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.

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Use Adobe Media Encoder to render your videos from Premiere Pro or After Effects in the background while you work – a major timesaver!

When an After Effects project is added to the Media Encoder watch folder, it will render any composition in the root folder of the Project Panel. Therefore, if you don’t want a composition to be rendered, be sure to place it in a folder. Move the comp that you want to render to the root directory in After Effects. Adobe Media Encoder does more than just video encoding. Here are some creative ways to use this versatile software. If you are a regular user of Adobe After Effects or Premiere Pro, Media Encoder is a necessary application to optimize your workflow.

Adobe Media Encoder is a powerful (and somewhat overlooked) application for encoding your video projects into a variety of codecs and file formats. Encoder integrates with Adobe’s other pro video apps, Premiere & After Effects. Media Encoder allows for background encoding, so you can continue to edit while it’s processing – faster workflow. To boot, encoder has a variety of helpful presets to simply the encoding process (you can also create your own).

In this post, we’ll take a look at how to get your projects from Premiere Pro and After Effects over to Media Encoder. Encode your files in batches and in multiple file formats in one swoop. In addition, you’ll discover how to create encoding “watch folders” on your computer – further streamlining the encoding process!

Premiere Pro to Adobe Media Encoder

To send your Premiere Pro sequence to Adobe Media Encoder, first select the Sequence you want to Export. Then, select File > Export Media.

This opens an “Export Settings’ box.

Pick a Format. I picked H.264 as I am encoding for the web. Then, pick a Preset (there are presets for Vimeo & YouTube).

If you click “Export” you are using Premiere Pro to export, which ties up Premiere Pro.

Instead, use Adobe Media Encoder by clicking the “Queue” button.

This launches Adobe Media Encoder.

Your Sequence from Premiere Pro is in the Adobe Media Encoderqueue and ready to be encoded.

You can also export multiple versions of the same Sequence. In the Media Encoder Preset Browser right click on a Preset and select “Apply to Queue”

Now, click the green play button to start the encode (or press Return).

After Effects to Adobe Media Encoder

Similarly, Adobe makes it quite easy to get your After Effects compositions into Media Encoder. In Adobe Media Encoder select “Add After Effects Composition” from the File Menu.

Navigate to the Project and then choose the Composition (some projects may have multiple compositions).

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Note: You can also add Premiere Pro Sequences in the same way if you prefer this method over launching Adobe Media Encoder from within Premiere Pro.

Creating Watch Folders

A Watch Folder is a folder on your computer that will automatically start encoding files that are dropped into it. Through Media Encoder you can setup a Watch Folder anywhere on your hard drive. Apple Compressor has a similar feature called a Droplet.

In Adobe Media Encoder the Watch Folder panel is on the bottom-right. Click the + button to create a Watch Folder. I created one called Watch Me on the Desktop. In Media Encoder you specify the encoding properties for that particular Watch Folder (what file formats, codecs, etc you want new files to be encoded to).

Often I render a full quality movie in Premiere Pro or After Effects and then drop that file on the Watch Folder to encode it in for Vimeo, YouTube and DVD. This is especially useful if you’re often delivering or creating the same file types, or if you create a set of master files when you archive your video projects (for instance, a web version, a full res version, a DVD version, an iPad version, etc).

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You can download Adobe Media Encoder from the Creative Cloud website. If prompted, sign in to your Adobe account, then click either Download or Install for Media Encoder. For more information, see Download your Creative Cloud apps.

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Yes. In Premiere Pro, click Queue, rather than Export, in the Export panel. This prevents Premiere Pro from locking up while you export. Watch this short video tutorial to learn more on using Media Encoder as a background media exporter for Premiere Pro.

Choose YouTube as the publish destination on the Publish tab in the Export Settings dialog box. Watch this quick video tutorial to learn the full publish to YouTube workflow.

Yes. Choose Twitter as the publish destination on the Publish tab in the Export Settings dialog box. Watch this short video tutorial to learn the full publish to Twitter workflow.

Choose Edit > Export Settings to open the Export Settings dialog box. Follow these instructions to fine tune your export settings.

Select Use Maximum Render Quality or Render at Maximum Bit Depth in the Export Settings dialog box. Learn more about how to enable and use maximum bit depth settings.

There could be a problem with the way the footage was encoded. When Media Encoder encounters frames that cannot be decoded, it inserts red frames in their place. Learn more about fixing red frames in your Premiere Pro export.

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Your version of Media Encoder might be out of date. If you have a Creative Cloud subscription that includes access to Media Encoder, learn more about downloading updates for your app.

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A few factors could be triggering this behavior. Try updating encoding presets, adjusting file formats, or installing Media Encoder on another machine to solve this problem.

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