#3ds-SC??
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Greg-
Speaking of rendering. I stopped the rendering, for a brief moment, to
see how the files look and I was just wondering. If I'm rendering for
video output with, fields-on, alpha-off, texture blure-1.2, and so should
the .tga files, that have already been rendered in this configuration, show
the face lines or in other words not look as good as when fields-off when
viewing them from within 3ds on the computer
screen. Will the files look correct once transferred to tape?
Thanks Carl-
Carl:
Fields ON will always look strange when looked at individually. You can get
a pretty good look at them by either:
1) view them with a program like TIPS which has a field copy routine, or
2) capture them in a TBC or such which can capture in field mode.
This will lower the resolution, of course, but hardly noticeable if what you
want is a quick view to make sure all is going well.
Now you see why a network is so good to have when rendering! Write the
files out to the net and view them from another machine without stopping the
rendering!
Greg Pyros
Greg-
Wew! Glad to hear that. I thought I would have to re-render everthing. I
need that Spac10. Have any extra lying around?
Thanks for the info
Carl-
Greg-
Sorry, I forgot to ask, what is a TBC?
Carl
Carl:
TBC stands for Time Base Corrector, a fun little piecs of hardware which
cleans up jitters in video tape play-back.
It is required for quality rotoscoping from tape. It will improve your
frame-by-frame animation.
It is highly recommended for an edit suite.
There are many options for TBCs these days, from boards that fit in a slot
in your PC, to stand alone rack-mount units. Some have color control, frame
grab, field grab, etc. Others do nothing but correct time base errors.
Prices range from $500 for the PC boards to $5,000 for dual TBCs that make
you coffee when you are editing late into the night!
Greg Pyros
Greg:
Does that translate to 'They allow for capstan speed variance?' (TBCs).
C#
C#
Or maybe "they correct capstan speed variance?" (TBCs) <g>
Greg
Greg:
I was being serious… I wanted to make sure that I understood their
function… can you use them for anything else? Do you think a waveform
generator is necessary? What about other esoteric (to the PC world)
hardware?
C#
Craig:
It all depends on what you are doing with the final animation.
Is it going on Broadcast TV? Industrial? Home?
For broadcast, all the goodies should be used.
For industrial, they aren't really needed, but nice. (TBC required, though)
For home, who cares?
Broadcast: D1, D2, 1", Beta SP, write-once laser disk
Industrial: 3/4"SP, M-2, re-writable laser disk
Home: VHS, SVHS, Hi-8
Let me know which catagory you are interested in, and then some
recommendations can be made.
Greg Pyros
Greg:
A combination of concerns… differing primarily in the number of
generations required…
In house presentation to clients (Hi-8 would be my current guess) with the
ability to produce OR obtain (via service bureau) promotional video
composites that require multiple copies… I'm guessing that either A.You
take the PC into a service bureau and do the once in a while higher quality
stuff there or rent the equipment or B. You have a service bureau combine
your in-house tapes or portions thereof). Or, you just send out your 3DS
file and let someone else do it… wherein I would want to be able to
figure out at what point you're at break even if you buy all the required
stuff and don't do outside service for others…).
Editing… hmmm… probably doesn't include SMTE time coding for exact
sound effect coordination, but requires blending of different sequences (to
avoid HUGE storage requirements I am assuming a frame accurate controllable
deck), clean up, and the addition of voice over/sound track.
C#
Craig:
The break-even point depends on MANY factors!
1) How much work you do in-house, and your overhead.
2) How much you are getting paid for said work!
3) How much equipment you purchase, and what type.
Simple voo-doo economics!
But then, you must consider…
4) Will you be able to get more work BECAUSE you have the high-end
equipment in-house?
5) Will the quality of your work increase because you can do more tests
more economically?
6) Could you justify the expense by becoming a service-bureau yourself?
7) At what time do you go broke justifying all these new toys?
We have been rather successful having the high-end equipment in-house, IMHO,
by a combination of 4, 5, and 6 above.
Greg Pyros
Greg:
How dare you put MII in the "industrial" format heading??? Come to my
office in Costa Mesa sometime (Newport & Fairview) and we'll set you
straight <g>
Clark Severson
Your Video Productions
(and obviously an MII user)
Clark:
I'd be happy to come over!
E-mail me your address & phone number!
Greg
Clark,
Howdy, remember to get me that letter and a copy of the report for
Autodesk. Let me know how things go with Image North.
Kevin Krell – Computer Support Associates
Kevin,
Can't get the report till this Friday…red tape…oh well…believe me now
and hear me later…I will get it to you A.S.A.P.
Thank you for all your help.
Clark