CompuServe Messages

Yes, John, Q-factors change dynamically from frame to frame. But the actual amount of compression on any given frame depends greatly on the Block Limit setting. The higher BL you can get away with (depends on the performance characteristics of the hard drive), the less compression, or higher Q-factor will be used for any given frame. This allows the PAR user to actually select the *amount of hard drive space* used per frame for a given animation, optimizing image quality for the particular hard drive and frame characteristics being used at the time. I thought that this was a pretty slick feature of the DPS system, and wondered if the MAX had the same feature. Maybe the MAX's HD control/compression method is so good, you don't need to manually set it for every animation? Of course, the quality had better be pretty lossless if this is the case, IMHO. Hope you are having fun, John! -Alan (PARticular about features…)