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----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthias Kappenberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 10:47 AM Subject: Re: Why Raytrace a Video ? > Matthias > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "studio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 9:27 AM > Subject: Why Raytrace a Video ? > > > > Maybe I'm missing something obvious : > > > > I have a 500 frame 720 x 480 video that I want to deposit > > Realsoft CGI into . However , when I load the video as an > > 'Image Object' so that I can have the video available as > > a 'Camera Backdrop' Realsoft wants to raytrace the whole > > 500 frame video for my animation previews . > > > > Any idea why ? > > > > The Camera Backdrop does not need to be raytraced . > > Just select the 'Image Object' and in wireframe mode > > the cam-backdrop video will play in realtime . > > > > In fact , any raytracing only softens the video in > > the resulting output . (Well , I guess I could crank > > the quality settings way up and then go out of town for > > a few days ... ) > > > > The workaround is of course , to render only the CGI > > as a .tga with an alpha channel , and then bring that > > sequence into AFX/Premiere/etc. , but it seems like a > > lot of work for simple anim previews . > > > > The frustrating part is that RS will easily update > > the 'Camera Backdrop' at 30 fps without any rendering > > required , in wireframe mode , but as soon as it's > > time to render , the backdrop slowly get's raytraced . > > > > Maybe this is just how RS has to work ... it has to > > raytrace the whole 720 x 480 screen even if the CGI > > element is only a few dozen pixels ? > > > > I think ideally , we would have a switch to turn off > > background raytracing as well as the option to render > > the CGI's antialiasing with the background , or not . > > > > This is the kind of thing that should have been there > > 10 years ago , as well , in my humble opinion . Sorry > > if I've missed the obvious "in Realsoft" solution . > > > > thanks > > > > studio > > > >
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