Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Poser 5 animation render problem

Pedrith opened this issue on Apr 24, 2004 ยท 14 posts


Pedrith posted Sat, 24 April 2004 at 11:27 AM

Hi. I just rendered out a short video of a guy weilding a lightsaber but when i viewed the clip the lightsaber and the guys hair was not rendered properly. The clip can be downloaded here: http://www.streamload.com/dlein/Rogue_Jedi_Saga. Select the mp4 file. (You might need quicktime 6 to view the file) I rendered the file using the production settings, and when I render individual images the renders were fine. Does anybody know what happened and how I can fix it? Thanks. Pedrith :)


ockham posted Sat, 24 April 2004 at 11:35 AM

Definitely strange. Looks like the saber was rendered in preview mode! I think we can conclude that rendering direct to AVI is broken in the latest P5. I've had some equally strange results, and some good ones, for no obvious reason. Separate images seem to work consistently OK.

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brainmuffin posted Sat, 24 April 2004 at 11:39 AM

under the "make movie" settings, you have to set the quality to current RENDER settings. You've got it set on current DISPLAY settings.


xantor posted Sat, 24 April 2004 at 2:44 PM

It is an easy mistake to make, because current display settings is the default one.


xantor posted Sat, 24 April 2004 at 2:46 PM

If you are using don in your finished render, then you could change his face in the faceroom some way, so that he doesn`t look like don.


brainmuffin posted Sat, 24 April 2004 at 2:59 PM

xantor's right, it's an easy mistake to make. I didn't use caps to SHOUT, i just used them for CLARITY..... xantor's also right about the face room.


Berserga posted Sat, 24 April 2004 at 3:32 PM

The first clue should be when your animation renders in 3 minutes instead of 5 hours :D


Pedrith posted Sat, 24 April 2004 at 4:18 PM

I though that it rendered fast. I'm going to try what was suggested and see what happens. i'm just using Don as a test, final characters will be different. I'll report back what happened. Pedrith :)


xantor posted Sat, 24 April 2004 at 5:12 PM

Brainmuffin I wasn`t critisizing your answer I was just pointing out that the mistake was easy to make.


Pedrith posted Sat, 24 April 2004 at 5:22 PM

Hi all. I tried what Brainmuffin said and it worked like a charm. Thanks. Pedrith :)


brainmuffin posted Sun, 25 April 2004 at 10:44 AM

I know, xantor, but I re-read it myself, and it seemed to me that someone might mistake it for SHOUTING. If only I knew how to add bold or italics.... You're welcome, pedrith. And remember: render the animation with display settings for quick tests, and try not to use full render settings until you're sure you're done. In cases like this, where you want to test the transparency or motion blur settings, try to do it on a lower resolution, like half of what your final resolution will be. If you just find yourself annoyed that you can't see the transparency in the test renders, turn the transparency off until you're ready for the final render. I do this a lot when I'm trying to animate transmapped hair.


xantor posted Sun, 25 April 2004 at 8:02 PM

Another tip: Render one picture with all the finished render settings on and full size to check that transparency reflections and shadows etc work properly.


TrekkieGrrrl posted Mon, 26 April 2004 at 3:46 AM

Brainmiffin,
It's actually easy to add bold and italics here, just put in the usual html syntax and off you go.

That is < b > / < /b > and < i > / < /i > (without the spaces). Remember the /b / /i to stop it again ;o)

Don't use the "this message is in html..." checkbox, it's not needed to do this.

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brainmuffin posted Mon, 26 April 2004 at 6:47 AM

Cool! I had no idea whatsoever how to do it! Thanks ernyoka1!