Clearly whatever small issue may have existed with the previous iteration of Adobe’s software has now been rectified, and it’s great to have such confidence in the compression capabilities of the software now. I tested the same settings while rendering out directly from Premiere, as well as directly from Media Encoder and had the same improved results both times. The only variable that had changed between my initial test and the most recent test which gave very different results, was the updated version of Premiere Pro/Media Encoder that I was using. Here are two screenshots from an H264 encoded video file (one from Premiere Pro and one from FCP X)… It’s nearly impossible to tell the difference between the two now: FCP X/Compressor Once I decided to re-do the test using a more recently updated version of Premiere Pro/Media Encoder however, I got very different results. On my first test, for some reason Compressor had a cleaner image that had fewer artifacts and less color shifting as you can see here (click to enlarge): FCP X/Compressor MP4 files (the former of which was more problematic). The reason that I highlighted which container I used for the file is because on my initial test there was some variance on Media Encoder between H264. Some of the most important settings that were universally used throughout all my tests were:Įncoding: Best Quality / Use Maximum Render Quality It’s worth noting that the screenshots below were taken from my most recent test (as I didn’t take screenshots during my initial test), but all of the settings were identical. I ran the tests (both times) using FCPX/Premiere Pro as well as Compressor/Media Encoder, and used the same settings each time. Since writing the article I have had loads of questions about my findings and have done some more testing on my own time, so I am posting the follow up test results here today.įor those of you that were asking about more specific settings that weren’t detailed in my first post, here are a couple of screenshots from Compressor and Media Encoder, showing how I had things set up. A couple of weeks ago I had posted a comparison on my blog showing the quality differences between Premiere Pro & FCP X when it came to H264 compression.
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