i cant seem to find the right codec

[Michael Gissing]

600mb is a small file. Why would you reduce it? Animation codec shouldn’t reduce the size at all. Are you sure you don’t mean Apple Intermediate Codec? If so that is a lossy old codec. What codec is the original file?

[Rafael Amador]

Mark,
Your picture looks like a B&W matte. Why are you using animation?
Animation makes sense only if you need keep on those 8b RGB.
For a B&W matte, “Animation 256 Grays” would gives you the same result than “Animation Millions”, but files 3 folds smaller.
For any other purpose, there are better options: For a B&W matte, you can use almost whatever codec. The better the codec, the better the matte. You only need the luma channel).
If you need an Alpha channel, Prores 444 gives you a better one.

[Michael Gissing] “600mb is a small file. Why would you reduce it? Animation codec shouldn’t reduce the size at “
I guess his original stuff is NONE or another heavy raw 8b RGB.
Animation reduce highly the file size keeping the full RGB info (lossless).
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Mark Francis]

i cant find the Prores 444 codec and its not a matte as such its an ambient occlussion render from a 3d programme. its a cgi image. i really need to unsoften these movies, any more advice would be great

[Rafael Amador]

[mark francis] “its a cgi image.”
I understand that you haven’t make that by hand.

[mark francis] “its not a matte as such its an ambient occlussion render from a 3d programme.”
OK, call it as you want. Is a Gray Scale (B&W) matte, wherever comes from.
RGB values are the for each pixel: R = G = B

If no Alpha going on, do it with any 10b codec.
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Mark Francis]

whats a 10b codec?

[Rafael Amador]

[mark francis] “whats a 10b codec?”
That I’ll tell you later.

The question is why your picture are getting soft.
If you are starting with a Still sequence of PNG, TGA, TIFF,… and you export that as a a QT Animation, its shouldn’t be no degradation at all. During your rendering/exporting must be something more than just a re-encoding.
Which kind of graphics are you using?
Which size?
Which are your sequence setting?
Are you resizing?
Is EVERYTHING PROGRESSIVE (NONE)?
ARE YOU RENDERING IN 8b RGB?
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Mark Francis]

i have posted info about graphics card and my settings in fcp5, but i dont understand the questions, Are you resizing? and Is EVERYTHING PROGRESSIVE (NONE)? ARE YOU RENDERING IN 8b RGB?

i really hope this helps a bit. cheers

[Rafael Amador]

Mark,
You started by saying that you are working on Animation, but what I see you is a very compressed H264.

[mark francis] “whats a 10b codec?”
[mark francis] “but i dont understand the questions, Are you resizing? and Is EVERYTHING PROGRESSIVE (NONE)? ARE YOU RENDERING IN 8b RGB?”
A doctor should know about the liver, heart, lungs, etc, before starting the operation.
If you don’t understand my questions, you don’t have the elements to set a proper workflow.
You need to understand the raw material and the processes to avoid degradation in postproduction.

I propose you an easier way for you to make a movie with your stills sequence.
– Open QT Player
– Menu File> Open Still sequence.
– Select your stills folder.
– Set the Frames per second.
When you have the movie opened in the Finder, “Export” with “current setting” to the codec you want.
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Mark Francis]

ok this is what i did, in QT player i went to,

1 file>open image sequence, i then loaded in my tiffs

2 file>export in this pop up box i choose, export: movie to QT movie and saved it to my desktop. i then opened it in fcp5 and the image was again too soft. im lost

[Mark Francis]

ok this is what i did, in QT player i went to,

1 file>open image sequence, i then loaded in my tiffs

2 file>export in this pop up box i choose, export: movie to QT movie and saved it to my desktop. i then opened it in fcp5 and the image was again too soft. im lost