diff --git a/plugins/extensions/animationrenderer/AnimationRenderer.cpp b/plugins/extensions/animationrenderer/AnimationRenderer.cpp
index a7ddbcc5ac..8bbb553aa6 100644
--- a/plugins/extensions/animationrenderer/AnimationRenderer.cpp
+++ b/plugins/extensions/animationrenderer/AnimationRenderer.cpp
@@ -1,188 +1,206 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2016 Boudewijn Rempt <boud@valdyas.org>
  *
  *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
  *  (at your option) any later version.
  *
  *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  *  GNU General Public License for more details.
  *
  *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  *  Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
  */
 
 #include "AnimationRenderer.h"
 
 #include <QMessageBox>
 
 #include <klocalizedstring.h>
 #include <kpluginfactory.h>
 
 #include <kis_image.h>
 #include <KisViewManager.h>
 #include <KoUpdater.h>
 #include <kis_node_manager.h>
 #include <kis_image_manager.h>
 #include <kis_action.h>
 #include <kis_image_animation_interface.h>
 #include <kis_properties_configuration.h>
 #include <kis_config.h>
 #include <KisDocument.h>
 #include <KisMimeDatabase.h>
 #include <kis_time_range.h>
 #include <KisImportExportManager.h>
 
 #include "DlgAnimationRenderer.h"
 #include <dialogs/KisAsyncAnimationFramesSaveDialog.h>
 
 #include "video_saver.h"
 #include "KisAnimationRenderingOptions.h"
 
 K_PLUGIN_FACTORY_WITH_JSON(AnimaterionRendererFactory, "kritaanimationrenderer.json", registerPlugin<AnimaterionRenderer>();)
 
 AnimaterionRenderer::AnimaterionRenderer(QObject *parent, const QVariantList &)
     : KisActionPlugin(parent)
 {
     // Shows the big dialog
     KisAction *action = createAction("render_animation");
     action->setActivationFlags(KisAction::IMAGE_HAS_ANIMATION);
     connect(action,  SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(slotRenderAnimation()));
 
     // Re-renders the image sequence as defined in the last render
     action = createAction("render_animation_again");
     action->setActivationFlags(KisAction::IMAGE_HAS_ANIMATION);
     connect(action,  SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(slotRenderSequenceAgain()));
 }
 
 AnimaterionRenderer::~AnimaterionRenderer()
 {
 }
 
 void AnimaterionRenderer::slotRenderAnimation()
 {
     KisImageWSP image = viewManager()->image();
 
     if (!image) return;
     if (!image->animationInterface()->hasAnimation()) return;
 
     KisDocument *doc = viewManager()->document();
 
     DlgAnimationRenderer dlgAnimationRenderer(doc, viewManager()->mainWindow());
 
     dlgAnimationRenderer.setCaption(i18n("Render Animation"));
 
     if (dlgAnimationRenderer.exec() == QDialog::Accepted) {
         KisAnimationRenderingOptions encoderOptions = dlgAnimationRenderer.getEncoderOptions();
         renderAnimationImpl(doc, encoderOptions);
     }
 }
 
 void AnimaterionRenderer::slotRenderSequenceAgain()
 {
     KisImageWSP image = viewManager()->image();
 
     if (!image) return;
     if (!image->animationInterface()->hasAnimation()) return;
 
     KisDocument *doc = viewManager()->document();
 
     KisConfig cfg(true);
 
     KisPropertiesConfigurationSP settings = cfg.exportConfiguration("ANIMATION_EXPORT");
 
     KisAnimationRenderingOptions encoderOptions;
     encoderOptions.fromProperties(settings);
 
     renderAnimationImpl(doc, encoderOptions);
 }
 
 void AnimaterionRenderer::renderAnimationImpl(KisDocument *doc, KisAnimationRenderingOptions encoderOptions)
 {
     const QString frameMimeType = encoderOptions.frameMimeType;
     const QString framesDirectory = encoderOptions.resolveAbsoluteFramesDirectory();
     const QString extension = KisMimeDatabase::suffixesForMimeType(frameMimeType).first();
     const QString baseFileName = QString("%1/%2.%3").arg(framesDirectory)
             .arg(encoderOptions.basename)
             .arg(extension);
 
 
     /**
-     * The dialog should endure that the size of the video is even
+     * The dialog should ensure that the size of the video is even
      */
     KIS_SAFE_ASSERT_RECOVER(
         !((encoderOptions.width & 0x1 || encoderOptions.height & 0x1)
           && (encoderOptions.videoMimeType == "video/mp4" ||
               encoderOptions.videoMimeType == "video/x-matroska"))) {
 
         encoderOptions.width = encoderOptions.width + (encoderOptions.width & 0x1);
         encoderOptions.height = encoderOptions.height + (encoderOptions.height & 0x1);
     }
 
+    const QSize scaledSize =
+        doc->image()->bounds().size().scaled(
+            encoderOptions.width, encoderOptions.height,
+            Qt::KeepAspectRatio);
+
+    if ((scaledSize.width() & 0x1 || scaledSize.height() & 0x1)
+            && (encoderOptions.videoMimeType == "video/mp4" ||
+                encoderOptions.videoMimeType == "video/x-matroska")) {
+        QString m = "Mastroska (.mkv)";
+        if (encoderOptions.videoMimeType == "video/mp4") {
+            m = "Mpeg4 (.mp4)";
+        }
+        qWarning() << m <<"requires width and height to be even, resize and try again!";
+        doc->setErrorMessage(i18n("%1 requires width and height to be even numbers.  Please resize or crop the image before exporting.", m));
+        QMessageBox::critical(0, i18nc("@title:window", "Krita"), i18n("Could not render animation:\n%1", doc->errorMessage()));
+        return;
+    }
+
     const bool batchMode = false; // TODO: fetch correctly!
     KisAsyncAnimationFramesSaveDialog exporter(doc->image(),
                                                KisTimeRange::fromTime(encoderOptions.firstFrame,
                                                                       encoderOptions.lastFrame),
                                                baseFileName,
                                                encoderOptions.sequenceStart,
                                                encoderOptions.frameExportConfig);
     exporter.setBatchMode(batchMode);
 
 
     KisAsyncAnimationFramesSaveDialog::Result result =
         exporter.regenerateRange(viewManager()->mainWindow()->viewManager());
 
     // the folder could have been read-only or something else could happen
     if (encoderOptions.shouldEncodeVideo &&
         result == KisAsyncAnimationFramesSaveDialog::RenderComplete) {
 
         const QString savedFilesMask = exporter.savedFilesMask();
 
         const QString resultFile = encoderOptions.resolveAbsoluteVideoFilePath();
         KIS_SAFE_ASSERT_RECOVER_NOOP(QFileInfo(resultFile).isAbsolute())
 
         {
             const QFileInfo info(resultFile);
             QDir dir(info.absolutePath());
 
             if (!dir.exists()) {
                 dir.mkpath(info.absolutePath());
             }
             KIS_SAFE_ASSERT_RECOVER_NOOP(dir.exists());
         }
 
         KisImportExportFilter::ConversionStatus res;
         QFile fi(resultFile);
         if (!fi.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly)) {
             qWarning() << "Could not open" << fi.fileName() << "for writing!";
             doc->setErrorMessage(i18n("Could not open %1 for writing!", fi.fileName()));
             res = KisImportExportFilter::CreationError;
         } else {
             fi.close();
         }
 
         QScopedPointer<VideoSaver> encoder(new VideoSaver(doc, batchMode));
         res = encoder->convert(doc, savedFilesMask, encoderOptions, batchMode);
 
         if (res != KisImportExportFilter::OK) {
             QMessageBox::critical(0, i18nc("@title:window", "Krita"), i18n("Could not render animation:\n%1", doc->errorMessage()));
         }
 
         if (encoderOptions.shouldDeleteSequence) {
             QDir d(framesDirectory);
             QStringList sequenceFiles = d.entryList(QStringList() << encoderOptions.basename + "*." + extension, QDir::Files);
             Q_FOREACH(const QString &f, sequenceFiles) {
                 d.remove(f);
             }
         }
 
     } else if (result == KisAsyncAnimationFramesSaveDialog::RenderFailed) {
         viewManager()->mainWindow()->viewManager()->showFloatingMessage(i18n("Failed to render animation frames!"), QIcon());
     }
 }
 
 #include "AnimationRenderer.moc"