Preview settings? (quick render, Command+R)

Wondering how to accomplish a certain animation task? Ask here.

Moderators: Víctor Paredes, Belgarath, slowtiger

Post Reply
User avatar
Lukas
Posts: 1336
Joined: Fri Apr 09, 2010 9:00 am
Location: Netherlands
Contact:

Preview settings? (quick render, Command+R)

Post by Lukas »

Hello everyone,

When I export animations I only check the "Apply shape effects" and "Apply layer effects", because antialiasing and smooth images only take time and actually make the image looks worse (on this project anyway).

But when I want a quick preview (With Command+R), it very often takes a looong time to render, I think because it always applies antialiasing and smooth images (or 1 of them).

Is there a way to switch it off?

Thanks,

Lukas
User avatar
funksmaname
Posts: 3174
Joined: Tue May 29, 2007 11:31 am
Location: New Zealand

Post by funksmaname »

not that i know of - but if, while you work, you set your canvas size to 1/4 actual size it should speed up your previous significantly (just maintain the same aspect ratio and you shouldn't see any change in the editor)

Then just scale it back up for final output.
User avatar
Lukas
Posts: 1336
Joined: Fri Apr 09, 2010 9:00 am
Location: Netherlands
Contact:

Post by Lukas »

Thing is, because the preview settings are different from the final export settings, it doesn't really function as a preview. Because of the smooth images I get strange lines in my characters when certain .png files overlap.

I don't want to edit my canvas settings all the time, because I have hundreds of shots and the project settings should just stay like they should be to avoid mistakes. It calculates things I don't need. Seems pretty useless and a waste of time.
User avatar
slowtiger
Posts: 6254
Joined: Thu Feb 16, 2006 6:53 pm
Location: Berlin, Germany
Contact:

Post by slowtiger »

PNG files: I found that it helped to give each image a fuzzy border of 1 px and render it on transparent BG.
User avatar
Lukas
Posts: 1336
Joined: Fri Apr 09, 2010 9:00 am
Location: Netherlands
Contact:

Post by Lukas »

My .png files are fine. I don't need antialiasing or smooth images. I just want the preview button not to render with antialiasing or smooth images.
User avatar
negroclarito
Posts: 135
Joined: Sun Feb 28, 2010 6:38 am

Re: Preview settings? (quick render, Command+R)

Post by negroclarito »

In Mac i can do a quick video preview with Fn+F5
Post Reply