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Re: Video Editing Software?

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Originally Posted by Kevin342
Why create the original animation in 3ds Max at 15 fps? Why not start with 29.97 to get smoother motion?

Does VirtualDub cause any loss of quality?

We'll post our animation on our website in .WMV or MPEG4 format to reduce the files size (6 - 10 meg) but the AVA rules require all entries to be in QuickTime format and =<250 meg in size.
Kevin there are several posts about this subject, and you can search for them.

But to answer your questions

Yes Any conversion from a lossless codec like WMV to MPEG-4 will cause a loss in quality. Your best bet is to export all of your animation into a DV file, and use that to import into your favorite movie editor (excluding Windows Movie Maker). When you export it, export it at 30fps. I don't see why the previous guy recommended 15fps. Once you finished it in the movie editor then you can export into whatever you want (MOV, WMV, Real, whatever)
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