this since 2021 you’ve saved my editing career

[@cvrsef]

this worked before! but now i click render in media encoder and when the app opens, the composition isnt there. how can i fix this?

[@user-kb5qj5yx5z]

THANKYOU SO MUCH ! I tried to render my edit from 8-9 hours to 30 minutes. I can't thankyou enough seriously you're a live savior :)

[@HotaraTakeo]

GET ADOBE MEDIA ENCODER. Thats it.

[@BrookerFilms]

Essentially, yes 🙌🏻

[@z-beeblebrox]

ugh, I seriously wish this wasn't the answer

[@user-gz9wh5kx8s]

@@z-beeblebrox you cracked it too?

[@catalinaperez-mouat7482]

@bigboy279 how do I crack it?

[@user-gz9wh5kx8s]

@@catalinaperez-mouat7482 idk ive been trying to

[@acalmerkarma]

Commenting for the algorithm. This is the best quick tutorial out there

[@stcommet505]

Amazing tutorial man! You got yourself a new subscriber. I have a question - do you perhaps know why it happens that when I hit space to preview my file in after effects 2020, my audio stutters at one point and after that it just continues normaly? Thank you in advance!

[@BrookerFilms]

stcommet505 thank you so much! That could simply just be due to it rendering. If your computer is struggling to keep up, it will play your video and audio much slower than normal at certain points. Try changing your preview quality from full to 1/4

[@n1nevite]

Respect from FINLAND!

[@BrookerFilms]

🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@AhmedMostafa-hs4fd]

Thank you man I'm a beginner and i thought 21 sec project is normally 13 GB I can't upload and play it 😂

[@LuckyAlix]

Thank you, Euxaristo, Gracias, Cpasibo, Arigato!!! Man, I don't know any more languages, but if I knew I would thank you with them as well. You saved both my precious time and the available space on my disk.

[@GoldenNova69]

Me : alr just finished editing my 30 second edit time to render After effects: 60 GB Me : this is rigged

[@hardangsingh6147]

Thanks for the video. You can't imagine the number of 'tutorials' that only talk about rendering through AE!

[@DoxyYT]

2:51 you say wait a few seconds, why i get 11 hours ? my vid is 3 minutes

[@onepalproductions]

Old or low-powered hardware. Video editing is the hardest thing a computer will do.

[@zufy4236]

@@onepalproductions I have 1 hour for a 1min video with a 1060 6gb, 16gb ram 3200mhz and a Ryzen 7 2700. (And a SSD)

[@onepalproductions]

@@zufy4236 Sounds like something is wrong. Check to see what hardware the video editing software is using. In Sony Vegas, I believe it's possible to specify the processing be done by the GPU (I also use gtx 1060 6gb)

[@LuisCarruthers]

I have made a five and a half minute lyric video and it's been rendering for about 15 hours and still has more to go.

[@DoxyYT]

@@LuisCarruthers i uninstalled after effects seriously

[@ppunz]

YOU DESERVE THE WORLD OMFGGGGGGGG IM SO HAPPY RN TYTYTYTYTYAAAAAAAAH

[@gunardrazon321]

Oh my...saved me a lot of time from 45 to 16 minutes. Love ya!

[@BrookerFilms]

That’s great news! Thank you

[@dombaker2551]

your literally the goat, Been trying so many work arounds for so long until i found this.

[@BrookerFilms]

Thank you so much!

[@dhanrajchoudhary4585]

@@BrookerFilms 30 SECONDS VIDEO BEFORE-1GB NOW-758 MB NOT THAT MUCH difference

[@kourea]

thanks bro, i was looking for a video on how to change the quality on after effects and i found the right one.

[@DJMoonlightKonamare]

I finally got a subscription for Adobe After Effects, and it actually has Adobe Media Encoder bundled with it!

[@terrygadsden603]

Thanks so much. It's now 2024 but I'm using After Effects 2020, so your video really helped me out.

[@Mushba.]

before this i was exporting 1 minute animations at 14gb size then adding that to premiere pro and exporting from there to reduce the size xD realised there must be a native way to do it. Thank you so much!

[@its_brok_n]

Excellent video, thank you for sharing your knowledge!

[@WastefulMedia]

I don't normally comment saying thanks for the information but THANKS BRAH! This was so easy. Love the summary at the end

[@zuu1701]

Perfect video sir. Great communication & not glad you didn't make this video 25 minutes long like most people do in tutorials!

[@BrookerFilms]

Thank you so much!

[@joolow2628]

Straight forward and delivering exactly what I searched for. Thank you bro seriously.

[@Nrek_AI_Productions]

Very Nice!!!! ... you're out here saving lives!

[@officialzylo]

You got my 10 minute video down from 30gb to 5gb, thanks a lot 😁👏

[@sayantanchakraborty6237]

Freaking genius! You're a blessing!

[@kolarocks5433]

thank you! had to use AE for the first time for a uni project, this vid was super helpful!!

[@ronynandi]

Give this a guy a gold medal he just saved 2 most important things to us time and more HDD space

[@BrookerFilms]

Thank you so much! I’m glad I was able to help

[@issam5070]

Thank you so much from Morocco 🇲🇦

[@YouCantBeatBlue]

I appreciate that you get right into it. Anyone else who's trying to better their skills would say the same.

[@JuanManuel-qk6rp]

From a 5 second and 4gb video to a 20mb, crazy stuff thank u!

[@BrookerFilms]

That’s so good to hear! Thanks for your support

[@zeldadabest1551]

3 years later and im astonished, thank you so much for this.

[@DhuriSamit]

OMG! THX SO MUCH!!!!!!! I had a 30 sec video which was like 5 gb and took like 1 Hour to render but after using media encoder it took like 15 sec! THX SO MUCH U DESERVE A LIKE!!!

[@palmeraniian]

What about lossless settings are they available on media encoder ?

[@spook5201]

This man deserves an award....

[@PokElxChXris]

Thank you for sharing this!

[@manishgurung4139]

I never knew the use of media encoder. Thanks to your video, now i know and i have successfully exported my project. Thanks a lot!!

[@neur0ticat]

This has helped me. I almost lost my mind when my file was 8GB lol, it went down to 400MB. Thanks!

[@Twigsy]

Awesome video! Straightforward and useful.

[@katie9327]

When I press the green play button ( at 2:48 ) it says failed. How can I fix this?

[@usamabinaslam6527]

Very helpful, I will recommend your channel in my Office and Community, Thanks

[@shanxs_aed9838]

bro you changed my life😆❤

[@LaurensHazelEyes]

You are a life saver! thanks!

[@shmadahlegacy8189]

Hey.... I have some issues when exporting my video(6 sec).... Everytime I export from Adobe Media Encoder, it happens to fail for some reasons that I don't know..... please help me out🙏🙏🙏

[@cameastonphotos]

You just saved me a lot of time and stress. I've seen other videos that try to do all this extra stuff and it made no difference. Yours is simple and to the point. Thank you!

[@mylonad]

You really saved me! Quickly and well explained made my 250MB file to 10MB! Thanks again. Greeting from Greece.

[@CyanCooper]

Does this method preserve alpha channel?

[@55shamim]

Just saying thank you is not enough. This is great work!

[@Niklas.]

Thank you very much ! Love from Germany

[@BrookerFilms]

You’re welcome! Thanks for your support

[@caden3ds]

H264 is not showing (I'm on windows and using the latest version of after effects)

[@fastfuz]

Thank you so much! My video was 9 minutes and got to 64 GIGAABYTES!! And now it lowered it to 2

[@rkhundred6197]

Your tutorials are so good. You teach slowly and even your voice is good

[@JonathanMuncherian]

So I did everything, exactly how you did, and a file popped up, but there is no video. It reads video length is 0.00. What did I do wrong?

[@blaisestottlemyre7156]

You just saved my school career

[@BrookerFilms]

Haha, you’re welcome! 🙌🏻

[@TheLegendofRenegade]

You just helped me massively dude, very straight to the point and helpful vid

[@HobokenSquatCobbler]

I have a purchased AE template that's 42s long I've just done some minor mods to (added slide images and changed text). Every time I try to follow *this* method and settings I get "encoding failed". Adobe Community people seem to be saying that you should never render in AME straight to H.264 but to Quicktime first, but when I do that I get sound with no video (just black). Not sure what to do at this point.

[@BrookerFilms]

Annoyingly, that happens. It has exported the video, it just won’t play in QuickTime or vlc. If you upload that file or drop it in premiere, you should see the video. Alternatively, you can convert the file in handrbrake and you’ll see your video

[@HobokenSquatCobbler]

@@BrookerFilms Thanks for the reply. Handbrake fixed it right away! You'd think that for such a pricey software suite like Adobe that it could at least generate a useful error log when there's a failure, rather than just "encoding failed".

[@mcranga]

absolute LIFESAVER thankyou so much!!

[@justynaromul3262]

In the name of everything that's good in this World, thank you for this video

[@BrookerFilms]

Thank you very much!

[@ricksfantasy4905]

You sir are a life saver saved me so much time and space

[@sayemn78]

Thanks a lot, mate. I was really worried about the file size.

[@KingdomOfLegends]

Thank you, made it all so much easier!

[@muhammadrafi218]

Thanks man! Great tutorial you help me so much!!!!

[@BrookerFilms]

Thank you so much!

[@NickAlbie]

Subscribed for sure!! Your video helped me get my stuff fixed for my deadline. Big thanks!!

[@BrookerFilms]

That’s so good to hear. Thank you so much!

[@servicestuffs2549]

Thank you for this but what is the trade off? There has to be some difference in quality or something else?

[@Yourcoach16]

U are a life saver bro💪🏼

[@BrookerFilms]

Thank you friend!🙌🏻

[@Q2Japan]

Thank you soooo much!

[@anthonyyvan6686]

Thanks Man, your tutorial was pretty handy

[@avidrationalist7281]

Hey man, when you select "render maximum depth" the preset "Match Source-high bit rate" changes back to "custom". Which means, either you have to keep "Match source" or "render maximum depth"....

[@reso5598]

You deserve more than just a like and subscribe and comments man u deserve 100 million views 😍

[@BrookerFilms]

Thank you ever so much!

[@AprilsLala]

You totally nail it, straight to the point! Although I almost missed the green Play button for the last step

[@ankursaini2833]

Hi what about the alpha video render ? what setting should I do

[@raheelzahid2069]

Thanks. Watched your first video and subscribed you instantly.

[@YoreHistory]

Subbed. Fantastic as I was getting 14gb files now under 500mb MUCH appreciated as this really helps my history videos!

[@GamerForeverChannel]

same settings on windows users?

[@BrookerFilms]

They should be