Fly Through Output

[Anonymous]

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

Is it Quicktime?

Windows Video file???

?????

Thanks

[Dwight]

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.

[stefan]

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.