How to Export After Effects to MP4 First, launch your desired After Effects project and check to see if you need to make any last-minute tweaks before exporting the video file. Then choose 'File' 'Export' 'Add to Adobe Media Encoder Queue'. After Effects prefers H.264 and MPEG4 codecs, while MP4 is a container format which can hold various audio and video codecs. So if you receive an error message, or the video display is not proper, then you may have to install the codec used by the file. But then it's not easy to find and install the codec.
Adobe After Effects CC 2015 Not Support MP4 Format
Hello, I just setup adobe after effect cc 2015 on my imac and i didn't find the mp4 format like the previous version of after effect.
Can After Effects CC import MP4 video?
After Effects CC is mainly used in the post-production of film making and television production. Like other powerful video editing application, After Effects CC has enhanced media compatibility with various media file types. How about working MP4 with After Effects CC? From Adobe's official page, we get the information that After Effects CC only support to import MP4 files with MPEG-4 compression. However, it is well known that MP4 is a multimedia container file format, it can be encoded with various different video and audio codec listed as below:
Video codec: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 (A)SP, H.264/MPEG-4, H.265/HEVC, VC-1/WMV, Real Video, Theora, Microsoft MPEG4 V2, VP8, MVC
Audio codec: MP3, WMA, AAC, AC-3, DTS,ALAC, DTS-HD
If the MP4 video are encoded with After Effects CC incompatible video codec, in will not show in AE, if the MP4 video are compressed with unsupported audio codec, you will receive only video but not audio when playing the MP4 files in the AE timeline.
Fix After Effects CC Not Import MP4 Files
To fix this codec incompatile issue, you will need to perform a codec conversion process. Here, you can get the job easily completed with Pavtube Video Converter (best video converter review), which can powerfully convert MP4 files encoded with all above listed video or audio codec to After Effects CC editable MPEG-4 video codec or AAC audio codec. To get the best editing settings for After Effects CC, you can maunally tweak output profile settings such as video codec, resolution, bit rate, frame rate and audio codec, bit rate, sample rate and channels, etc.
If you have no idea how to change these things on your own, the program can also do you a great favor to directly output After Effects CC specially optimized MPEG-2 editing codec, so that you can directly import the generated files into After Effects CC with the optimal profile settings.
Besides After Effects CC, you can also use the program to load MP4 to Windows Movie Maker, Avid Media Composer, Davinci Resolve, Adobe Premiere Pro CC or download the Mac version - Pavtube Video Converter for Mac to import MP4 to iMovie, FCP X, etc.
How to Import and Edit MP4 Files with After Effect CC?
Step 1: Add unsupported MP4 files into the program.
Run the program on your computer and click 'File' > 'Add Video/Audio' or 'Add from folder' to add unsupported MP4 files into the program.
Step 2: Choose output file format.
Click 'Format' drop-down bar, from its extended list, select one of After Effects CC compatible editing formats such as 'MPEG-4 Movie(*.mp4)' under 'Common Video' main category.
You can also select to directly output After Effects CC specially optimized 'MPEG-2(*.mpg)' under 'Adobe Premiere/Sony.' main category.
How to Export After Effects to MP4 First, launch your desired After Effects project and check to see if you need to make any last-minute tweaks before exporting the video file. Then choose 'File' 'Export' 'Add to Adobe Media Encoder Queue'. After Effects prefers H.264 and MPEG4 codecs, while MP4 is a container format which can hold various audio and video codecs. So if you receive an error message, or the video display is not proper, then you may have to install the codec used by the file. But then it's not easy to find and install the codec.
Adobe After Effects CC 2015 Not Support MP4 Format
Hello, I just setup adobe after effect cc 2015 on my imac and i didn't find the mp4 format like the previous version of after effect.
Can After Effects CC import MP4 video?
After Effects CC is mainly used in the post-production of film making and television production. Like other powerful video editing application, After Effects CC has enhanced media compatibility with various media file types. How about working MP4 with After Effects CC? From Adobe's official page, we get the information that After Effects CC only support to import MP4 files with MPEG-4 compression. However, it is well known that MP4 is a multimedia container file format, it can be encoded with various different video and audio codec listed as below:
Video codec: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 (A)SP, H.264/MPEG-4, H.265/HEVC, VC-1/WMV, Real Video, Theora, Microsoft MPEG4 V2, VP8, MVC
Audio codec: MP3, WMA, AAC, AC-3, DTS,ALAC, DTS-HD
If the MP4 video are encoded with After Effects CC incompatible video codec, in will not show in AE, if the MP4 video are compressed with unsupported audio codec, you will receive only video but not audio when playing the MP4 files in the AE timeline.
Fix After Effects CC Not Import MP4 Files
To fix this codec incompatile issue, you will need to perform a codec conversion process. Here, you can get the job easily completed with Pavtube Video Converter (best video converter review), which can powerfully convert MP4 files encoded with all above listed video or audio codec to After Effects CC editable MPEG-4 video codec or AAC audio codec. To get the best editing settings for After Effects CC, you can maunally tweak output profile settings such as video codec, resolution, bit rate, frame rate and audio codec, bit rate, sample rate and channels, etc.
If you have no idea how to change these things on your own, the program can also do you a great favor to directly output After Effects CC specially optimized MPEG-2 editing codec, so that you can directly import the generated files into After Effects CC with the optimal profile settings.
Besides After Effects CC, you can also use the program to load MP4 to Windows Movie Maker, Avid Media Composer, Davinci Resolve, Adobe Premiere Pro CC or download the Mac version - Pavtube Video Converter for Mac to import MP4 to iMovie, FCP X, etc.
How to Import and Edit MP4 Files with After Effect CC?
Step 1: Add unsupported MP4 files into the program.
Run the program on your computer and click 'File' > 'Add Video/Audio' or 'Add from folder' to add unsupported MP4 files into the program.
Step 2: Choose output file format.
Click 'Format' drop-down bar, from its extended list, select one of After Effects CC compatible editing formats such as 'MPEG-4 Movie(*.mp4)' under 'Common Video' main category.
You can also select to directly output After Effects CC specially optimized 'MPEG-2(*.mpg)' under 'Adobe Premiere/Sony.' main category.
Step 3: Edit MP4 files.
Select an item on the main interface to activate the 'Video Editor' function, in the opened 'Video Editor' window, you can play and preview the original video and output effects. Also you can flip video, trim, crop, add watermark, apply special effect, insert subtitles, reset and adjust volume.
Step 4: Begin the conversion process.
After all setting is completed, hit right-bottom 'Convert' button to begin the MP4 video to After Effects CC editable editing formats conversion process.
After the conversion, you can click Open output folder to popup output a folder with the converted files. Then you can import MP4 to After Effects CC for smooth post video editing workflow.
Useful Tips
In speaking of After Effects we all know that it is a digital motion graphics, visual effects and compositing app used in the post-production process of filmmaking and television production. However, users find that it is difficult for them to import all MP4 videos to After Effects CS5/CS6/CC for further editing. In this article, we will discuss deeply on this issue.
Adobe claims that After Effects support MP4 importing. But the problem with MP4 is, when you plan to edit MP4 file with After Effects (including After Effects CS5/CS6/CC), you may be unable to do this. There're some frequently asked questions quoted as below.
Q1: How to import MP4 into After Effects
I recently got a gopro hero 3 and wanted to slow a 960p 50fps video down in AE but i cannot open it. it just keeps saying it's of an unsopported format. How do I fix this?
Q2: AE won't import mp4 files anymore
Hi there, A client send me some mp4 files for a project. If I import those mp4 files in cs4 they are just black. If I play it with quicktime or media player its all fine. Whats wrong with my cs5? Before I had no problems with mp4 files.
In fact, MP4 codec is a final delivery codec it is not one you want to use for editing. Thus, there are many video, audio codec problems while importing MP4 video into After Effects for editing. Plus, even the Adobe program can ingest your MP4 files directly, it takes a long time for rendering. To get your MP4 into After Effects CS5/CS6/CC to play nicely, the quick workaround is to convert MP4 file to After Effects supported MPEG-2 encoded MPG (the most compatible video format for AE) file format and then transfer the converted MP4 videos to After Effects for editing.
And then a 3rd party software is needed. Personally, I have used iFastime Video Converter Ultimate for Mac, and it's a very affordable, fast, easy to use one software. It can help me convert all my MP4 files to AE compatible format, make MP4 footage working well in After Effects CS5/CS6/CC. In addition, this program can support various common videos besides MP4, such as MOV, MKV, AVI , MTS , MXF, WMV, etc. Here is how t do it.
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Steps of converting MP4 to After Effects supported file formats
1. Load MP4 files to the program
Launch the program, and open the folder where you have saved the MP4 files, and then directly drag the files to the program interface, the files will be loaded to the program immediately. Alternatively, you can click 'Add video' button to import the MP4 videos to the program.
2. Select the output format
Click 'Format' bar and choose 'Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas > MPEG-2 (*.mpg)' as output format on the drop-down menu. It is also suitable for editing in Premiere Pro.
Adobe After Effects Mp4 Import Error
Tip: Click the Settings icon to adjust video and audio parameters on the Profile Setting as you need to get the best quality video.
3. Start MP4 to AE conversion
Hit the 'Start conversion' button at the bottom right corner, let this smart Video Converter to do the rest for you! If you have added quite a bunch of video files, it would take some time to convert. In such case, you can click Option and tick the box 'Shut down the computer after conversion'. When the conversion is finished, you can click 'Open' button to get the generated MPG files effortlessly. Launch AE on your PC, choose 'File > Import' to get converted MPG files into After Effects CS5/CS6/CC for further editing beautifully. Now using your After Effects to edit MP4 is so easy!
This tutorial is based on Mac OS X. If you are a Windows user, please try this MP4 to After Effects Converter.
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