Previz Factory -- FrameForge expert in Los Angeles

[pamtown]

Hello all,

I am a FrameForge expert servicing the Los Angeles area and beyond. I have an extensive background in teaching, consulting, set building and inventing advanced techniques for using FrameForge and related software programs (graphic programs, video editing programs, etc.)

You can see more about me at my website:

www.previzfactory.com

Pamela Kay

[Jay Hoover]

Hello all,

I am a FrameForge expert servicing the Los Angeles area and beyond. I have an extensive background in teaching, consulting, set building and inventing advanced techniques for using FrameForge and related software programs (graphic programs, video editing programs, etc.)

You can see more about me at my website:

www.previzfactory.com

Pamela Kay
previzfactory@gmail.com

Your work is awesome.

[Innoventive Software, LLC]

Hello all,

I am a FrameForge expert servicing the Los Angeles area and beyond. I have an extensive background in teaching, consulting, set building and inventing advanced techniques for using FrameForge and related software programs (graphic programs, video editing programs, etc.)

You can see more about me at my website:

www.previzfactory.com

Pamela Kay
previzfactory@gmail.com

Pam's great and her work's top notch. We highly recommend her...!

[ladyjaye]

How long did it take you to do the Charlie's Angels scene? Roughly.

Do you just export your scenes as a swf and edit them in a seperate program?

I ask because I have resorted to exporting actual .jpgs and then combining them in final cut pro... the .swf's are too low rez for me cause I want to burn my movies to DVD.

That's been taking along time... but the quality is high.

[pamtown]

(re-read your post and yes, jpegs might get you a higher rez than converting. It shouldn't be too much, though. I haven't noticed as much of a downshift as with the export as .mov. I will also add a blur and some adjustments to color in the video editor.)

The scene took about a week and a half -- did it before there was tweening. Then I spent about a day adding tweening. I did this quite a while ago and I'm MUCH faster now.

I understand about the quality -- 2.5 has Quicktime, but I can see some compression going on.

OK, this will make your life SO much easier--

export as a Flash Animation.

Go to www.download.com and download a "flash to video encoder"
Now, before you download a bunch and have to sort through the demos to find a good one that doesn't leave a watermark, I'll give ya the good one:

http://www.download.com/Flash-to-Video- ... ag=lst-0-5

It's free to try.

When you convert the Flash file, choose "Raw -- uncompressed" for the best quality and some video editors won't accept certain compressed formats. You can downshift the frames-per-second so the file isn't so massive.

Now you will have high-quality video out of your flash animation.

Have fun :)

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