![]() Topic awaiting preservation: Film resolutions |
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Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Yes |
![]() Have you ever seen one of those making of shows about 3D movies? I think once I heard that a certain scene was rendered at like 9hrs a frame even on an enormous render farm. I thought that was kinda slow considering that scanline rendering was used instead of pure raytracing, but then I remebered I have absolutely no clue what resolution these images are? I would assume they're insanely high and in that case 9hrs wouldn't be bad at all. |
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist From: :morF |
![]() 1750...at least <----i don't actually nkow this...I felt like saying it, but it wouldn't be far off |
Lunatic (VI) Mad Scientist From: Massachusetts, USA |
![]() I've wondered this myself. All I've found out is that a *DVD* has a resolution of about 720 by something. |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Yes |
![]() 1750 by what? |
Lunatic (VI) Mad Scientist From: Massachusetts, USA |
![]() Yes, that resolution would be ideal for movies about very very short fat people. |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Yes |
![]() I found this page: http://www.softimage.com/community/xsi/discuss/Archives/3d.archive.9805/msg01155.htm |
Lunatic (VI) Mad Scientist From: Massachusetts, USA |
![]() Probably not for movies. Movies don't typically have a 4:3 aspect ratio, they're usually longer than that. |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Yes |
![]() isn't widescreen 2:1 or is it something like 1:Phi ? I think 4:3 is TV ratio. You'd think this tidbit of info would be easy to find. |
Lunatic (VI) Mad Scientist From: Massachusetts, USA |
![]() There are at least a couple of different widescreen aspect ratios. I'm not sure what any of them are. |
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist From: :morF |
![]() 4:3 is TV, wide-screen TV is 16:9, Projection Film is 18:9...I think. I'm sure about hte first two, but the last one is kinda half-remembered |
Maniac (V) Inmate From: Houston(ish) Texas |
![]() Digital special effects are normally rendered at '4K' film resolution, or 4096 x 3112 (the numbers can vary a bit with different equipment and different 'formats' - some films are more 'widescreen' than others). |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Yes |
![]() thanks DAS! Thats what I was looking for. I also found this when I was looking for raios: |
Lunatic (VI) Mad Scientist From: Massachusetts, USA |
![]() Hmm... POV-Ray could render a single frame of a really nice looking animation in about a month. |
Maniac (V) Inmate From: Houston(ish) Texas |
![]() Also keep in mind that resolution is only part of the picture, so to speak. Movie special effects also require much much higher texture resolution and polygon counts. |
Paranoid (IV) Mad Scientist From: Houston, TX, USA |
![]() good point das. also keep in mind that rarely are things like film shots rendered in one past. there's different passes for the object, highlights, shadows, reflections, etc., then those are all comped together and tweaked in after effects or another compositor. |
Maniac (V) Inmate From: Houston(ish) Texas |
![]() Yep. That's kind of fun to play with, actually. Quite a while back I posted a rendering-in-passes experiment I did with some billiard-like balls in a room. |