I'm sure this has been asked before but my searches kept bringing up 400 billion results so forgive me.
What are some good settings for rendering not only from ASP but also from video editing software? I've been making some movies lately and they seem to be either 10,000GB or horrible quality. There must be a happy medium in there somewhere, some format and codec that gives good quality without requiring six hard drives.
Thanks!
Rendering settings?
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Rendering settings?
~Danimal
For direct to animation/video results I use QT mov as my export option for video. I use Mpg4 by default but H264 is also a good option that gives small files with good quality.
To use AS renders in another application rendering to a file sequence or using the PNG codec is probably the best way to go. If you are going to put your renders into another application for further editing you don't want ANY compression from a codec for the rendered files. Unfortunately this means your files will be HUGE... but that's the nature of this type of work. There really isn't anyway to avoid this. Big files high quality... small files low quality. Some codecs maintain quality with small size but they are STILL throwing out part of the image, lowering quality to get those small sizes. You have to find something in that range that is acceptable for you.
-vern
To use AS renders in another application rendering to a file sequence or using the PNG codec is probably the best way to go. If you are going to put your renders into another application for further editing you don't want ANY compression from a codec for the rendered files. Unfortunately this means your files will be HUGE... but that's the nature of this type of work. There really isn't anyway to avoid this. Big files high quality... small files low quality. Some codecs maintain quality with small size but they are STILL throwing out part of the image, lowering quality to get those small sizes. You have to find something in that range that is acceptable for you.
-vern
Thanks vern!
I have indeed used QT for my exports as it seems to maintain the "smootheness" of the vectors best.
I've been trying to find that balance for editing renders. Of course for DVD production I would use uncompressed but for the web (YouTube, Blip, etc...) I will try your suggestions. Thanks!
I have indeed used QT for my exports as it seems to maintain the "smootheness" of the vectors best.
I've been trying to find that balance for editing renders. Of course for DVD production I would use uncompressed but for the web (YouTube, Blip, etc...) I will try your suggestions. Thanks!
Last edited by Danimal on Thu Sep 10, 2009 2:25 am, edited 1 time in total.
~Danimal
If you're using a windows pc, then the lagarith codec is best. I use it all the time. It's a lossless video codec with good compression.Danimal wrote:Thanks vern!
I have indeed used QT for my exports as it seems to maintani the "smotheness" of the vectors best.
I've been trying to find that balance for editing renders. Of course for DVD production I would use uncompressed but for the web (YouTube, Blip, etc...) I will try your suggestions. Thanks!
http://www.videohelp.com/tools/Lagarith ... ideo_Codec
And it out-preforms Huffyuv which claims to be lossless but not by my eyes.