topic Re: Fly Through Output in Visualization

Fly Through Output

Anonymous — Thu, 11 May 2023 12:13:36 GMT

What's the best output format for Fly throughs....

Is it Quicktime?

Windows Video file???

?????

Thanks

Re: Fly Through Output

Dwight — Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:44:15 GMT

a sequence of stills is best. Then you decide how best to compress and assemble them. QT seems superior but what do I know?

Having stills lets you apply Photoshop filters and saved actions for post processing - perhaps even to edit problem frames.

And since they aren't compressed, the look okay on their own in case you need a still shot.

Re: Fly Through Output

stefan — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 06:55:02 GMT

Like Dwight says: render to stills, convert to movie afterwards, depending on output. Quicktime is a good cross-platform choice, but Windows Video is fine on PC's. Compression is required to have small files for websites but it destroys image detail and plain smooth surfaces.

I have XP problems with Quicktime though, since I almost never get a smooth playback (even when running a P4 3.2 GHz !). Maybe it's my configuration, but I always get stuttering playback in the Quicktime player.