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On Mon, 22 Nov 1999 14:37:25 -0600, "Richard Quick"
<Qui### [at] zdnetmail com> wrote:
>I am new to POV-RAY, and what I have seen of the animations, I am
>jumping in with both feet. But before I do, what am I going to be
>looking at for usage of space? I have a little 4GB HD with 1/2 gig
>free space left. Should I wait till I get a second HD, or can I go
>ahead, and hope that I do not run out of space? I have plenty of
>graphics from my other applications, creating stationary for OE.
>
>Also, I have only been on the PC since April 1998, and still consider
>myself a newbie. I have a Pentium II MMX 266 MHz, 64MB RAM, 4GB HD,
>56Kbs U. S. Robotics modem, 32x CD ROM, ATI video card, and a
>SoundBlaster 16 audio card.
>
>What would be a good second HD to get for my machine? Ken, anybody?
Make a simple calculation. A 1 minute, 30 fps, 320x240,
24-bit-per-pixel animation will take at most 395 MB when uncompressed.
Using compressed tga or even better, png, can reduce this
dramatically. So the answer is, don't worry about space yet. After you
assemble the frames in an animation file, you can delete them to free
up your HDD.
Peter Popov
ICQ: 15002700
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