

This will render each frame of the animation as an individual Targa file.įigure 6. When you have completed your animation and are ready to render, choose Targa Image File as the file format type in the Render Output File dialog box (figure 1). In a little more than 15 minutes, I was able to render five different 100-frame AVI files using different video codecs and quality settings. As an example, it took 8 hours to render a 100-frame TGA sequence from VIZ Render, and only 3 minutes to export the AVI file from the RAM Player. The RAM Player exports animation files very quickly, which allows you to render several files with different video codecs or different quality settings until you find the best choice of compression settings. One solution to this problem is to initially render your animation file as a sequence of high-resolution TGA (Targa) images, then use the VIZ Render RAM Player to load the TGA files and export the final animation file (AVI or MOV format) from the RAM Player. If the video codec or the quality setting are not well-suited to the requirements of your animation, you might have to render an animation file several times, testing out different settings and codecs. Rendering an animation directly to an AVI or MOV format from VIZ Render can take hours or days. Choosing the best form of video compression to achieve a high-quality animation can be a time-consuming task involving much trial and error.


Rendering high-quality animations in Autodesk's Architectural Desktop VIZ Render can take a great deal of time. Improve Rendering Quality and Save Time, Too 14 Dec, 2004 By: Tod Stephens Cadalyst Follow these steps for better results using Architectural Desktop VIZ Render
