Saving the scene as a movie
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Command |
Path |
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Render Movie |
Render |
Vision allows you to render the current scene and save it as a video file in .mpg format. To create a video, the scene must have an associated DMX file. Specify the movie render settings, and optionally save them as a set.
If video screens or geometry are displaying video from a file or capture source within the scene, the video playback is not synchronized to the exported video.
To save the Scene window as a video file:
Open the scene file to use for the video.
Select the command.
The Render Movie dialog box opens.
Click to show/hide the parameters.Click to show/hide the parameters.
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Parameter |
Description |
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Settings |
Select a set of movie render settings, or select <Active Settings> |
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Customize |
Opens the Vision Preferences dialog box to specify the movie render settings |
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Resolution |
Select the video resolution in pixels |
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Frame Rate |
Specify the frame rate in frames per second (fps) |
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DMX Recording |
Displays the DMX recording to use for the video |
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DMX Start Time |
Specify when to start the video in the DMX recording |
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DMX End Time |
Specify when to end the video in the DMX recording |
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Output Filename |
Displays the video file name and location |
Select a set of movie render settings from the Settings list, or select <Active Settings> to use the settings currently specified in the Vision Preferences dialog box.
Click Customize to specify the movie render settings.
The Vision Preferences dialog box opens, but only the Graphics tab is available. The top portion of the dialog box offers options for saving and managing the render settings. The Graphics tab displays the rendering parameters. Set the parameters as desired.
Click to show/hide the parameters.Click to show/hide the parameters.
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Parameter |
Description |
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Graphics |
Many of the same parameters display when setting the Vision application preferences; see Basic: Graphics tab or Advanced: Graphics tab for parameter descriptions |
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Render Buffer Size |
To help achieve the desired resolution, select a size that is smaller than the Resolution in the Render Movie dialog box. Smaller sizes increase the render time but also make it possible to render high-resolution videos. To create bloom effects in the movie, the Render Buffer Size must be greater than or equal to the Resolution. |
Do one of the following:
To save the current settings as a set, click Save. See Using saved sets for more information.
To use the current settings without saving them as a set, click OK.
From the Render Movie dialog box, select the video Resolution.
Select the video Frame Rate.
Click the button next to the DMX Recording field, and select the DMX file to use for the video.
Set the DMX Start Time and the DMX End Time.
Click the button next to the Output Filename field, and set a name and location for the video file.
Click Render to save the video.
If invalid data is entered, the Render button is disabled.
The progress bar displays while the video renders. The actual rendering does not display on the screen.
To cancel the rendering and save the video file as-is, click Cancel. The file is saved in the specified location.
