Doing an anim in p4. There is a 640x487 limit on frame size. Is there anyway to get around this. If not then what is the best way to get to 720x480 for dvd.

Render and save each frame individually and then use a 3rd party program to join the individual frames into a movie.

Animation menu --> Animation Setup Width : 720 Height: 480

thank you both.

Quick note: Those diminsions - 720 x 480 - are based on the rectangular pixels that are used on TVs. Computers use square pixels. Some software can output rectangular pixels but Poser is not one of them. You will be more accurate if you render your stills out of Poser at 720x540 and then using a video editing program to output them at 720 x 480. Little Dragon can certainly point you towards free video editing programs for the PC. Mac users can use iMovie that comes with their Mac. If you simply output from Poser at 720x480 the video may look vertically stretched on a TV screen because of the rectangular pixels.

How about 640x480? It is not a fine size for computer screens? Have I misunderstood something?

Technically for computer screens you can use any resolution you want. 640x480 and 320x240 have become quite common sizes. I suspect it's because they both have the same width to height ratio as a computer monitor and also in the old days the monitor resolutions actually were 640x480. Monitor resolutions have increased over time (mine right now goes up to 1920x1440) but you've got to remember that the larger the dimensions of your animation, the greater the demands are on the computer processor speed, hard drive access speed, and VideoRAM. Therefore creating animations at 1920x1440 is probably not a good idea if you want people who have anything but the absolute latest, greatest supercomputers to be able to watch your animation in real time. I go up to 640x480 but no larger unless I'm creating for TV/DVD/HD movie.

What are the standard sizes for TV/DVD/HD movie, used by professionals?

In the US we use either 720x486 or 720x480 rectangular pixels. The first works with BetaSP and DigiBeta Tape. I've heard that the Media100 Nonlinear editing systems use 640x480 but I'm not sure. The Avid systems definately use 720x486. When I edit for DV Tape or DVD I use 720x480, once again in rectangular pixels. That still fills up a TV screen. I've worked on the titles and credits for one HD Independant film and was told by the editor to give him my shots as 1920x1080 using square pixels. I don't know how universal that is. The image I've uploaded shows the basic preset settings offered by Adobe After Effects. The D1 and DV items are rectangular pixels *unless otherwise identified.* It's a good little reference for sizes.