Hi Matthias, >what is a "true pipeline" :-?
Lol. The English phrase is "tried and true" ... the "true" is colloquial and is not taken on its own. Just one of those phrases that come into being in a language. "Tried and true" as a complete phrase means that it has been tested and found to 'true" as opposed to "false" ... "dependable" in other words. Everyone is doing image sequences it seems. I do not like the idea of going back and changing the renders of everything I've done so far. But it looks like I should at least do that from here on. I dont have the After Effects and other downstream apps so maybe I'm stuck with .avi's for that reason. Many thanks for your word on this. N. ________________________________ From: Matthias Kappenberg <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, 19 January, 2010 7:07:52 PM Subject: Re: Movie render options. Hi Neil, what is a "true pipeline" :-? I'm putting my RS renders from RS in AfterEffects, DigitalFusion and Combustion. And from there out to whatever. Is this a true pipeline :-? In my opinion it's always better to use image sequences, because it's easier to rerender some frames and you can put more channels in the rendered output ;-) Matthias ----- Original Message ----- >From: Neil Cooke >To: UserList RealSoft >Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 4:59 > AM >Subject: Movie render options. > > >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
