AfterEffects

Supported output formats

Unless otherwise noted, all image file formats are exported at 8 bits per channel (bpc).

Additional output formats may be available in the File > Export menu, depending on which QuickTime components and codecs you have installed.

Video and animation formats

  • 3GPP (3GP, 3G2, AMC; requires QuickTime 6.5 or later)

  • Adobe Clip Notes (PDF containing rendered movie)

  • Animated GIF (GIF)

  • Cineon (CIN, DPX; 16 and 32 bpc converted to 10 bpc)

  • ElectricImage (IMG, EIZ)

  • Filmstrip (FLM)

  • Flash (SWF)

  • Flash Video (FLV)

  • H.264 and H.264 Blu-ray

  • MPEG-2 (Windows and Mac OS on Intel-based Mac only)

  • MPEG-2 DVD (Windows and Mac OS on Intel-based Mac only)

  • MPEG-2 Blu-ray (Windows and Mac OS on Intel-based Mac only)

  • MPEG-4

  • OMF (media [essence] only, Windows only)

  • QuickTime (MOV, DV; requires QuickTime for 8 bpc and codec support for 16 bpc)

  • RealMedia (RAM, RM; Windows only)

  • Video for Windows (AVI)

  • Windows Media (Windows only)

After Effects can read and render QuickTime files in 16-bpc color depth. When you select a QuickTime codec that supports 16-bpc color depth in the Output Module dialog box, such as the None16 codec, Trillions Of Colors is available. To find out whether your video codec supports 16-bpc color depth, contact the manufacturer directly.

Video project formats

  • Adobe Premiere Pro project (PRPROJ; Windows and Mac OS on Intel-based Mac only)

Still-image formats

  • Adobe Photoshop (PSD; 8, 16, and 32 bpc)

  • Bitmap (BMP, RLE)

  • CompuServe GIF (GIF)

  • Maya IFF (IFF; 16 bpc)

  • JPEG (JPG, JPE)

  • Open EXR (EXR)

  • Pict (PCT, PIC)

  • PNG (PNG; 16 bpc)

  • Radiance (HDR, RGBE, XYZE)

  • RLE (RLE)

  • SGI (SGI, BW, RGB, 16 bpc)

  • Targa (TGA, VBA, ICB, VST)

  • TIFF (TIF; 8, 16, and 32 bpc)

Audio-only formats

  • AU audio file (AU)

  • Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF)

  • MP3 (MP3)

  • WAV