Help with PAR Compress
I know everyone is going to utilize his PAR diferently. My point is that there
are ways to get the highest quality out of the PAR drive and other ways that
only result in poor quality. Many have announced here on the forum that they
use the par drive to store or archive their animations so they are ready to
play at a moments notice. This usually results in the files being constantly
fragmented, requiring constant optimization. Additionally, new work will be
using the slower tracks on the drive as well. I have found this practice
yields poor results and is more prone to file corruption than the approach I
use. I don't have an answer on how to manage 30-40 small animations on your
drive and still get the top quality. I have never had to use BLF factors below
240 or QF below 23 for renderings and QF below 15 for video capture. I think
that may change as I start using my PAR for NLE with Premier or Razor and start
having to manage the large number of files you do.