Hi List, I am rendering to .avi files but believe that if this project does make it to broadcast use then either I or someone will need to render the same files to OpenEXR. So I am wondering about this "scribble" .avi stage which has only limited use. I am asking myself, Why dont I go straight to OpenEXR now and cut out the .avi stage?
One reason might be that the OpenEXR or any uncompressed render file sizes could be more than I can do with the gear I have. I havent tested this yet. This is also a separate concern and I am hoping that production houses would be able to do this if I cant. I guess if I had a deadline and/or a contract that did not require a quick sketch to sell from, I would go directly to OpenEXR (assuming my gear could do this, of course) and hand the lot straight over to a production house. Another reason is that uncompressed renders might take far too long. This means that the .avi stage is useful to check the file with not so much lost if I need to change the content. Does anyone have a tried and true pipeline here? Any thoughts here would be very welcome!!! Neil Cooke
