How to export+Cameras…

[Randy Johnson]

You want to “render to picture viewer” or Shift R make sure you set up all the paths and stuff in the render settings.

Yes for each angle you will need to have a new camera but you can render out several angles at a time with a stage object (Can be found with all the lights) there you can key frame what camera you want at what time. Set a key frame by control Clicking the little circle.

You may also want to make sure that your frame Rates are all set to the same. If you are rendering image sequences (psd’s or tif’s) you have two spots and if you are rendering quickitime or similar you have three places to set the frame rate.

/Randy

[Bob Tanner]

Thanks, I found the render settings, but I can’t find out where to set the output path. Does it make sense what I posted before about my mac’s rendering speed?

[Randy Johnson]

In the render settings (cmd B) In the save tab there is a path option. You may want to disable Multi Render as well its in the Multi-pass tab of the render settings.

As for render speed…this is a common question. I am rendering a scene right now that is taking 11 minutes per frame… yesterday I had a project going at 45 seconds a frame it really depend on what is in the scene and how much processor power you have. There are a few threads that discuss how to get the fastest render times. But it does take time.

/Randy

[Bob Tanner]

Thanks, I finished rendering the shots out, and I got over 200 tifs. Is there anyway to export the sequence to be a video like Make Preview or is it just an option for pictures?

Thanks,
Zevie

[Randy Johnson]

Yep you can export quicktime movies or avi… right below where you set your path it says “format” just choose the one you want from the drop down menu.

But for animation I strongly suggest working with image sequences like this. First if the render fails you still have all the frames until that one where as with video file if the render fails you loose everything. There is also better work flow with all video applications when using a tif sequence. You can open the 200 tifs with quicktime with “open image sequence” same when working in an editing program import image sequence.

/Randy

[Michael Banjoko]

Hi,

This is precisely my present headache too, and i’ve followed this same procedure. The various cameras i’ve keyed into my stage scene in c4d9.5 only show as they are being keyed in. The moment i move the time bar in reverse or commence rendering, only one camera shows all thru the animation. I’m so sure i’m missing some ‘key stage’. Please sort me out.

Michael