Thanks
headwax,
ENSONIQ5, and
3Dgeek11, you made me feel special there
Of course, I feel that guys like you help keep the community going just as much or more than I do through your posts, so kudos all around.
Janro,
Bugtrooper, and of course
headwax, I've added you guys to the list!
It doesn't have to be some astonishing super-pro piece of work. It's not a collab showing off skills or features, so just make something you think would be cool. If you want to show off your skills still, then sure no one's stopping you
CoriDavis, if all you want to do is put together clips, then use Virtualdub to process it like kreator first mentioned. H.264 is a video format standard, it's not a file type. The files that play that encoding can range from avi to mkv.
I'm going to write this guide, hopefully everyone will follow it to make it as simple as possible.
Encoding Your VideoDownload and Install:XVid 1.2.1Virtualdub Install only the 32-bit one!
For Image Sequences:Open VirtualDub
Go to File->Open Video File...
Navigate to the folder containing your images rendered from Anim8or
Select the first one and select Open
All the images in that sequence should now have been imported
Go to File->Save as AVI...
Save the AVI file into a separate folder uncompressed
Continue on to your next Image Sequence and repeat the steps above
After all your image sequences have been saved, continue with the steps below.
For Video Files:Open VirtualDub
Go to File->Open Video File...
Navigate to the folder containing your first video file
Select the video file and press Open to load it into the program
If you have more than one video clip you need to put together:Go to File->Append AVI Segment
Select the next video file that needs to be added to the end of your project.
Keep performing that step until all your clips are imported.
To Encode It To H.264:Install the XVid codec if you haven't already.
In Virtualdub with your project Open, go to Video->Compression...
In the list of codecs, select "Xvid MPEG-4 Codec" and press Configure
Set "Profile @ Level" to Highdef
Click on "Target Quantizer" (if "Target Bitrate" isn't there"), and set it to the highest bitrate (9708 kbps)
Click on the "more..." button next to Quality Preset.
In the options that come up, set Motion search precision to "6 - Ultra High" and VHQ mode to "4 - Wide Search"
Leave all the other settings as they were and OK out until you're back in Virtualdub
Go to File->Save as AVI and save it as an avi file
A progress window will pop up as it's processing the video.
And that's it! If you see any major blurring or artifacts, then chances are you'd have to tweak the settings a bit. Don't reduce the bitrate or quality settings if possible though!
Please follow that guide when processing your final entries, thanks!
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