Norm Sanders
Script Wrangler
As I've been rendering my short, then finding issues to correct, rendering again, etc., I've discovered something ....
The 32 bit Video sample sizing of the Uncompressed AVI seems to do a MUCH better job of retaining your contrast than the templates, which are coming in at 24bit. I have a lot of black in my zombie short, and when I just rendered it to the template, it was nearly too dark in many of my scenes to see any of the action.
Assuming there would be little loss with the compressed template, I was hoping to get away with keeping a smaller file on hand, but it looks like the uncompressed is the way to go. Also, another note, if any of you try to experiment with what I have, don't increase your audio to 24 bit ... stick with the 16 bit default. It seems that when I render it with the 24 bit, it increases some artificial noise that wasn't there before ... perhaps because not all of my sound files I'm working with were 24 bit?
Anyway, since my renders are taking 13.5 hours (my own fault for using Magic Bullet), thought I'd share what I've discovered through trial & error.
The 32 bit Video sample sizing of the Uncompressed AVI seems to do a MUCH better job of retaining your contrast than the templates, which are coming in at 24bit. I have a lot of black in my zombie short, and when I just rendered it to the template, it was nearly too dark in many of my scenes to see any of the action.
Assuming there would be little loss with the compressed template, I was hoping to get away with keeping a smaller file on hand, but it looks like the uncompressed is the way to go. Also, another note, if any of you try to experiment with what I have, don't increase your audio to 24 bit ... stick with the 16 bit default. It seems that when I render it with the 24 bit, it increases some artificial noise that wasn't there before ... perhaps because not all of my sound files I'm working with were 24 bit?
Anyway, since my renders are taking 13.5 hours (my own fault for using Magic Bullet), thought I'd share what I've discovered through trial & error.