making graphics for TV 2004-02-28 - By emmanuel asset
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Hi Simon,
I think you should not output an interlaced animation but use a full
frame mode instead. Since I moved to a RAID-0 (See http://AID-0.ora-code.com) disks system, I use the
Huffuvy codec instead of DivX. It makes larger files but the quality is
very close to an uncompressed video.
When I have to mix shootage and tS's rendered animation, I use the frame
mode on my XL1 camcorder. When working with pre-recorded movies, I
convert the interlaced to a full frame mode.
>From my experience, Nvidia's TV output are not very clean. Try to use a
Matrox card instead, or an ATI. With ATI cards, you will need to add the
key "TVEnableOverscan=1" somewhere in the registery (depends on your
card version) to enable overscan (remove the top and bottom black
lines).
I hope this helps,
Emmanuel
-- -- Original Message -- --
From: Simon Lambert <mailto:sdl@(protected)>
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 12:24 AM
Subject: Help: making graphics for TV
Hi folks,
I seem to remember that there have been threads in the past about the
best
ways to use tS to render animated graphics for use in TV idents, etc.
I've done a few experiments today with simple animations, rendered them
for
PAL TV at 768x576 pixels and 25fps using odd-even interlacing and coding
straight to Divx5.1 (interlaced, upper field first) at 4Mbps. I'm
running
the avi's in WMP and out of the composite video socket of my NVIDIA 440
Go
device straight into the TV. The results don't look as good (i.e. sharp,
smooth, it's difficult to describe!) as I would like (big surprise,
given
that it's a first attempt), but I'm not certain how to get the optimum
out
of this setup. My first reaction was to blame the video card, but good
quality images from avi's or DVD's can be seen when played in the same
way.
So it seems that while this is hardly a 'pro' setup, I chiefly suspect
that
my creation of tS renders is at fault.
Can any of you learned folks offer suggestions for optimum results using
the gear that I described above? As you might imagine I have no
intention
of parting with cash to replace my gear at this time, but I would
greatly
appreciate the benefit of your experience in getting tS6.6 and the
choice
of codec to churn out the best that they are capable of.
Thanks in advance,
Simes (:-)
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Hi Simon,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I think you should not output an interlaced animation but use
a full frame mode instead. Since I moved to a RAID-0 (See http://AID-0.ora-code.com) disks system, I use
the Huffuvy codec instead of DivX. It makes larger files but the quality is
very
close to an uncompressed video.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>When I have to mix shootage and tS's rendered animation, I
use
the frame mode on my XL1 camcorder. When working with pre-recorded movies, I
convert the interlaced to a full frame mode.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>From my experience, Nvidia's TV output are not very clean.
Try
to use a Matrox card instead, or an ATI. With ATI cards, you will need to
add the key "TVEnableOverscan=1" somewhere in the registery (depends on
your card version) to enable overscan (remove the top and bottom
black lines).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I hope this helps,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Emmanuel</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">-- -- Original Message -- -- </DIV>
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<A title=sdl@(protected)
href="mailto:sdl@(protected)">Simon Lambert</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 28, 2004 12:24
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TV</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hi folks,<BR><BR>I seem to remember that there have been
threads in the past about the best<BR>ways to use tS to render animated
graphics for use in TV idents, etc.<BR><BR>I've done a few experiments today
with simple animations, rendered them for<BR>PAL TV at 768x576 pixels and
25fps using odd-even interlacing and coding<BR>straight to Divx5.1
(interlaced, upper field first) at 4Mbps. I'm running<BR>the avi's in WMP and
out of the composite video socket of my NVIDIA 440 Go<BR>device straight into
the TV. The results don't look as good (i.e. sharp,<BR>smooth, it's difficult
to describe!) as I would like (big surprise, given<BR>that it's a first
attempt), but I'm not certain how to get the optimum out<BR>of this setup. My
first reaction was to blame the video card, but good<BR>quality images from
avi's or DVD's can be seen when played in the same way.<BR>So it seems that
while this is hardly a 'pro' setup, I chiefly suspect that<BR>my creation of
tS renders is at fault.<BR><BR>Can any of you learned folks offer suggestions
for optimum results using<BR>the gear that I described above? As you might
imagine I have no intention<BR>of parting with cash to replace my gear at
this
time, but I would greatly<BR>appreciate the benefit of your experience in
getting tS6.6 and the choice<BR>of codec to churn out the best that they are
capable of.<BR><BR>Thanks in advance,<BR><BR>Simes
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