rendering issues

[xblrules]

So i am a little irritated, i am new to maya 7 by the way, I want to understand how i can render a video clip out of maya, i know how to batch render, i know about the ipr render current frame, i know almost everything about test rendering but i created this clip that has just water moving around and i want to be able to turn that into a high quality video clip. Its really complicated. Or maybe i am suppose to export it as a .ma file extension and open it up in after effects 7 i heard something about that a while back so i am confused and could really use someone's help, thanks.

[Millies45]

Hey :)

You would need to batch render a TGA sequence or any other image format that you prefer and then import that into AfterFX or Premiere or a similiar program, and then render out as a clip :)

Mills

[xblrules]

is that how they do it in the movies and on tv i heard about mental ray and renderman but i am not sure if that helps with rendering a video clip or just making the image quality look better. or both.

[Millies45]

Mental Ray and Renderman are renderers. They do improve image quality, provided you use them correctly. Rendering out an image sequence out of maya is pretty much standard. :)

Mills

[xblrules]

thanks you answered like 50 thousand questions for me.