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Best way to compress Uncompressed HD from animation
Hello
I am doing some work with animation files created in Carrara ( A fine program by the way don’t let pretty girl video game aspect fool you it is capable of good looking mechanical animation)
I would like to render uncompressed avi. It is sharp as a tack. The in program render to compressed doesn’t nearly as good look as good.
I will be editing this with HDV footage shot in a camera in vegas.
For best image clarity should compress with a stand alone program? or should I just drop in vegas and render files that way.
One other question. The only software installed on my i7 is Vegas. I’m trying to keep it a lean mean editing machine. I’m thinking of installing Carrara to speed up rendering. Would adding a different user in Win 7 to log out and log in possibly keep my Vegas install from being mucked up ?
Thanks
Bradi7 2600 3.4 Ghz 8Gig Ram , Win 7 Pro, Vegas Pro 10
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[Brad Leigh] “I am doing some work with animation files created in Carrara ( A fine program by the way don’t let pretty girl video game aspect fool you it is capable of good looking mechanical animation) I would like to render uncompressed avi. It is sharp as a tack. The in program render to compressed doesn’t nearly as good look as good.”
I would render out of Carrara using the QuickTime Animation codec. This is *exactly* what this codec was designed for and it’s much easier to handle than uncompressed.
[Brad Leigh] “One other question. The only software installed on my i7 is Vegas. I’m trying to keep it a lean mean editing machine. I’m thinking of installing Carrara to speed up rendering. Would adding a different user in Win 7 to log out and log in possibly keep my Vegas install from being mucked up ?”
Having several user accounts shouldn’t bother Vegas at all but I don’t see the need. I have Carrara Pro 8.0 64-bit and Vegas Pro 11 64-bit both installed and everything works fine.
~jr
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John
Again thank you. I’ll give it a shot, and I feel much more comfortable installing Cararra on my fast machine. My animations have quite a bit of movement and are close to photo realistic ( but it is a big black background ) so I was going to experiment with key frames. From what I see 1 per second seems to be what people are doing. Do you agree?
Thank You Again
and Happy Thanksgiving!
Bradi7 2600 3.4 Ghz 8Gig Ram , Win 7 Pro, Vegas Pro 10
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[Brad Leigh] ” I was going to experiment with key frames. From what I see 1 per second seems to be what people are doing. “
If you are referring to the QuickTime Animation render, yes, I have mine set for one every 30 frames at 30fps which is once per second.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
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John thanks again.
( At this point I I think I owe you a beer)
Tried the Animation Codec, Very Happy looks really good.
Bi7 2600 3.4 Ghz 8Gig Ram , Win 7 Pro, Vegas Pro 10
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Great! I’m glad that worked out for you. That’s what I use all the time. 😉
Take care,
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com
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