Create Movie File - Procedures

Movie Files are created from scene animations generated with Animation Points in Render mode.

  1. Select Animation from the Render toolkit.
  2. Click the Create Movie File button .
  3. Select the Production Type:
    1. Generate Images and Movie File: This is the default option.
    2. Generate Images Only: Specify a Frame Range to include.
    3. Generate Movie Only (From Existing Images): Select the folder where existing images are stored to compile into specified movie.
  4. Specify the Image Setup:
    1. Select the Scenes (if multiple scenes are defined) to include in the movie. Scenes are generated in order, to reorder your scenes, use the Alt and Up/Down Arrow keys.
    2. Select the Frame Size from a selection of standard sizes or a custom frame size.
    3. Select a Frame Rate.
    4. Select Radiosity or Raytrace images for inclusion and the parameters to be applied.
    5. Select either an animated Movie or Slideshow playback.
    6. Specify the Image Folder name to contain the generated images.
  5. Specify the Movie Setup:
    1. Specify the Movie name desired.
    2. Choose a Codec (compression/decompression method) to apply.
    3. The Properties button displays the dialog for the currently selected codec and may provide additional specifiable parameters specific to the selected codec. Please see the Help for each codec for instructions for applying additional parameters.
  6. Specify leading and trailing images for the generated movie, if desired, using the Additional Images tab:
    1. To add a Leading Image, check the Leading selection box and choose an image to use at the beginning of the movie. The duration of the image will indicate how many frames are required (at the specified frame rate).
    2. To add a Trailing Image, check the Trailing selection box and choose an image to use at the end of the movie. The duration of the image will indicate how many frames are required (at the specified frame rate).

Note: Images will be rescaled to match the frame size of the specified movie. For best quality presentations, create your Leading and/or Training images at the same Frame Size as your movie to avoid pixelation or aspect ratio distortions.

  1. Click OK to begin movie generation.
  2. To play your new video, set the default software to play the AVI file type to Windows Media Player.