Scale resolution with export?

[Twist]

Hello. How do I scale the resolution, to say 50% when exporting a layer?

[smbell]

This would be really nice to have for quick previews or large renders.

[Twist]

Hello. How do I scale the resolution, to say 50% when exporting a layer?

Bump. No help, Chaos Group?

[yolov]

Hi there, sorry for the delay.
The way to do this currently is:
1. select your layer
2. go to "Transform" in the property panel
3. Set a scale, f.e. 50%
4. Set the mask resolution to the layer resolution (the new layer resolution is the transformed one)
-- the easiest way to do it is to right-click on the mask resolution indicator above the timeline and select "Layer <resolution>"

5. Do File > Save Mask as Image (for stills) or File > Save Mask as sequence (for sequences and video).

Note that this will export your full composition (i.e. the "Mask"), but if you only have one layer - there's nothing to be careful for.
If you up-scale, though, it's important to fit the image to the mask (easiest way again is to just use Scale and make sure not to offset, zoom or pan the layer).

As for convenience - I'm not sure how easy it would be to expose some resizing options at export, but if 50% is the common use-case, we could think of adding something like a "test resolution export" or similar. Does that sound OK? Are there more use-cases than exporting half-resolution for testing?

[Twist]

Hi there, sorry for the delay.
The way to do this currently is:
1. select your layer
2. go to "Transform" in the property panel
3. Set a scale, f.e. 50%
4. Set the mask resolution to the layer resolution (the new layer resolution is the transformed one)
-- the easiest way to do it is to right-click on the mask resolution indicator above the timeline and select "Layer <resolution>"

5. Do File > Save Mask as Image (for stills) or File > Save Mask as sequence (for sequences and video).

Note that this will export your full composition (i.e. the "Mask"), but if you only have one layer - there's nothing to be careful for.
If you up-scale, though, it's important to fit the image to the mask (easiest way again is to just use Scale and make sure not to offset, zoom or pan the layer).

As for convenience - I'm not sure how easy it would be to expose some resizing options at export, but if 50% is the common use-case, we could think of adding something like a "test resolution export" or similar. Does that sound OK? Are there more use-cases than exporting half-resolution for testing?

Thank you for the response and explanation

I often have to convert an exr sequence of a plate at a lower res and as jpg so i get better playback performance when imported in Maya. Thats why there needs to be a export and scale function. But I’ll try your suggestion out today. Thanks

[yolov]

Thanks! We can think about making this easier in future releases. I'm adding this to our list of requests.