tgl wrote:
> Hello Friends
> I have been using POV and Quicktime for animation for a long time without
>any problems until recently. I am presently experimenting with complex
>morphing textures using various normals, finishes and media. I usually do
>test renders to Quicktime at 24 FPS, 360 frames, a fairly high rendering
>resolution and an image size of 320 x 240. At times I will increase the
>image size and re-render when a particular test has been successful and
>this is where I've been experiencing problems.
> These larger animations have a random jitteriness(?) when played back. It
>almost seems as if some frames of the animation were missing but they're
>not. I have given both POV and Quicktime a large dose of memory and
>although my computer is not the latest, I've never seen this happen before.
> Any suggestions...please?!
> Thanx in advance
> TGL
>
Well, I'm no computer expert, but I have the same problem when I combine
"fairly high rendering resolution" with "larger animations."  I have an old
Mac G3 that I've souped up a bit, but I think it has difficulty processing
larger images quickly enough to avoid "jitteriness."  If I decrease the
resolution (compress the images more) the problem goes away.  For example,
if I make a quicktime movie with "highest quality jpg" I have trouble, but
if I lower it to "medium quality jpg" the problem disappears.

So it's clearly not a POV animation problem (for me), but rather that I
have an older system trying to do newer things (kind of like my own body
and brain.)

Dave Matthews

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