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David Warner <[e-mail]> asks:
> Does Field-Rendering generate
> better-looking output than Full-Frame rendering with Motion Blur and/or
> Soft Filter? John Gross, Mark
> Thompson, what do you guys recommend??

It depends on the application. First of all, if its a low budget logo
job, I would almost always use FR because MB is so much more compute
intensive. Besides cost issues, consider what the footage will be used
for and what it will be shown or used with. If its a composite, the CGI
will have to behave identical to the live footage. So if the live
stuff was shot on video, an FR CGI comp would likely be appropriate.

But application aside, I have always despised the look of video, and
FR makes animation scream out the video look. Motion blur creates a more
film-like look, even though its subtle. I have used Soft Filter where
the background plate demanded it, but often I think it blurs just a bit
too much. I prefer to do my own post filtering with boosted contrast,
some film grain (animated dither in LW does the job), and a subtle
gaussian. Combined with 24 fps motion and a 3/2 pulldown, suddenly your
LW video looks a lot less like video.
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     *           Mark Thompson                  [phone]    *
     *         Fusion Films, Inc.             [e-mail]  *
     * Director of Animation and Special FX                       *
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