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Useful Video Post Procedures 319
9.
On the Execute Video Post dialog, set the new
output resolution you want for the images and
then click Render.
When the rendering is complete, you will
have a new ser ies of resized images t hat have a
name prefix of MyResize. So, if there were ten
images listed in the IFL file, there will be ten
new images named MyResize0000.tga through
MyResize0009.tga stored in your image folder.
Ex ampl e: Compos i te t wo ima ge s eq uen ces:
Compositing two sets of images together is one
of the “workhorse” operations of Video Post.
This is commonly done when a project is nearing
completion and it lets you combine all the images
your artists have been rendering.
1. Use the IFL Manager Utility (page 3–619)
to create an IFL file for each set of images
sequences you want to composite.
2. Choose Rendering > Video Post.
3. Click Add Image Input Eve nt (page 3–332)
and then click Files.
Choose your first IFL file and click Open and
then click OK to close the Add Image Input
Event dialog.
4. Click A dd Image Input Event again and
click Files.
Choose your second IFL file and click Open
and then click OK to close the Add Image Input
Event dialog.
5. Click Add Image Output Event (page
3–339) and then click Files.
6. Set the output file format to MO V File and enter
afilenamelikeMyComposite.
ClickSavewhenyou’vesetthenameandformat
7. Click OK to accept the default sett ing on the
Compression Settings dialog.
ThenclickOKtoclosetheAddImageOutput
Event dialog.
8. SelectthefirstImageInputEventandthenhold
down the
Ctrl key while selecting the second
Image Input Event.
Both events wil l highlight in gold.
9. Click Add Image Layer Eve nt (page 3–337)
and choose Alpha Compositor (page 3–381)
from the list of compositors and transitions.
Click OK to close the Add Image Layer Event
dialog. NoticehowtheImageLayerEvent
becomes the parent of the two Image Input
Events.
10. Click the Execute Sequence button (page
3–325).
11. Click Render on the Execute Video Post dialog.
Ex ample: Render a scene over an image sequence or
an animation:
This process in similar to the last one except you
might have an animation or series of still images
you want to use as the background for your
existing scene.