Exporting animation to DVD

[timmatron]

Here is another topic on cgtalk that outlines the same problem. So I'm not sure if it is a conversion problem, or compression problem. I don't think I will give up on h.264 because the compression is pretty remarkable overall. I will just try to find suitable filter settings to adjust the saturation and contrast to get a similar result to the uncompressed version.

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthre...ighlight=h.264

[cristoforo]

i always export as uncompressed then use tmpgenc to convert to mpeg2 since its quite fast and gives nice quality and whats more...its free

From Adobe Premiere? Saving as what file format? I'll search now for this tmpgenc.

[Da_elf]

usually i save an uncompressed avi from AE or premiere then use tmpgenc which is from www.tmpgenc.com

[panthon]

You can tweak your quicktime h.264 to compensate this slight washing out just accessing the filter option on export settings. There's a preview image, although is pretty small, but i guess you could test render some options till u find a preset which suits your needs. In a similar fashion, u could pre-correct your footage prior to h.264 conversion, but i find it a kind of blind leap unless you know exactly what u will be getting.

H.264 is the standard for quicktime broadcasting on the internet, so i'd better play with it a bit more before dumping it...You won't be able to use it with your DVD as i stated before, because home DVD's need MPEG2 files to play.
You can, however use a quicktime inside a DVD, but that's not a DVD-VIDEO and therefore will only be played on computers WITH quicktime 7 or later installed, NOT home players...I know some home players are able to play divx files, but i dont think any of them would be able to play quicktimes...

[Da_elf]

whats the whole conversation about. why not just compress direct to mpeg2 when doing your dvd. either that or bounce the video to avi or mov uncompressed then convert to mpeg2. more or less it makes absolutely zero sence compression the file to something then compressing it again to mpeg2. thats quality loss that should be avoided

[panthon]

why not just compress direct to mpeg2 when doing your dvd. either that or bounce the video to avi or mov uncompressed then convert to mpeg2. more or less it makes absolutely zero sence compression the file to something then compressing it again to mpeg2. thats quality loss that should be avoided

I agree. The process we follow is as follows:

-Render from max to rpf 32 bit using LWF, 25p (PAL)
-Composite the renders in combustion (25p) and exporting them to Quicktime Animation or TGA sequence (the last method is preferred because you can use backburner and distribute the render)
-Import them into a video edition suite, like premiere, final cut or avid.
-Edit all the video and export it again to a quicktime animation or tga sequence.
-Import the edited video into adobe encore, and let the app compress it to Mpeg-2 with a 7Mb rate 25p, create the menus and stuff, and testburn.
-Make multiples copies, as desired