How to Get After Effects working with Dxtory AVI files

"Dxtory Help with After Effects! So i've been using dxtory for a while and the quality and output is excellent, however when I import .avi files which I recorded with Dxtory, they end up as a blue screen, which flickers to a messed up version of the first frame. It plays fine outside of after effects its only inside it messes up. Has anyone got an idea what could be wrong here?"

As we all know, After Effects announced on their official website long time ago that it could support AVI videos without problems. Then we may can't help asking why the above person import some .avi files recorded from Dxtory to After Effects only to be rejected? As far as we know, AVI is a 'container' format which can comprise many different sorts of video and audio format. That is to say, AVI videos inside might exist something unfriendly codecs like DivX/Xvid with After Effects, resulting in the latter can't accept them. Then how can we make all Dxtory AVI files compatible with After Effects? The best and easiest solution is to convert Dxtory AVI to a more editing-friendly format like MPEG-2 for After Effects.

Actually, it's not as hard as you imagine as long as you have a common video converter program like Brorsoft Video Converter. Over all, this program features high efficiency and seamless conversion. After applying it, you can effortlessly transcode Dxtory AVI to After Effects preferred video format with fast speed while keeping excellent quality. In addition, it also offers other professional encoders for other NLEs, like Adobe Premiere, Avid MC, Sony Vegas, Windows Movie and many more. More than that, this program boasts the capacity to support virtually all types of video formats including AVI as well as MOV/MP4,MKV,MTS,MXF,WMV .etc. Just get the program and follow the step-by-step guide to learn how to import Dxtory footage to After Effects for editing smoothly.

How to Convert Dxtory AVI to MPEG-2 for After Effects

Step 1: Import Dxtory AVI files

Launch the App you downloaded, and you can either click "Add" button to import Dxtory AVI files, or directly drag and drop the files into this program.

Step 2: Select output format

To edit AVI files in After Effects without problem, Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas -MPEG-2 (*.mpg) should be one of the suitable output formats.

Tip: If needs, users can adjust the video and audio parameters, including the Bitrate of Video&Audio, Video Size, Sample Rate, Frame Rate, Audio Channels, etc., by clicking the Settings button on the main interface for getting the best quality before conversion .

Step 3: Start the conversion

Finally, click the convert button, then AVI to MPEG-2 conversion for After Effects (CS4/CS5/CS6) will start immediately. Once the process completes, you can get your Dxtory AVI files and After Effects to play nicely.

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