3D Impressions Help - Movie Formats |
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File Encoding
Movies are created using the Windows Media Video file format or .WMV files.
This allows for playback on a range of devices such as:
- Microsoft Operating Systems up to an including Windows 8.
- Games Consoles such as Microsoft Xbox 360.
- Any other device supporting this format such as TVs, DVD, Blu-ray and media players.
Movie Converter Tool
With the additional of the downloadable Movie Converter tool, you can now easily turn your .WMV movie files into other file types allowing playback on numerous other devices.
This will allow you easily convert your movies to the following formats:
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• MPEG 1 & MPEG 2
• MPEG 4
• DIVX 2 & DIVX 3 |
(.MPG)
(.MP4)
(.DIVX) |
» Click here for details and how to DOWNLOAD the Movie Converter tool.
Movie Resolution
The table below shows the different resolutions offered:
| Title | Pixel
Width | Pixel
Height | Mega
Pixels | Notes |
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| 320 x 200 CGA | 320 | 200 | 0.06 | |
| 320 x 240 QVGA | 320 | 240 | 0.08 | |
| 426 x 240 240p Widescreen | 426 | 240 | 0.10 | |
| 640 x 360 360p Widescreen | 640 | 360 | 0.23 | |
| 640 x 480 VGA | 640 | 480 | 0.31 | |
| 540 x 404 PC Standard (4:3 NTSC) | 540 | 404 | 0.22 | Standard Definition |
| 720 x 404 PC Widescreen (16:9 NTSC) | 720 | 404 | 0.29 | Standard Definition |
| 540 x 404 PC Standard (4:3 PAL) | 540 | 404 | 0.22 | Standard Definition |
| 720 x 404 PC Widescreen (16:9 PAL) | 720 | 404 | 0.29 | Standard Definition |
| 720 x 480 DVD Standard (4:3 NTSC) | 720 | 480 | 0.35 | Standard Definition |
| 720 x 480 DVD Widescreen (16:9 NTSC) | 720 | 480 | 0.35 | Standard Definition |
| 720 x 576 DVD Standard (4:3 PAL) | 720 | 576 | 0.41 | Standard Definition |
| 720 x 576 DVD Widescreen (16:9 PAL) | 720 | 576 | 0.41 | Standard Definition |
| 800 x 480 WVGA | 800 | 480 | 0.38 | |
| 800 x 600 SVGA | 800 | 600 | 0.48 | |
| 854 x 480 480p Widescreen | 854 | 480 | 0.41 | |
| Professional Edition Resolutions |
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| 1280 x 720 HD 720p24 Widescreen | 1280 | 720 | 0.92 | HD Ready |
| 1280 x 720 HD 720p30n Widescreen (NTSC) | 1280 | 720 | 0.92 | HD Ready |
| 1280 x 720 HD 720p30 Widescreen | 1280 | 720 | 0.92 | HD Ready |
| 1280 x 720 HD 720p50 Widescreen | 1280 | 720 | 0.92 | HD Ready |
| 1280 x 720 HD 720p60 Widescreen | 1280 | 720 | 0.92 | HD Ready |
| 1920 x 1080 HD 1080p24 | 1920 | 1080 | 2.1 | Full HD |
| 1920 x 1080 HD 1080p25 | 1920 | 1080 | 2.1 | Full HD |
| 1920 x 1080 HD 1080p30n | 1920 | 1080 | 2.1 | Full HD |
| 1920 x 1080 HD 1080p30 | 1920 | 1080 | 2.1 | Full HD |
| 1920 x 1080 HD 1080p50 | 1920 | 1080 | 2.1 | Full HD |
| 1920 x 1080 HD 1080p60 | 1920 | 1080 | 2.1 | Full HD |
| 1920 x 1200 WUXGA | 1920 | 1200 | 2.3 | |
| 2048 x 1080 2K | 2048 | 1080 | 2.2 | Low-End Digital Cinema |
Please note that you can only create movies with a resolution higher than 800 x 600 or 854 x 480 with the Professional Edition of the product.
Movie Length
You choose the duration of movie footage to be created.
The Home Edition is limited to a maximum of 5 minutes.
The Professional Edition does not impose any duration limitation.
Compression Quality
Here you can select the image quality hat you would like the movie file to be created with.
The higher the quality level the better the movie will look but the file size will be larger.
There are three levels available, which are low, medium and high.
Image Smoothing
This setting can greatly improve the edges of objects by making them look less jagged. When used, this can increase the time taken to create the movie.
Depending on the capabilities of your graphics hardware, there are up to 2 types of Images Smoothing techniques to choose from:
- Anti-Alias
Depending on the multi-sampling capabilities of your graphics hardware for the selected Windows desktop screen resolution, you may be offered this technique at levels of 2x, 4x, 6x, 8x, 10x, 12x, 14x and 16x.
The higher the level, the more object edges will be smoothing.
- Downscale
This technique is available to all users and is achieved my rendering the movie at a multiple size of the target movie resolution and then shrinking the image. This is offered at levels of 2x, 3x and 4x.
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