Tom,
   Here's the URL for their submission guidelines:
http://www.techtv.com/eyedrops/story/0,24330,3373159,00.html
I just picked the highest numbers...They don't give
(in my opinion) enough info - no fps numbers for instance.
I picked 15, though 30 is surely smoother.  They say
the want MPEG or Quicktime, but there are about a million
parameters for both of them and no guidelines as to any
specifics.  I posted a question to TechTV 2 weeks ago,
but don't really expect an answer.  Probably what I'll
get is a "hey that's cool, but we can't show it because
you didn't do <THIS>" response when I send the stuff in...
:^\
BTW: NONE of the movies you see in the theatre are ray-traced.
They use very different techniques, although I think I
remember reading that they are using some ray-tracing
techniques in small areas.  The usenet group
comp.graphics.rendering.raytracing gets read by a few
guys at Pixar and they contribute regularlly!

The video is called "Ezekiel's Wheel".  It's actually
a music video for my band (same name).  I've been 
playing with the concept for 3 YEARS, but never got
motivated to finish it, because I never had a forum
to get it out to the public.  I was watching EyeDrops
about 6 weeks ago and had one of those head-smacking
moments! DUH! Put the video on EyeDrops!  ;)
You can download the soundtrack from:
  http://www.untiedmusic.com/ezekiel/ezekiel.html
Click on the ear to listen...

Emory
  Bass/12string/windsynth for Ezekiel's Wheel
   http://www.untiedmusic.com/ezekiel

"Tom A." wrote:
> 
> Gwen & Emory Stagmer wrote:
> >
> 
> >
> > If anyone can confirm this on another platform and/or suggest a
> > work-around, it would be greatly appreciated!
> >
> > Just FYI, this is an animatic for a 2+ minute animation I hope
> > to get on TechTV's EyeDrops show.  I have 1:45 of the video rendered
> > at 720x540@15fps - now up to about 10 CPU DAYS of rendering time...
> 
> Sorry, no help for your problem (I'm just starting to get a working
> knowledge of media - I still don't understand most of the keywords for
> them), but I did have some questions on your project.
> 
> Is that a typical size for a TV animation?  What format do they want it
> (avi? MPG?)  What do you use to put the frames together?
> 
> I saw Shrek on the big screen last weekend, and watched the background -
> the blades of grass were done individually, the leaves were great, the
> pine trees looked great (all things I've played with recently).  Does
> anyone know what kind of resolution a feature film takes?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> > Emory Stagmer
> 
> --
> Tom A.
> When scientist say they're making a "quantum leap" it
> means they are going out to catch some rays.  - Dr. Science
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