What codec should I use for my animation - Polyloop

mykyl1966 · 2nd February 2006, 15:58

I was using sorrenson 3 but as the scene progressed errors started to appear and the current try using standard sorrenson is causing the exact same errors.

I just realised that it only started happening when I started to use ambient occlusion.

Will try and increase the ammount of photons but want to keep the render times down.

Cheers

Mike R

mykyl1966 · 2nd February 2006, 16:08

Well if nothing else folks can learn from my stupid mistakes.

I still had one for all frames regarding the radience map ticked.

Cheers

Mike R

tkane18 · 2nd February 2006, 17:07

Quicktime works pretty good for the web. I just started playing around with Flash 8 and it's new On2 VP6 codec. It looks pretty good.

Thomas · 2nd February 2006, 18:13

I always use uncompress movie, or sequece jpg image (if I don't need alpha chanel) and then, compress in a dedicated woftware. It's always better like that

medeamajic · 2nd February 2006, 22:56

I use uncompresssed because you never know if animation will be used for DPS, Canopus, Avid, Final Cut Pro or Premiere. Most software can handle uncompressed at any resolution. I agree that with Pro Coder you could compress it for the editing system of choice.

medeamajic · 2nd February 2006, 22:56

I use uncompresssed because you never know if the animation will be used for DPS, Canopus, Avid, Final Cut Pro or Premiere. Most software can handle uncompressed at any resolution. I agree that with Pro Coder you could compress it for the editing system of choice.

arcady · 3rd February 2006, 06:13

Just a heads up that some of the Windows Media player codecs only play on the PC version of the application. So if you go that route, check into making sure they will play elsewhere. If your demographic is college age it is particularly important to me OSX compatable. With Mac's student discounts, at least at the four universities I have regular contact with, somewhere between 10-20 percent of the students are lugging around iBooks... and it increases every year.

2nd February 2006, 15:58	#1 (permalink)
mykyl1966 Box modeling Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 278	What codec should I use for my animation I was using sorrenson 3 but as the scene progressed errors started to appear and the current try using standard sorrenson is causing the exact same errors. I just realised that it only started happening when I started to use ambient occlusion. Will try and increase the ammount of photons but want to keep the render times down. Cheers Mike R __________________ I dont believe everything I think.

2nd February 2006, 16:08	#2 (permalink)
mykyl1966 Box modeling Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 278	Well if nothing else folks can learn from my stupid mistakes. I still had one for all frames regarding the radience map ticked. Cheers Mike R __________________ I dont believe everything I think.

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Thomas Always learning new stuff Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Merignac, France Posts: 11,323	I always use uncompress movie, or sequece jpg image (if I don't need alpha chanel) and then, compress in a dedicated woftware. It's always better like that __________________ Polyloop owner & Administrator - no support by PM or email. Polyloop [EN/FR] - Meuuh [FR +16 ans] - Totyo [FR] - Pixologic [JOB] - Le ZBlog [JOB] - La3dpourlesnuls [FR]

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arcady Cube Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: San Francisco native Posts: 74	Just a heads up that some of the Windows Media player codecs only play on the PC version of the application. So if you go that route, check into making sure they will play elsewhere. If your demographic is college age it is particularly important to me OSX compatable. With Mac's student discounts, at least at the four universities I have regular contact with, somewhere between 10-20 percent of the students are lugging around iBooks... and it increases every year. __________________ Legally Artistic Blog \| Art / Writing

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2nd February 2006, 17:07	#3 (permalink)
tkane18 Vertex Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 29	Quicktime works pretty good for the web. I just started playing around with Flash 8 and it's new On2 VP6 codec. It looks pretty good.

2nd February 2006, 22:56	#5 (permalink)
medeamajic Now, I learn animation Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,028	I use uncompresssed because you never know if animation will be used for DPS, Canopus, Avid, Final Cut Pro or Premiere. Most software can handle uncompressed at any resolution. I agree that with Pro Coder you could compress it for the editing system of choice.

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medeamajic Now, I learn animation Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,028	I use uncompresssed because you never know if the animation will be used for DPS, Canopus, Avid, Final Cut Pro or Premiere. Most software can handle uncompressed at any resolution. I agree that with Pro Coder you could compress it for the editing system of choice.