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Add Image Output Event 339
Opti ons —
Displays the Image Input Options dialog
(page 3–334) where you can set alignment and
size, relative to the frames of video output. For
animated images, you can also synchronize the
mask with the frame sequence of video output.
ThisisthesamedialogusedforImageInputEvent
options.
Enabled—Enables the mask. If turned off, Video
Post ignores any other mask settings.
Inver ted—When tur ned on, the mask is inverted.
Video Post Parameters group
V P Star t T ime/End T ime—Set the star ting and
ending frames for the selected event within the
overall Video Post queue. Video Post renders the
event over the number of frames specified here.
Enabled—Enables or d isables the event. When
turned off, the event is disabled and Video Post
ignores it when rendering the queue. Each event
must be disabled indiv idually. For example,
disabling a composite layer event does not disable
the composited im age events. The range bars of
disabled events are unavailable in the event track
area.
Add Image Output Event
Rendering menu > Video Post > Video Post toolbar > Add
Image Output Event
Rendering menu > Video Post > Video Post window >
Select an Image Output event. > Video Post toolbar >
Edit Current Event
The Add Image Output Event provides controls
for editing an output image event.
Image Output events send the result of executing
theVideoPostqueuetoafileoradevice.Youmust
add an Image Output e vent to the end of the queue
if you want to save the final video. Otherwise,
the results are displayed in the rendered f rame
window only. The Image Output event’s range bar
mustincludetheentirerangeofframesyouwant
to output.
The rendered output c an be a still image or an
animation, in one of the following file formats:
AVI Files (page 3–609)
BMP Files (page 3–610)
CIN (Kodak Cineon) Files (page 3–610)
EPS and PS (Encapsulated PostScript) Files (page
3–612)
HDRI Files (page 3–613)
JPEG Files (page 3–620)
PNG Files (page 3–628)
MOV (QuickTime Movie) Files (page 3–621)
RLA Files (page 3–630)
RPF Files (page 3–631)
RGB (SGI Image) Files (page 3–633)
TGA (Targa) Files (page 3–633)
TIFF Files (page 3–634)
Youalsohavetheoptiontodirecttheoutputtoa
VTR controller output device. If you hav e multiple
output image ev ents, you can output to different
devices. This lets you monitor your queue with
VTRoutputdevicesandviewyouroutputatany
level of the Video Post queue during rendering .
Procedure
To ad d a n i mage output event:
1.
Click A dd Image Output Event.
Image Output disregards whether any events in
the queue are selected or not.
2. Click Files to save the final video in a file, or
Devicestosendthevideotoadevice.