Hi

I need the high resolution output in Preview mode because that's the way that I output the videos.

And it does make a difference even when reduced, it's like doing an illustration at a much larger size then you are going to reproduce it.

I did commercial illustration the old fashioned way for about 50 years and always worked much larger then the final size.  

The same works with the video, even when I reduce my 1920 by 1080 output to 1600 by 900 it looks sharper then if I output it at that size.

The reason that I don't use Firefly or another render engine is time.

I just output my video clip a few minutes ago, and it took about 10 minutes to output 3090 frames at 1920 by 1080 as opposed to the hours and hours it would take to fully rendered it even at a much smaller size.

I've tested and since I accept the way it looks as part of my technique the results are better using the basic render engine then if I rendered the video in Firefly using a much smaller size to get the time down to anything reasonable.

I have to applaud anyone who has the patience to do even a 5 minute video and render the whole thing at full HD settings.

I'm 76 years old, I don't have the time to wait. LOL

Just to see what happened I used several textures that were 16,000 by 16,000 pixels both for the figure and some of the props and it didn't cause any noticeable slowdown or issues.

Now I'll try redoing some of my figure textures at ultra high res and see if I gain anything in the final result, when I zoom in.

Mike

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