Synchro PRO Basic Training: Animations
21.4.2. AVI Content In the Content tab, you can choose what to display in the animation. 7.
Select the Content tab. TIP: You can resize the size of the Export AVI window by moving the cursor to the edges, holding down the left mouse button, and dragging to suit. A larger window may make it easier to edit the window contents.
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Select 3D Using Dates, 3D Legend, and Focused Time, then resize and move them in the preview window. NOTE: At the top of the screen is a Preview Bar which you can move to check your animation before export.
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Select Software from the Render with dropdown box NOTE: The Driver options in the drop-down menu depend on which drivers you have installed on your computer. Software will use the Synchro driver to export the AVI. Choose Direct X 11 if you plan to use effects like shadows or textures.
10. Set Anti-Alias to 2x. NOTE: Anti-aliasing increases the quality of the output, but greatly increases the time it takes to export. 11. Other Content options: i. Lock update of the window content – this enables you to modify the size of the windows without it trying to render every time. Unlock this to see the true view after movement, resizing etc. ii. Keep aspect ratio of 3D views - enables same aspect ratio as the main 3D windows you created earlier. (16:9 aspect ratio in this case) iii. Iray Options – available with a separate Iray license, rendering with Iray will provide a much higher quality output 12. Select OK in the Export AVI window. 13. After each AVI has completed exporting, double click the file (or files, you should have 4 ten second AVI files) to play the videos (for example, in Windows Media Player). TIP: You can combine the ten second clips in movie editing software, eg. Windows Movie Maker to show the whole animation. 14. Close the Animation Editor window by clicking the “x” in the upper right window corner. 15. Double click on the yellow area above the 3D Window to re-dock the 3D Window.
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