CGTalk - Rendering problem

Shaykai

07-26-2002, 11:35 PM

I made a simple 'lamp' using the revolve tool and put a flame on the top, i then had the camera swing around the lamp. But when i batch rendered it as an AVI it was 20 megs and it was 'choppy.' Does anyone know what i'm doing wrong? Or what a problem could be? I can post the settings if you want them.

Das

07-27-2002, 01:06 AM

It sounds like you're not specifying a codec for the AVI. An uncompressed AVI is huge and choppy.

I haven't used Maya since version 1, but look for a 'compression' option in the AVI settings. DivX is a popular codec, but you have to download it.

TumikSmacker

07-27-2002, 04:21 AM

If you're going to render with No compression then set your resolution to something like 320x240, an uncompressed avi at that res should play fine.

Shaykai

07-27-2002, 04:58 AM

Hmm... I've been poking around in the render globals and i can't find any compression or codec boxes. Can you tell me where to find it? post a screenshot if you want.

svenip

07-27-2002, 07:10 AM

you can't set a codec for the avi. it's just better to render in sequence of single images and then put them together in whatever (premiere, shake, fusion.....)

Shaykai

07-27-2002, 07:13 AM

huh? but what if my movie is say... 600 frames long? That would take ages to do. There must be a better way.

slayerment

07-27-2002, 07:14 AM

i think ur problem is not that maya rendered it wrong, but ur windows media or whatever cant play it smooth. i used to have this same problem and i fixed it by importing it into premiere and then building the avi in that program. and also, i dont think doing a tiff sequence or whatever is that bad of an idea, cause thats what its doing when u make an avi anyway. maybe that will do the trick. or maybe im just doing an extra step that not needed. ne way hope this helps.

Shaykai

07-27-2002, 07:16 AM

Wow thanks Slayerment, i'll try that. I went to your website www.femultimedia.com and it ****ing kicked ass!!! Great site!
Anyway, thanks for helping a noob like me.

Das

07-27-2002, 05:40 PM

Actually, rendering to an image sequence is usually best. It allows you to make changes to just a small number of frames.

Say you need to change the color of an object that's only in frames 288-354. You change the color and just render those frames. Takes much less time.

Oh, and Premiere can put the frames together for you automatically. Just File|Import|File, select the first one, and check 'numbered stills'. It puts them together for you.

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