Adobe Media Encoder Reviews & Product Details

I honestly just love how easier it is to use. As a marketing and Graphic Design Specialist, I spend hours and hours creating content for our website and social media platforms and exporting videos often takes a very long time. Whereas with Media Encoder compressing the files I am able to export and save my work quickly and effectively while keeping all of my projects organized. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I really dislike how sometimes my videos are missing graphics when I export. In Premier and After Effects the video will be fine but when I watch the preview in Media Encoder I see that some graphics vanish and I can't seem to figure out why. Then I'll export it again and again and then it works. So it just gets frustrating but for the most part I love it! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like how easy it is to use this program, as well as being perfectly integrated with all the other Adobe tools. Something I like very much is to be able to enter the After Effects files and be able to select which composition to render. I also like the amount of coding methods that the software has, allowing to change the screen resolution, and general aspects to obtain an optimal final result for the final use of multimedia work Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I do not like that it consumes many computer resources and can leave other processes and applications paralyzed, sometimes it also leaves them hanging, having to perform a forced shutdown of these applications. At the same time it does not allow integration with other tools outside the Adobe platform, or I have not found a way to achieve this integration with other platforms Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The benefit of media encoder is obvious-- you can export as many projects as you want in the background while you keep working. While this can slow down your machine, at the end of the day, it generally works pretty well, and I use an old MacBook Pro and don't generally-speaking have any problems with it. It's fairly straightforward and easy to use, and gives you access to any export settings you could possibly want. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I think the simple features, like choosing where a file goes, which export setting apply to a file, etc. are sometimes a bit overcomplicated. Even though it's a batch software, there are many functionalities that you should be able to batch, but for some reason or another, you can't. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the fact that you can make a list of things to render all at once and walk away. It's also great that you get to keep using programs while it renders, albeit a bit slower. It's also faster at rendering than the program itself most of the time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don't like that it sometimes doesn't find all the files necessary to render a complete video. Sometimes it can't find a background or transition that is clearly useable if you render from Premiere, but it won't show up in the encoder. But at least it gives a warning if it won't do the complete video perfectly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

While I'm editing on Adobe Premiere Pro - I can still work while the HD/4k videos up exporting. It moves quite fast even on our older modeled Mac. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The only time I ever use it is for exporting so I can't really give a bad review in that sense. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like best being able to build presets for a wide variety of pixel dimensions since I work with a lot of different size screens. So, for example, if I export from After Effects a video that is 48 pixels high and 1920 pixels wide, and want it in an uncompressed avi then all I have to do is drag a preset over and start the job. It is also great how you can cue up multiple renders and then start them all at once. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There isn't much to dislike. The program functions as advertised. If I had anything, I'd want it to be a little smarter. For example, it ought to be able to detect the pixel dimensions of the After Effects project it is being asked to render and offer suggestions as to which of its presets would be the best fit. I have 20 presets and always have to scroll down the list to find which one matches the pixel dimensions of the comp I am trying to export. Why can't that info just be sent along from After Effects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that Adobe Media Encoder outputs to formats with presets for YouTube and Vimeo, and is very reliable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It can take hours to export videos at the highest quality, so sometimes we have to leave the computers on overnight to encode, and we are not able to provide a same-day service as a result. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Adobe Media Encoder seamlessly integrates with Premiere Pro and After Effects. Sequences can be exported directly from these programs to Media Encoder for rendering outside of the parent application. Project files can even be opened in Media Encoder bypassing other software, allowing for use on dedicated render servers. Media Encoder supports many-threaded rendering for high-core-count CPUs as well as GPU acceleration for fast exports. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Adobe Media Encoder occasionally suffers from slow performance and crashes when loading sequences directly from project files. This behavior typically does not occur when launching Media Encoder from the export dialog in Premiere Pro. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I often find myself using Premier, or After Effects. To export, I use Adobe Media Encoder. The file format options are plentiful, and the software is well rounded. Even beginners can feel relatively at home in just a few minutes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Over time, I've found the software to be a bit buggy. While I'd say it works 90% of the time, files I send from other Adobe programs in the suite fail to transfer over, and I find myself having to "send" the file more times than I would like. It also crashes on occasion, something that is of a rarity with the other Adobe programs I use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Compatible with any kind of encoding and formats for rendering and processing of video files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes the Dynamic Link Server is a mess. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.