No MOV. file option in the save as drop down

[R.Stewart]

Hi there,

 

I'm new to max and I'm working through the 3DATS beginner book and I'm trying to save a small sequence using the RAM Player but the book says to save it as a mov. file but there's no such option.

 

I'm sure I'll need this in the future so any help would be much appreciated.

 

Thank you : D

[Peter M. Gruhn]

In case you don't get an better answer for a while:

 

Search the forum here. I'm pretty sure I recall there being an issue like "no quicktime in 64bit."

 

At a guess, it won't matter if you use avi to work through the book.

[acjwalker]

had a similar issue in after effects, i had no quicktime installed., Do you?

[-MerlyN-]

Apple never made a 64bit quicktime, thats why you wont be able to save from max to mov in 64bit. If you cant live w/o it, you'll have to work in 32bit, where quicktime should be available.

 

However I'd always suggest to save out imagesequences from max only and only combine them into a video file in post. That way you have full control over every frame while working on it.

[Fooch]

Aye .. always save to sequences.. if a crash happens mid process, at least you still have frames.

Then export to mov via quicktime / aftereffects etc..

 

Apple never made a 64bit quicktime, thats why you wont be able to save from max to mov in 64bit. If you cant live w/o it, you'll have to work in 32bit, where quicktime should be available.

 

However I'd always suggest to save out imagesequences from max only and only combine them into a video file in post. That way you have full control over every frame while working on it.

[R.Stewart]

Yeah Merlyn I did read today that doing it in post was the way to go. Thanks for consolidating that fact for me.

 

Thank you everyone things are more clear now

 

: D