<p>I've created an animation in After Effects, and dynamic linked the composition into Premiere for audio editing. Then I exported from PR using Media Encoder. The exported file looks good, but when uploaded to YouTube, it looks considerably more pixelated. I know this is a common issue for YouTube, but the problem is even more noticeable when working with animations.</p>
<p>I've experimented with:</p>
<p>Cineform,
ProRes 422 HQ, ProRes 422
Quicktime with the Animation codec
Render Queue PNG Sequence to ProRes 422 in ME
H.265 4K UHD</p>
<p>H.265 looks slightly better in 2160P on YouTube, but 1440p and lower looks bad. Plus most users' players won't default to 2160P and I don't want them to have to manually select it.</p>
<p>My compositon is 1920 x 1080, 23.976 FPS, square pixels.</p>
<p>Are there settings I'm missing? Could my dynamic link workflow be affecting the export? I'm pretty stumped and I want to keep making animations for YouTube, so any advice is greatly appreciated!</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/TQQvD.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/TQQvD.png" alt="bad quality on YouTube" /></a></p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/Wj0C6.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Wj0C6.jpg" alt="export quality" /></a></p>

CC BY-SA 4.0
2022-04-01T07:38:22.440Z
Have you read the Related questions on the right, especially https://video.stackexchange.com/questions/10128/ which seems to give a useful answer?
Dr Mayhem
CC BY-SA 4.0
2022-04-01T13:40:00.893Z
@DrMayhem, that was helpful. I noticed changing to high profile seemed to help a little, although the compression is still there. But at this point I assume there's really no way to get around YouTube's compression, it just is what it is.
Onion44
CC BY-SA 4.0
2022-04-01T17:20:26.230Z
Are all your colours & brightness levels broadcast safe?  Might be worth checking the Lumetri scopes in Premiere, to check nothing is going over into areas which can't be represented well in video codecs?
tomh
<after-effects><video-quality><youtube><adobe-media-encoder><export>
AE Animation Bad Quality on YouTube
Onion44
# AE Animation Bad Quality on YouTube

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-03-31)

I've created an animation in After Effects, and dynamic linked the composition into Premiere for audio editing. Then I exported from PR using Media Encoder. The exported file looks good, but when uploaded to YouTube, it looks considerably more pixelated. I know this is a common issue for YouTube, but the problem is even more noticeable when working with animations.

I've experimented with:

Cineform,
ProRes 422 HQ, ProRes 422
Quicktime with the Animation codec
Render Queue PNG Sequence to ProRes 422 in ME
H.265 4K UHD

H.265 looks slightly better in 2160P on YouTube, but 1440p and lower looks bad. Plus most users' players won't default to 2160P and I don't want them to have to manually select it.

My compositon is 1920 x 1080, 23.976 FPS, square pixels.

Are there settings I'm missing? Could my dynamic link workflow be affecting the export? I'm pretty stumped and I want to keep making animations for YouTube, so any advice is greatly appreciated!

[![bad quality on YouTube](https://i.sstatic.net/TQQvD.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/TQQvD.png)

[![export quality](https://i.sstatic.net/Wj0C6.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/Wj0C6.jpg)

**Tags:** after-effects, video-quality, youtube, adobe-media-encoder, export

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Have you read the Related questions on the right, especially https://video.stackexchange.com/questions/10128/ which seems to give a useful answer?  
> **username_0**: @DrMayhem, that was helpful. I noticed changing to high profile seemed to help a little, although the compression is still there. But at this point I assume there's really no way to get around YouTube's compression, it just is what it is.  
> **username_2**: Are all your colours & brightness levels broadcast safe?  Might be worth checking the Lumetri scopes in Premiere, to check nothing is going over into areas which can't be represented well in video codecs?  

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