Dave Buckley Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 I'm creating an animation that is only going to be played through quicktime on a pc connected to an lcd? i'm doing it hd, but i'm confused as to whether i need square/non-square, and also what fps does my timeline need to be? i thought it was 25fps, but all i understand is that relates to playing back on british tv's. not too sure about playing back on pc's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJI Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 When it comes to playing back on PC the FPS is down to personal preference i think. Some people prefer the sharpness that 30fps (NTSC) gives you. Some people like the blurred fuzzy look of 24fps (film). I have always rendered at 25fps (PAL) which has always been fine for me. Im interested to hear what others say about Square/non-square pixels though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Thomas Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 HD is always square pixels as it only comes in 16:9 ratio anyway. As for the frame rate you aren't really limited at all since you will be playing back on PC. Depending on the graphics card on the playback machine though you might struggle to get full 1080p playing at 30 frames per second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Thomas Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 I would also say that you should always render to square pixels anyway. Your dvd authoring software will handle the pixel aspect ratio for you and that way you only have to render once for dvd or pc playback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Buckley Posted February 6, 2010 Author Share Posted February 6, 2010 cheers stef the reason i ask is purely on a 'render time' basis, i had always set up my time line at 25fps but if i don't really need to worry about it for pc playback then i was concerened that i may be waiting longer for my rendes than i need to. example, if i can get away with 15fps for pc playback then thats a massive amount of time on a 5minute animation thats taking 10mins per frame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihabkal Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 you could be getting away with 15 if we were in the 90s, but since we are in 2010, clients would probably hate 15fps even if the frames are great. but really without joking, if the movement is slow you could get away with less frames, the faster the camera movement the more interploration yo uneed to make it smooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Buckley Posted February 6, 2010 Author Share Posted February 6, 2010 ha yes, sorry i wasn't speaking literally with the 15fps. more so whether i needed to be sticking to any 'rules' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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