compression codec

[petokosun]

i m using v13, sometime ago i change my codec settings in my AM, please could some body help me out by telling me the right or default codec used in AM

thz

[Paul Forwood]

There are many formats and codecs available, depending on what you have installed on your machine, but I believe A:M defaults to "Animation" when first installed.

[petokosun]

i think u didnt answer my question my friend

[robcat2075]

I recommend MPEG4 or Sorenson3, just because they are reasonably fast and small when rendering.

 

"Animation" typically makes huge files. Don't use it for posting movies here.

[petokosun]

thz for ur quick responds, in my AM i have xvid mpeg-4 codec , so i chosed that, i experement and lets see how it goes.

[itsjustme]

i think u didnt answer my question my friend

 

I think Paul answered the question...maybe it could use a little more explaining to be clear.

 

Everyone has different codecs on their computers depending on what they have chosen to install, so, the "default" that A:M chooses might be different for you than anyone else. That being said, Paul suggested that the "Animation" codec might be what A:M would choose on most computers for Quicktime video because it is one of the codecs that are automatically installed when you install Quicktime.

 

Generally, I don't render to a video format...unless it is for a quick test. I render everything out to TGA's or OpenEXR and then use another program (you could also use A:M) to turn the still images into a video file. The reasons I do that is so that I have the ability to process the individual frames, it's basically lossless and if something goes wrong with a render, I don't lose the entire animation.

 

Hope that helps.

[petokosun]

david thz for ur explaination, those adobe premeiere 6.5, work for this kind of compilation.

otherwise, what other programs do u use.

[Paul Forwood]

Oops! Thanks for clearing that up, David!

 

Petokosun, sorry about that. As Robert has said, don't use the Animation codec unless you want uncompressed movies. I usually render to QT (Sorenson3) for all my test rendering and TGA sequences for finals.

[itsjustme]

david thz for ur explaination, those adobe premeiere 6.5, work for this kind of compilation.

otherwise, what other programs do u use.

 

I use Virtualdub, Quicktime Pro, Audacity and GIMP...although if I do any serious messing with OpenEXR, I'll probably use a Linux version of Cinepaint (there presently isn't a Windows version). I have also used SUPER, but the conversions I made using it gave older versions of Quicktime problems.

 

As for codecs, for lossless editing, I use the Camstudio lossless codec on AVI's and for final versions to be posted somewhere, I use H.264 encoded Quicktime files.

 

Hope that helps.