Settings for Exporting 2 Videos

Here's a quick guide to the settings you should use to save your 2 x 10 second videos with:

10 seconds long
15 FPS (frames per second)
150 Frames
640x360 pixels (16:9)
AVI file type
Cinepak Codec

Once you have created your videos, upload to Youtube and embed the videos to your blog for the weekly task, along with the other requirements outlined in the weekly tasks post on this blog.

Settings Guide
Start by setting the frame-rate and animation length by clicking the "Time Configuration" button as shown in the image below.


You will get the "Time Configuration" a dialogue box pop up. Change the frame-rate to 15 FPS (frames per second), and the animation length to 150 frames. This will make your video 10 seconds long. (15 FPS x 10 seconds = 150 frames)


Go to the "Render Setup..." dialogue under the Rendering drop-down menu.


In the "Render Setup" dialogue, scroll all the way to the bottom and expand the "Assign Renderer" roll-out.


Click the little square "..." button next to the Production setting to "Choose Renderer".


Choose the "Default Scanline Renderer". This is a lower quality renderer than Mental Ray or V-Ray, though it has a quick render time.


Back in the "Render Setup" dialogue find the "Render Output" settings, and click the "Files" button, as shown in the below image.


In the "Render Output File" dialogue, you can name your file whatever you want, so give your file a name, and in the "Save as type:" drop-down, choose "AVI file (*.avi)".


After you have selected the AVI file type, click the "Setup" button to alter the AVI settings. This is where you can alter the codec.


Choose "Cinepak Codec by Radius" in the "Compressor" drop-down, and use the default settings (should be set to 15 FPS).


Back in the "Render Setup" dialogue again, for the "Time Output" option, choose "Active Time Segment", and set the "Output Size" to 640x360 (16:9 aspect ratio), this will effect the pixel size of your video, and obviously the larger the size the longer each frame will take to render.


Finally in the "Render Setup" dialogue, be sure that hte correct viewport is selected (in this case the "Perspective" viewport, and click the "Render" button to start rendering. Now sit back and wait.