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 AVI Movie: after selecting this format, click Options. In the dialog that opens,
choose the codec for the movie.
Windows and Macintosh
If you are using Windows, you must install QuickTime to take advantage of
these features.
 QuickTime Movie Small: a variant of the Cinepak codec is used to produce
compact movies of reasonable quality. However, you won’t be able to play
the movie backwards, nor will you be able to convert the movie to individual
pictures (the movie is time-compressed).
 QuickTime Movie Big: a variant of a non-lossy codec is used. This produces
high-quality QuickTime movies, although they are comparatively large in le
size and require a fast hard drive for playback.
 QuickTime Movie: after selecting this format, click Options. In the dialog that
opens, choose the codec for the movie. If the dialog doesn’t open, check that you
have the latest version of QuickTime installed (visit www.quicktime.com).
QuickTime 4 upwards supports the following single picture formats: BMP, Photoshop PSD, SGI, JPEG,
PICT, PNG, TIFF and QuickTime Image. It also supports any new codecs you have added to it. You can
create QuickTime VR panorama and object movies under both Windows and Macintosh.
Options
This button is ghosted unless Format is set to AVI Movie (Windows) or QuickTime Movie (Windows
and Macintosh). If you click this button, a dialog opens that gives you access to various codecs and
their settings. If the dialog doesn’t open, check that you have the latest version of QuickTime installed
(visit www.quicktime.com).
Depth
Denes the bit depth per color channel. Choose either 8 bits per channel (for 24-bit color) or 16 bits
per channel (for 48-bit color). File formats that support 16 bits per channel are TIFF, PSD, RPF, RLA
and B3D.
32-Bit / HDR Formats
General
The standard version of CINEMA 4D can output, load, and render 32-Bit images (e.g. if you want to
use HDRI textures for reections).