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Chaos Corona for 3ds Max => [Max] General Discussion => Topic started by: Luke on 2022-07-22, 10:39:57

Title: Best file format for saving frames in animation
Post by: Luke on 2022-07-22, 10:39:57

Hey all,

I'm just wondering for those who have more experience than I at animations, what file format are you saving your frames out as? exr, png, tiff... something else?

any advice is much appreciated.

Thanks.

Title: Re: Best file format for saving frames in animation
Post by: maru on 2022-07-22, 11:54:18

It really depends what exactly you are planning to do with those frames. Post-process them further? Use render elements too? Make some 32-bit adjustments?
If you just need to render some frames and assemble them into an animation without using too much disk space, you can even save in JPG. :)

Title: Re: Best file format for saving frames in animation
Post by: Luke on 2022-07-22, 11:57:04

Quote from: maru on 2022-07-22, 11:54:18

It really depends what exactly you are planning to do with those frames. Post-process them further? Use render elements too? Make some 32-bit adjustments?
If you just need to render some frames and assemble them into an animation without using too much disk space, you can even save in JPG. :)

Thanks Marcin,

I usually render my stills to exr, so I'd usually do that for the animations, though with these ones I'm not doing too much post work, maybe just some luts/vignetting in premiere... is tiff or png a better option? I'm worried jpg would be too lossy especially given it'll get compressed for youtube when exporting...