Image export question
Can anyone tell me why an empty frame, with the camera background set to transparent takes 2.5 minutes to render? And Cheetah is maxing out the 8 3.2 ghz processors in my new MacPro to do it! This can't be right, can it?
I am exporting a 120 frame animation at 2560 x 1440 resolution. It is a bunch of 3D text flying in and out of frame. I thought I would save a bunch of time by rendering the actual background as a still image, and then render all of the lettering with a transparent background, and then composite the two clips in FCE.
I was surprised to see that it took so long to render nothing. Lighting is an HDR and a single direct light and no radiosity tag.
Am I missing a setting somewhere?
Thanks, Chuck
Can anyone tell me why an empty frame, with the camera background set to transparent takes 2.5 minutes to render? And Cheetah is maxing out the 8 3.2 ghz processors in my new MacPro to do it! This can't be right, can it?
I am exporting a 120 frame animation at 2560 x 1440 resolution. It is a bunch of 3D text flying in and out of frame. I thought I would save a bunch of time by rendering the actual background as a still image, and then render all of the lettering with a transparent background, and then composite the two clips in FCE.
I was surprised to see that it took so long to render nothing. Lighting is an HDR and a single direct light and no radiosity tag.
Am I missing a setting somewhere?
Thanks, Chuck
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