Hardware rendering

# 1 16-12-2014 , 02:35 AM

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Hi there I am fairly new to maya and have just rendered out some particle effects would like to know if it is possible to get these effects rendered into some form of video rather than a bunch of separate images that only maya will open as i need to get them into sony vegas? please help its for college project...

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# 2 16-12-2014 , 02:38 PM

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What do you mean only maya will only the separate images? You've rendered out an image sequence? What file format? Sony vegas should be able to import an image sequence, which is a better workflow than rendering out a video file actually.

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# 3 16-12-2014 , 02:41 PM

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Vegas should be able to read the sequence, unless you rendered out to .iff and it doesn't read that file type but you can always convert them.

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# 4 16-12-2014 , 07:09 PM

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which file format should i use to render the sequence then? would like highest quality possible also that conversion idea would be good but i have no idea how to find that program let alone use it it needs a screenshot description of where to go

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# 5 16-12-2014 , 08:56 PM

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ok i am now at the stage of using fcheck and at the last bit where i have to convert it into a movie but, i cant see file edit tools etc bar to do this and the window will not move and will not change size help please :/

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# 6 17-12-2014 , 02:18 AM

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I'd say render out to .tif as its a safe format, every worthwhile image manipulation/video editing software supports it. Maya's imgcvt utility is what the help files refer to for image format conversion, it's probably not the most user friendly since you need to use your OS's command shell. Just incase this helps you or anyone else, I'll type up a short how to for Windows.

Windows Start Button > All programs > Accessories > Command Prompt

Your command shell should open. Imgcvt is found in your Maya installation>bin folder. Assuming your OS knows where to find the utility because you've added your C:\MayaInstallation\bin path to your system path, here is where you enter the imgcvt command with the appropriate flags and values. Let's say we want to convert frames 1 through 60

Code:


imgcvt -n 1 60 1 C:\folder\inputImageIWantToChange_@@@@.iff C:\probablySomeOtherFolder\ouputImage_@@@@.tif

-n 1 60 1 represents the start frame, end frame and by frame respectively, so it converts every frame from 1 through 60. A value of -n 1 60 5 would convert every five frames starting from 1 through 60.

The "@" in the filenames allow you to specify frame padding. The "#" represents 4 digit padding which is the same effect as "@@@@".

Some other imgcvt flags and options.

If the command prompt is telling you it doesn't recognize imgcvt then you need to set it in your system path as previously mentioned or specify where to find it as you're running the command:

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"C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2015\bin\imgcvt.exe" -n 1 60 1 C:\folder\inputImageIWantToChange_@@@@.iff C:\probablySomeOtherFolder\ouputImageName_@@@@.tif

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