Then, you make a new movie in your software (I’m using the free Windows Movie Maker in my example here) and add all of the image files into the empty movie timeline (in order, which is easy to do in most software). The result will be a bunch of image files, numbered in sequence 0 through whatever number of frames are required to capture your animation. The basic technique is to use the Multiple tab in the 3DVIA Composer High Resolution Image Workshop to make a series of images out of your animation.
So even if you are just getting started and have zero budget for new software, you can really polish your output.
Windows Movie Maker can do some basic effects and titling, as well as save videos in a number of Windows and web-compatible formats. This is the realm of video compositing and editing software, not 3D animation software.
We can get invididual frame output from 3DVIA Composer, which offers a few key benefits: you can use all the output options available in single-frame high-resolution rendering (which is why you get higher-quality imagery) and you can save an alpha channel in the frames, which allows for a transparent background.Ĭonsider also that professional videos typically have a soundtrack, custom backgrounds, titles, and multiple video sequences with transitions. This makes a series of individually-rendered image files that can then be brought together in a video compositing application, such as iMovie or Windows Live Movie Maker. When using professional 3D animation software, there is another method for output that is much more common: individual frame output.
Dumping an AVI directly out of 3DVIA Composer also makes for an inflexible, single file that doesn’t allow for easy post-processing, such as overlaying on a custom background. This method, however, is meant to be for quick video creation and doesn’t provide the highest-quality results. This method is very easy to use, and is the place most people go when they want to save their animation to a standard movie file.
The Pro version of the 3DVIA Composer Player enables end-users not only to view and interact with the Composer files but to manipulate and query them as well for feedback.3DVIA Composer has a “Video” button that will save your animation sequence to an AVI file. Additionally, it can open and play 3D interactive animations.Īn ActiveX version of the application provides content creators with the ability to embed and control their Composer-made content in any program with ActiveX support. It supports images in 2D, including line art in EPS, SVG, and CGM format, and even raster images in high resolution in TIF, JPG, BMP, and PNG format.
With this tool, end-users will be able to access Composer files. The Player is a standalone application that can be sent to end-users who may not have the Composer installed in their computers. The illustrations, interactive animations, and other materials made using this program are then accessed either through the program itself, or by using the Player. The Composer is used in the field of engineering and product development and enables users to create animations and images in 2D and 3D. It is an Applications Programming Interface or API and with this tool, content creators will be able to distribute Composer files to end-users such as project partners and clients. 3DVIA Composer Player is an application that is used to view content created with the 3DVIA Composer.