3ds to combustion with field rendered RPFs
by Oli da Costa
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Nov 2, 2008 at 4:58:04 pm
I'm outputting a field-based RPF sequence from 3ds max 2008 for use in Combustion 4, but this seems to be impossible! The RPFs are rendering out in 16-bit with a bunch of extra channel info so that I can apply 3D post effects in C4, and as they render, I can see the fields rendering...all fine and dandy. However, when I try to bring the RPF sequence in to C4...nothing! I get no preview, no image, nothing, just a black screen (and it IS black, the bg colour in C4 is set to white, so something's going wrong somewhere). I've played with all the field/interlace/deinterlace settings in C4 to try to get some sort of image out of it, but nothing. I've also rendered a frame-based RFP sequence out with identical settings, and it's perfect...works fine and I can apply my 3d post as I wanted. So, what's going on?
Just to check I wasn't going nuts, I dropped both sequences into After Effects CS3, and it deals with both absolutely perfectly - the frame-based one imports and looks fine, so does the field-based one, with fields showing up as expected. Whilst I would do my post in AE, there's no built-in 3D motion blur, so I NEED to use C4...so, Autodesk or anyone else, what's the solution!?
This is for a TV ad, due in just a few days, so I need to find a workable solution based on C4, as I've already used the frame-based version to work out all the 3D post (now all keyframed and ready to apply to the field version). Help...
Re: 3ds to combustion with field rendered RPFs by Oli da Costa on Nov 6, 2008 at 3:48:57 pm
Thanks Matthew...tried that too, but no luck. Oh well, it'll just have to be a frame-rendered output then... Looks like a MAJOR flaw with C4...ok, so I've not tried it in Combustion 2008, but disappointing all the same. Thanks again.
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