CompuServe Thread

Paul, << I am try to decrease the size of the final rendering file by not adding several frames of the still renderings to create a 3-4 second pause on these frames… >> If you hold an image for a number of frames, your flic will not grow by much. A flic file uses delta compression. This means that for each frame only the *differences* from the previous frame get stored. When you hold an image for a series of frames, there's nothing changing so there's not much to add. << rendering every n'th frame… >> This is a little trick that some animators use. Since *most* computers cannot play back a flic file at 30 frames a second, but some of them can do 10-15 frames a second In the Keyframer-Render Animation Dialog Box, near the bottom, you have a choice of all, single, range or n'th frame. By specifying every 2nd (or 3rd) frame, upon playing the flic you can have 1/2 or 1/3 as many frames, and the playback will approximate 30 frames/sec. << Huge FLC file.. 80-90 megs…640×480.. >> In R2, some gaming animators were forced to higher res' to achieve satisfactory antialiased edges. With R3' greatly improved antialiasing algorithyms, they can drop down to lower res and have very satisfactory results. The lower the res, the less pixels to compute and the smaller the flic file and the faster the playback. Even if you've already rendered the animation, you are able to use video post to use your exsiting flic and scale the animation to another resolution. jonas[adesk]