From After Effects CC 2014 and upwards, AE has removed the option of directly rendering the project to MP4 from the render queue. And now, you need to use Adobe Media Encoder (AME) to make After Effects export MP4, which is the simplest way. Yet if you don’t have a Media Encoder, there is still a workaround to it.
Actually, both MOV and MP4 enables you to playback the After Effects videos on your i, and phone. Even if you use the Adobe Media Encoder, you might not able to export MP4 in After Effects as desired.
You see, or at least you can’t export MP4 video in After Effects if you’re using any version of After Effects CC 2014 and beyond. The reason is simple, MP4 is a delivery format.
You may be wondering “What is the difference between after effects h264 and MP4?”
This is what my research found. h.264 is only a video codec, which is different from the MP4 video container. Of course, the codec is directly related to the video quality. The H.264 video codec can be used in an MP4, MOV, as well as other popular video files. When you want to save After Effects project as MP4, H.264 is a nice choice you can take into consideration.
Whether you render to Quick. Time format and use H.264 for the codec, or render it normally in AVI format, you can convert the video files to MP4 videos. Step 1 When you have made the creation, you can head to the Composition menu and choose the Add to Render Queue option to export the projects of Adobe Effects to H.264 videos.
Does after effects need media encoder?
Yes it is. Otherwise you wouldn’t be able to encode things, and that would be just dumb. Even though it happens a bit under the hood, all encodings from Premiere Pro and After Effects are handled by Media Encoder. When you install Premiere Pro or After Effects, Media Encoder always gets installed alongside it.
One article argued that using Adobe Media Encoder to render out an After Effects project is surprisingly easy. Here’s a quick breakdown of the process: In After Effects, Choose File > Export > Add to Media Encoder Queue.
Adobe Media Encoder is a video rendering application that comes bundled with After Effects in the Creative Cloud. AME (as the cool kids say) allows you to hand the rendering process off to another application, so you can keep working in After Effects while your compositions render in the background.
What happened to Media Encoder after the update to 2022?
After the update to the 2022 version, when sending an AE composition to render in Media Encoder, nothing happens. Media Encoder opens but no composition shows on the screen. This stuff happened to me before but somehow it resolved itself.
How do I send a project from after effects to Ame?
To send a project from After Effects over to Adobe Media Encoder you must add it to the AME Queue. Thankfully, there are a couple of ways to add your After Effects project to the queue.