Hi Neil, if they need it for postproduction in Nuke or Fusion maybe openexr is the best solution (because of floatingpoint channels, maybe for depth compositing)
If they only need it for "simple" postproduction tasks, compressed tga with alpha channel can do a good job, too. Because tga has a lossless compression. If they're working with Adobe products like AE, a layered Photoshop sequence can be a good thing, too. Some additional links to film formats: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDTV Maybe you should ask them if they need progressive or interlaced images :-? Matthias ----- Original Message ----- From: Neil Cooke To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 10:41 PM Subject: Re: Animation File Formats in RS V7 You just saved a life there Mark. Very many thanks. Looks like the .bmp is what I'll do. I had been using the PAL 720x576 but I will shift to the 1280x720 as you recommend. I shudder to think what this will do to render times and file sizes but there is no other way to go so I best get on with it!! I think I will still do the scribble renders in .avi. Compressed since they are only for checking. I am two weeks into a project and it is going very well. I might post random takes on YouTube but have no wish to put the whole story out there until it has been to market. A tight budget here so I best get back to it!! Thanks again, Neil Cooke ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Mark <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, 19 December, 2009 10:27:58 AM Subject: Re: Animation File Formats in RS V7 Hey Neil, I always render separate frames, bmp or tga if an alpha channel is required. Usually HD 1280x720. It's up to the production house to process these frames as required, it would seem strange to me if they can't handle separate frames. Also, sometimes the occasional frame contains render artifacts, it would be hard to correct this if all you have is an avi. If making an avi, I use the and widely used Xvid codec. Good luck, please show the result when ready! -Mark H ------------------------------ Hi List, I need to know the best animation output file type in RS V7 for Production Houses to do additional work on. I have been rendering to AVI's at present but have now learnt that AVI and video formats, even when uncompressed are no good. I may be wrong in this. The end result is probably TV, but film specifications would be handy to learn of as well. Urgent help on this please. Many Thanks Neil Cooke
