My Orb SFX
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My Orb SFX
Here's an early test of an orb SFX. The timing isn't right yet but it's still early. It took 13 hours!!! to render though because of the background FX uses particles. what ya'll think?!?
http://handbookforlife.com/files/images/orbtest.mov
http://handbookforlife.com/files/images/orbtest.mov
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h.264 (MPEG-4 part 10) is the best for high resolution, almost lossless and small sizes.sour_jax wrote:What codec would be best? and What size?
Genete
I tried h.264 but it wouldn't render, how do you render your stuff w/ h.264?Genete wrote: h.264 (MPEG-4 part 10) is the best for high resolution, almost lossless and small sizes.
Genete
Are you running Windows? If so, you could use MeGUI or Gordian Knot. Both support H.264. I use both frequently for 2-pass encoding for good file size. Be sure also to install Gordian Knot's codec pack as well.
This guide may help for Gordian Knot. Just skip all the stuff about DVDs and start from the point where it says to open a .d2v or .avs file. Instead, open your AVI and go from there. (If you're not starting from an AVI, then you can make an .avs file to fool it into thinking your file is an AVI.)
http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/gknot-main2.htm
http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/gknot-main2.htm
I encode it with x264(via Avidemux) or with cinelerra. x264 seems to be not compatible with other OS (have to install the codec) and cinelerra works ok but have less render controls (two passes - or I have not discovered it yet )sour_jax wrote:I tried h.264 but it wouldn't render, how do you render your stuff w/ h.264?Genete wrote: h.264 (MPEG-4 part 10) is the best for high resolution, almost lossless and small sizes.
Genete
First, do you use .mov or .avi?
Second, I'm currently testing MeGUI and Gordian Knot with little luck , I keep getting a ffdshow error. I looked at Avidemux and cinelerra too. I think since I'm running Vista nothing is going to work great right now. I'll keep you posted on the progress. Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated
For some reason when I compress with XviD MPEG-4 Codec it crashes ASP but the file works fine afterwards.
Second, I'm currently testing MeGUI and Gordian Knot with little luck , I keep getting a ffdshow error. I looked at Avidemux and cinelerra too. I think since I'm running Vista nothing is going to work great right now. I'll keep you posted on the progress. Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated
For some reason when I compress with XviD MPEG-4 Codec it crashes ASP but the file works fine afterwards.
Last edited by sour_jax on Mon Apr 30, 2007 7:56 am, edited 1 time in total.
I don't use any flavour of windows (I'm linux fan ) and I have seen a thread here talking about propietary codecs problems with Vista. Perhaps there is the key.sour_jax wrote:I think since I'm running Vista nothing is going to work great right now
Good luck
Genete