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- On Thu, 29 Feb 1996, Fernando Martins wrote:
-
- > Now, I have another question :) I was asked to do the intro for a movie (it's
- > still in 'stand-by'!) and the problem is "How to get the computer output to
- > film?" Here, I don't know anybody that can do that (I still didn't ask one or
- > two persons that may know that) so the movie producers were talking about
- > sending the frames somewhere (USA, UK, etc) to put them on film.
-
- Well, I don't know about your area but here in Toronto we have a place
- called Cine-Byte that will output stuff to both 16mm and 35mm film. Its
- not cheap though.
-
- > Can anybody tell me wich Production Houses can do that and how much does that
- > cost? Maybe you can do that yourselves or maybe one of you needed this kind of
- > service a while ago.
-
- One cheap and dirty way is to do it yourself by shooting your computer
- monitor. It works and looks ok. You'll have to do some film tests
- though. (helps if you have a solid knowledge of film). You'll need a
- long shutter speed so you don't get "pulsing" or the scan line bar
- crawling up and down your screen.
-
- The pro way will cost you. Here in Toronto Cine-byte will cost you from
- $1.75 to $3.75 per frame depending on the resolution you want to output.
- Don't forget those are CANADIAN dollars.
-
- > Another thing: The correct way to render frames to film is 2x video with sqare
- > pixels, right? But, is it 1280x960 or 1024x768?! In the User guide it says the
- > last one, but when In the camera panel, pressing 'Hires' and 'Square Pixels'
- > gives the first!!!
-
- Ok, here are the terms and their equivalent image resolution (yes you
- want square pixels)...
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- Video res........720x486
- 1K...............1024x768
- 2K...............2048x1536
- 3K...............3072x2304
- 4K...............4096x3072
-
- Hope that helps...
-
- Scott Burton - Lightwave Moderator - Command Line BBS
- AJ754@freenet.toronto.on.ca (416) 533-8321
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