animation to dvd

[jccloutier]

i'm losing my mind with this process.

 

i render an animation from max and vray to tga's @ 720x480; compile in premiere and create an avi; it looks in-friggin-credible on the computer. love it.

 

then, when i load the avi into any dvd authoring software and create a dvd, it looks like a dog with worms dragged his ass across my screen. complete garbage. i've tried changing every possible setting, i've tried creating the m2v file with cleaner xl, with tmpgenc, everything and nothing works.

 

how do people with a clue create dvd's that look stunning? clear and stable?

 

should i be rendering frames at HD resolution and shrinking down to 720 x 480 in the dvd creation? why do movies look so incredible on the tele? i know that my raw data is flawless as is theirs yet someone puts my file in a headlock during this step.

 

thanks.

[thinice]

Can't you encode them straight from Premiere. I use Vegas and it is a one click procedure to encode to DVD. I wonder what codec you use for your avi.

 

The thing with DVD is that it is a compressed format. It generally does not like hard edges of drastic change of color from one pixel to another - which computer renderings tend to give you.

 

The only advice that I can give is to use motion blur with very high antialiasing when rendering. It prepares the images better if you need to encode it in compressed format.

 

Retaining richness of image under compression is a very complex subject which I know very little. Maybe somebody else can illuminate us.

[CookiE]

Can't you encode them straight from Premiere. I use Vegas and it is a one click procedure to encode to DVD. I wonder what codec you use for your avi.

 

The thing with DVD is that it is a compressed format. It generally does not like hard edges of drastic change of color from one pixel to another - which computer renderings tend to give you.

 

The only advice that I can give is to use motion blur with very high antialiasing when rendering. It prepares the images better if you need to encode it in compressed format.

 

Retaining richness of image under compression is a very complex subject which I know very little. Maybe somebody else can illuminate us.

 

 

Yes you can process it straight out to dvd from premier

its like the 5 option down from process movie.

[dinhtuan]

Hi jccloutier.

My work process's same your. After conver to uncompress avi in Premiere I use Sonic DVD to create a dvd. This software come with Pionner DVDW pack. It's very good from my view, I event convert an avi file 512x384 to a DVD and still OK

Hope it help.

BR

[Arnold Gallardo]

You can always try VirtualDub to make AVI's from serial .tgas. I too use Vegas to do this.

[Brian Smith]

Unless you're doing so post processing work, there's no need to render tga or tif; the file size is too large for my taste. JPG at 95 compression works fine with no percetable loss in quality. Why does your editing look like crap?...i don't personally do editing so i can't tell you how to do it...but my editor charges $160/hr and he turns down work. The reason is that it's not easy, and he's very good. Bad editing can turn a great animation into garbage.

[Noise]

From Premiere render out to an avi using the Huff codec - then in TMpeg, output as a 2 pass mpeg file then write to DVD.

 

Are you viewing the outputted movie on a DVD player and TV ? If you are viewing it on your comp - it will look crap.

 

Recently I had to output for widescreen/plasma - if you think what you are dealing with above is annoying - wait until you have to output for widescreen ! The aspect ratios and dimensions do not make sense and looks even worse than everything else.

[jccloutier]

From Premiere render out to an avi using the Huff codec - then in TMpeg, output as a 2 pass mpeg file then write to DVD.

 

Are you viewing the outputted movie on a DVD player and TV ? If you are viewing it on your comp - it will look crap.

 

Recently I had to output for widescreen/plasma - if you think what you are dealing with above is annoying - wait until you have to output for widescreen ! The aspect ratios and dimensions do not make sense and looks even worse than everything else.

 

thanks noise.

 

actually, you're right, when i posted this, i had only watched the dvd on my computer (with powerDVD) but when i brought it home it looked very good. that being said, why is it that when you put in a commercial dvd (any hollywood movie) it looks fantastic on the computer?