Is it possible to use the Lightworks to make a fly-through ?

[Anonymous]

So far I've used the Internal Engine or the Open-GL. But are there some way to use the Lightworks instead. And how do I do it ?
Would the renderings become bigger (and heavier) in this way?

[Dwight]

Pixels are pixels, so the renderings won't be 'bigger.'

As for heavier, you may need to get someone to help you lift them out of the oven, like your recent cake.

Just make the fly-thru with LightWorks set as the engine in PhotoRendering Settings.....

[Anonymous]

Now I noticed what I had done wrong. I had not selected rendered image as source, but kept the 3d-window as source in the fly-through.

[Anonymous]

Now I have tried to make a fly-through with Lightworks. But it was a failure.
The renderings do not show all the elements it should. At one rendering I can see only then floor and the ceiling. At another I see parts of the furniture but the wall is missing. (I have not selected anything.)
Besides, most of the renderings shows for a tenth of a second. In every camera I put wait for ten frames.
I suppose there are something I have missed ...?

[Eduardo Rolon]

General rule

1 second = 24 frames (min)

[Anonymous]

I also tried, with my husbands help, to wait for 100 frames for each camera. But then AC crashed during generating the animation. But, I must try something between 10- 100 then.

[Eduardo Rolon]

The basic idea is not to create a complete fly-thru from start to finish but to divide into smaller movies that then you will edit into a final movie combining them with stills.

for example:

1. Fly to the site
2. fade to still of the front facade
3. fade into the inside of the house
4. do a walk through to the next important space
5. do a series of stills that show that space
6. fade into a walk through to the back patio of the house

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Things to take in consideration:

- Each fly through should be between 5 (120 frames) to 10 (240 frames) seconds and the stills should be shown for up to 5 seconds.

- Total movie time should be between 30 to 60 secs.

- Remember to move the camera slowly and do not create abrupt changes.

- Conceptually you are doing a commercial for your project and the usual commercial on tv only lasts between 15 to 30 secs.

- Watch some tv and time the intervals between camera changes (edits) to get a feeling on the setup.

[Dwight]

What size images are you making?

Tell us the machine spex.

[Eduardo Rolon]

Also for video the image size should be 720px x 1280px (at 72 dpi)as a medium HD resolution.

[Anonymous]

The size of the renderings are 1106 x 530 px.

My computers CPU is a Intel(R) Core (TM) 2 Duo CPU E7300.
Memory is 4GB.
Experience index for Windows Vista is: 5.5

But what sort of program should I use to put the movies together?
Now I just run them in QuicktimeReader. Could I use the QuickTime Pro ?
How do I do the fading?

Now I've ordered your book Lightworks in ArchiCAD, Dwight.
I hope it also contains some advice regarding fly-throughs.

Tonight I go up in the mountains and stay for a week, so I'll not be online.
But hopefully I find some useful advice here when I come back home.