Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: rendering an avi

tom_b opened this issue on Sep 07, 2003 ยท 5 posts


tom_b posted Sun, 07 September 2003 at 2:50 PM

I have made 30 frames and am trying to output an Avi file I am clicking Animation->Make move Is it possible to have each frame rendered so the AVI looks professional? I have also clicked Aniamtion->Movie Output Settings then render quality professional and a slew of checkmarks here and there but it nevers renders each frame.. Any ideas? Thanks, tom_b


Little_Dragon posted Sun, 07 September 2003 at 5:08 PM

Animation menu --> Make Movie --> Quality --> Current Render Settings

And be sure to use a good codec when Poser asks about compression; Cinepak and Microsoft Video 1 are not good choices. For maximum quality, you'll need something lossless (like Huffyuv), or no compression at all. You can always compress the finished video later with a third-party utility. I'd also recommend setting Poser to render an image sequence rather than an AVI. If something should go wrong and Poser crashes or locks up, the incomplete video will be corrupted and unusable, whereas the image sequences will be fine (right up until the last frame rendered) and you can continue rendering from there. The images can be compiled into an AVI using a third-party utility like VirtualDub, Jasc Animation Shop, or TMPGEnc.



tom_b posted Sun, 07 September 2003 at 5:35 PM

thanks


mateo_sancarlos posted Sun, 07 September 2003 at 9:41 PM

Use tiff rendering (or Huffyuv) if you want an alpha channel in your movie, so you can use it as a track or layer over a background track (analogous to shooting actors in front of a greenscreen.


japes posted Fri, 12 September 2003 at 12:26 PM

MATEO - What do you use to compile the tiff renderings to avi.