Creating movie clips
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I'm sure many of you will roll your eyes when you see my question...i am a newbie thru and thru.
Actually i have been using sktch up for a couple of years now so i'm only a newbie to this forum.Anyways, here's my situation. When i make a rendering in SU I usually export the model as a jpeg and print out different perspectives to present to my customers. I now want to take it to the next level and actually create a movie clip (or whatever its called), where i would record a clip in which i rotate, orbit, around in the model and then can present that to a customer, possibly taking a cd viewer or something like that to my appointments.
How do I achieve this /\ Thank you all in advance
Mike
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ok....so i'm gonna talk to myself
. I figured out using scenes to create an avi movie clip. Great. Now the issue is if anyone knows how to improve the resolution in the avi clip. It's much rougher for some reason.thanks
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I think that you didn't get many replies because you just weren't specific enough about exactly what you needed. There are many different ways to get an animation out of SU, tools and plugins that can be used, just depends on what you need for a finished product. What you could do is export a series of jpgs at whatever resolution you need and then stitch those together using some other video editing software. If you use a pc, windows movie maker would do, there's also free programs like Virtual Dub.
Mike
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@alpro said:
I think that you didn't get many replies because you just weren't specific enough about exactly what you needed. There are many different ways to get an animation out of SU, tools and plugins that can be used, just depends on what you need for a finished product. What you could do is export a series of jpgs at whatever resolution you need and then stitch those together using some other video editing software. If you use a pc, windows movie maker would do, there's also free programs like Virtual Dub.
Mike
thanks ill try that resolution dub as well, i also figured out the resolution issue. When sketchup moves from scene to scene i notice the textures disappear...is that due to my computer not having enough memory capablility?
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Can you show what you mean regarding textures moving/dissapearing?
This sounds like Z fighting.
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@solo said:
Can you show what you mean regarding textures moving/dissapearing?
This sounds like Z fighting.
ill try to explain. This happens sometimes when i'm orbiting around a model with the shadows turned on as well. Basically textures(materials), will turn into just a solid color until the orbiting or panning around stops. I suspect it has something to do with memory space....i have an older computer that is soon being replaced.
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Mike, I think the best way to get quality movies out of SU is to export a good twice the size of the movie you want - so an 800x600 movie should be exported at least 1600 x 1200. Export the whole thing as a series of images (jpgs, or .pngs). Then use QuickTime Pro (for $30) or virtual DUB for free to turn all the individual frames into a movie. And downsize the movie when you make it down to the 800x600 target size. Doing this forces SU you draw thinner, cripser lines. The animation looks a zillion times better.
Chris
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Mike, I agree with Chris - export as images. PNGs are actually slightly better than JPGs from what I've read about this issue, although I couldn't tell you exactly why. Be sure to set the scene transition time to something other than zero. You may have to experiment a little to get the right speed between slides. When you're exporting images you don't have to wait until the entire animation is exported from SU to start putting the images together in a separate video editor so you can quickly test-run the first few seconds of your animation to make sure you have the transition and frame-rate settings correct.
I would recommend VirtualDub for compiling the images into a video file. I don't know how it compares to QuickTime Pro in terms of quality and speed, but virtualdub is free and it worked great for me on a recent animation.
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thanks everyone....i'll let you know how it comes out. Sheesh, i can't wait til my new computer is here. Try running all this stuff on 256mb ram...ugh
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