[czss]

I'm not sure where else to ask this question, so I'll ask it here.
I render animations to .AVI using medium enhanced AA and 'cinepak' compression which results in a good quality animation clip. However, when I piece all of my clips together in my video editor (Pinnacle Studio 8 and/or Ulead MediaStudio) it re-renders and regardless of which format or compression I use the final animation quality is terrible. If I choose 'no compression' in my video editor the final animation file is monstrous(200+ MB for 30 seconds!) I must be missing something somewhere. How do I assemble the viseo clips with sound and titles without losing so much quality? (using NTSC 1, 720x486).
-Sean

[Noratio]

You should render to uncompressed image files like tga and compile them to animation withLW or Video Mach. Some video editors can take image sequences straight. The later you use compression the better result, maybe only final output. Compression is made all over every time and that means blurring increases pretty exponentially.

Don't use cinepak,instead try divX or mpeg(dvd)

[Silkrooster]

Pinnicle Studio 8 can load tga images, just remember to change the properties in studio so that each image is one frame in length. That way you don't have to manually change the length each image takes on the time line.
Cinepak is not a very codec to use, try divx, indeo ver 5 or mpeg 1 or 2. The two mpeg formats are the hardest to convert to as not too many programs support them.
Also don't render to a size larger than 720x480 as Studio 8 does not do a very good job at reducing the resolution, you will end up loosing too much detail.
If you have tmpeg which is a free conversion program on the net. That program will convert your avi's to mpeg 1 and maybe 2, I don't recall.
Good Luck
Silk