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poltek
02-08-2008, 11:08 AM
Hello

I'm currently at a stage of confusion, the problem is that I have no clue what the best method for exporting my animation to video is.

- just to note - my aim is a high quality, fps export, high detail, but a video that is able to be played on most good computers (e.g. no slowing)

I would love to know the following:

1. What FPS?.. the medium is purley internet.
2. 50 FPS looks lovely, but it seems to jog on my computer? (dual core 4200 athlon)
3. Because it jogs, am I using the wrong codec?.. which codec is best?
4. h.264 seems the best, but what settings are best for that?
5. What resolution should I export to?.. I'd ideally like atleast 800x600
6. Is it best exporting the animation to tif sequence images, then importing into a program like after effects and then exporting it from there?
7. If 6. correct, then what settings should I use for adobe after effects to get the best results?
8. Any additional ideas I should bear in mind?


Thanks so much.
beaker
02-08-2008, 07:41 PM
1. What FPS?.. the medium is purley internet.Film is 24fps, so I tend to stick with that.

2. 50 FPS looks lovely, but it seems to jog on my computer? (dual core 4200 athlon)Most computers can't sustain that data rate at a high resolution. Also 50fps makes your files much larger then they need to be for very little pay off.
3. Because it jogs, am I using the wrong codec?.. which codec is best?h.264 works fine
4. h.264 seems the best, but what settings are best for that?codec settings are different in every application. Best bet is to experiement with outputting 5-10 of the same movie with different settings.
5. What resolution should I export to?.. I'd ideally like atleast 800x600800x600 is a little high but you can get away with it. Personally I would go with something smaller like 640x480 but it is up to you. It depends the computer though. H264 especially is very processor intensive so older computers have trouble playing back 800x600 without skipping frames.
6. Is it best exporting the animation to tif sequence images, then importing into a program like after effects and then exporting it from there?Export out of your final application as a quicktime of avi file with a lossless codec(none, animation, component, png, huffyuv, etc...). Then use a dedicated compression application to make the h.264 file. Cleaner, Episode, Compressor, Quicktime Pro, FFMpeg, Virtual Hub, Squint, Sorenson Squeeze, etc.. are all good dedicated compression apps (Adobe has their own app too but I can't remember the name of it).

7. If 6. correct, then what settings should I use for adobe after effects to get the best results?Don't do your final compression out of AE. Just the initial lossless compressed movie file.
poltek
02-08-2008, 07:53 PM
Hey, thanks so much man, that cleared up a lot of things in one big swoop.

Thanks again.
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