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I would try the following:

Export out at 2560x1440 (twice the resolution of 1280x720)

30 fps (I know everyone says anything over 24 is overkill, but I get better results at 30 YMMV)

antialias on

png image sequence. (no compression and relatively small file sizes)

Open the image sequence in Quicktime 7 Pro and export out at high quality, H.264, 30fps, 1280x720HD.

Exporting at twice the resolution and using Quicktime to scale it down will give you much crisper linework. If you are using a style without edges, then you can probably get by with just 1280x720.

I would use a scratch disk as we are talking 10's of gig of raw images. MAKE SURE you save the images into a new folder (I call mine source images) or you will end up with thousands of images in a folder or the desktop (yikes!)

Also, try to minimize big camera moves with lots of side to side head movement as this will cause jaggies. Nice, smooth choreography with gentle pans will give you smoother and cleaner final output.

A real forum, a good forum is always maintained by its members - the community itself. And you're also part of it. 😉

That Is a nicely well done first SU model. But be careful you might find SU addictive and before you know dinner is burnt and the sun is coming up. But the up side is one day you think it will take hours to get a part to look like you would like it to and “bam” dinner isn’t burnt and the sun is still up and you just set there looking at a completed item and think of what to work on next. 😲

poster-Director Bob

pmiller, Very helpful. Thank you.

Well, I learned my something new for the day. Guess I can take the rest of the day off. 😄

I had been saving woodgrain materials in both orientations when I imported them so that I could have the grain running right. Now I've found out I can just spin em around after they've been painted on. 😄

Its not a Beta problem. I have Safari v2s on all of my Macs. Zip files do work.

John

Doh! I told you there was an obvious answer. Rolling Eyes
Thanks Edson.

P: jmac

Thanks Anssi. I went thru and cleaned up all the "blue" walls. I'll keep your suggestion in mind as I try to work thru this.

P: jmac

Hi Jim,

Cheetah is a great piece of software! I use it primarily for renderings, but the modeling side is also very powerful. I, too, knew nothing about modeling (other than in Sketchup) when I got Cheetah and it has been a really exciting learning curve.

Rendering, for me, has been all about experimenting different things. It can be frustrating at times and I am still only happy with about 25% of my final renderings, but I am starting to get a good grasp of settings that seem to work.

The Cheetah forums are really good! There are a bunch of really experienced guys there who are very helpful. They are located here: http://www.cheetah3d.de/forum/

Welcome to the club here! I think you will really enjoy your time here. Talk about helpful and friendly!