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Example: Create an animation f rom a series of still
images:
Another common process you’ll use Video Post
toachieveistakingaseriesofstillimagesyou’ve
rendered and convert them to an animation. To
accomplish this task, you need an
IFL fi le (page
3–666)
.
1. Use the
IFL Manager Utility (page 3–668)
to
create an IFL file containing the sequentially
number image fi les you want to process.
2. Choose Rendering > Video Post.
3. Click
Add Image Input Event (page 3–328)
and then click Files.
Choose the IFL file you created at step 1 and
then click Open to close the selection dialog .
4. Click OK to close the Add Input Image Event
dialog.
5. Click
Add Image Output Event (page
3–334)
and then click Files.
6. Set the output file format to
AV I F i l e ( p a g e
3–658)
and enter a filename like MyAnimation.
ClickSavewhenyou’vesetthenameandformat
7. Select a
codec (page 3–1015)
from the Video
Compression dialog and click OK.
ThenclickOKtoclosetheAddImageOutput
Event dialog.
8. Click the
Execute Sequence button (page
3–321)
.
9. Click Render on the Execute Video Post dialog.
The final produc t is an animation.
Ex ample: R ender a scene wi th a s tarf ield:
At some t ime, you’ll want to create a night scene
thatrequiresastarrysky. Thekeythingto
remember when creating a star field is adding a
camera to the scene. The Starfield filter only works
w ith a camera. Here are the steps to set that up.
1. IntheTopviewport,createaSpherewitha
radius of about 30 and a Target Camera.
Placethecameratoonesideandhaveit
pointing at the center of the sphere.
2. Right-click in the Perspective viewport and
type C to change the viewport display to
Camera01.
3. Choose Rendering > Video Post.
4. Click
Add Scene Event (page 3–325)
and
set the view to Perspective.
Click OK to close the Add Scene Event dialog.
5. Click
Add Image Filter Event (page 3–330)
and choose Starfield from the Filter Plug-In list.
Click OK to close the Add Image Filter Event
dialog.
6. Click
Add Image Output Event (page
3–334)
and then click Files.