B. (partial response) Still images that are uncompressed are the highest quality renders you can have. If you render a video with any form of compression you will lose quality. Some codec degrade the image worse than others and part of the problem is the subject matter - different compression algorithms used by the codecs treat the material differently producing different results. C: Rendering Tip Render to a still image sequence instead of to video. That way it's easier to break the render in to pieces if you need to stop the render or if your machine crashes and you can just pick up where you left off. When the render is complete, then you can convert the stills to video. Also this will give you source material that is pure and you can then test various compression settings and Codecs to see which works best for your needs. You are better off if you keep things uncompressed until the last possible moment (for example right before you upload the movie to the web or burn it to DVD). If you're editing together different clips in video editing software it doesn't matter when you add the audio. I usually render and edit things at settings for full screen TV/DVD. I don't resize anything until it's fully edited with the audio add.

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