Quick Rendering for an animation ?

[Pierre]

Quick Rendering for an animation ?

Hi, I'd like some advice from you experts.

I'm working on animations that take long time to render. I do several "work rendering", some to check the lightning, transparencies with the move, others only to check the actual objects moves. I'd be interested in rendering animations :
- at a rate of on picture over n (only to check the lights...)
- with wire-frame/low resolution (only to check the moves)

I have not seen those features yet in C3D for animations. Any idea about how to speed up animation rendering ?(without changing hardware :-I ).

Maybe some script gurus could explain how to do 1/n frame rendering ?

(for "quick" rendering where I'm interested only in the move, I already turn off hdr, oversampling, shadows in the cam setting.)

Thanks

p*

 

[Francois]

- at a rate of on picture over n (only to check the lights...)

Menu / Animation / Frames per second

- with wire-frame/low resolution (only to check the moves)

Go into wireframe mode and start the animation. No need to render if this is only to check the moves.

 

[Pierre]

Menu / Animation / Frames per second

Of course ! Thanks. I though the rate was fixed once you started implementing key-frames. This does exactly what I was looking for.

Go into wireframe mode and start the animation. No need to render if this is only to check the moves.

Unfortunately my mac is not fast enough to allow this (the rate is nothing close to 30fps - and I can't afford buying a new one yet). That is why I would have liked to render the scene : to have the real fps, but to use wire-frame to speed up rendering.

Thanks

 

[Martin]

Hi,
if you can the fps to 5 for example also the OpenGL preview will be just shown with 5 fps which should help you to preview the animation in realtime, even although not with all frames per second.

Drawing the F-Curve editor or the Timeline can cost some serious CPU time. So hiding these views will accelerate the preview. For example you can collaps the F-Curve editor by double clicking on it's toolbar.

Bye,
Martin

 

[Pierre]

Thanks for the tip ! :razz:

p*

 

[ces]

I know you're really busy, Martin, but what about being able to dump the OpenGL output into a movie file? (I mean dumping all frames, so it probably won't be in realtime, but would work as a fast preview with accurate motion but unaccurate shading) Do you think that feature would be interesting?

 

[Martin]

Hi,
sure it would be possible but I don't have the time at the moment. Sorry. That would delay other features which are also highly expected.

Bye,
Martin