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Corel Painter provides several options for saving and exporting your finished movies. Some file formats, like QuickTime and Video for Windows, have compression options available.
You can save and export a movie frame in several file formats.
| To export a frame as a single image | |
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Display the frame you want to export in the document window.
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You can click on the frame thumbnail in the Frame Stacks panel or use the controls in the Frame Stacks panel to display the frame. |
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Choose File  Save As.
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In the Save Movie dialog box, enable the Save current frame as image option, and
click OK.
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In the Save (Mac OS) or Save Image As (Windows) dialog box, choose a location
and file format, enter a name for the file, and click Save.
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You can export a movie as a QuickTime movie on either the Macintosh or Windows platform.
QuickTime supports several compression schemes. The following descriptions should help you choose one; however, you’ll probably want to experiment with different compressors and settings to identify the best settings for your work. You may also have additional compression methods available.
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The Animation method works well with areas of continuous tone. If you set the
Quality in the Compression Settings dialog box to Best and make every frame a key
frame, this compressor is lossless. For most Corel Painter animations, this
compressor is a good choice.
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The Cinepak method produces acceptable motion and image quality at remarkably
small file sizes. It is the preferred format for CD delivery and transfer across the
Internet. Cinepak can take a long time to compress, and it can be difficult to find
the best compression settings for certain image types and frame rates.
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The Graphics method is limited to 256 colors. It compresses the file at a greater
ratio than the Animation compressor, but does not play as quickly.
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The None option uses no compression, so the images retain all of their quality.
With a large frame size, some computers might not be fast enough to play at a high
frame rate.
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The Photo-JPEG method allows high compression ratios while maintaining
excellent image quality. However, it does not play at high rates. JPEG is an
international standard for image compression.
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The Video method is designed for recording and playing back digitized video at
high rates. Because of the spatial compression method it uses, the Video compressor
does not provide optimal results for images with large areas of continuous tone,
such as those in most animations.
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The compression ratio is inversely proportional to image quality. The Quality slider allows you to set an optimum level between the amount of compression and image quality. For most work in Corel Painter, it is best to set the Quality slider to High.
You can specify the number of frames you want displayed per second and, with some compression methods, the frequency of key frames. Key frames are used in temporal compression methods. Each key frame is stored in its entirety. The next set of frames, up to the next key, are saved only as changes.
With some compression methods, you can also limit the speed of data transmission with the Limit Data Rate option. The data rate limit overrides the Quality setting, if necessary, to keep the compressed movie within the set limit.
| To export a Corel Painter movie as a QuickTime movie | |
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Choose File Save As.
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In the Save Movie dialog box, enable the Save Movie as QuickTime option.
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In the Enter Movie Name dialog box, choose a location, enter a name for the file,
and click Save.
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In the Compression Settings dialog box, choose a compression method from the list
box.
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Specify the options you want.
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If you are using a Windows operating system, you can export your movie as an AVI movie.
The AVI format supports several compression schemes. The following descriptions should help you choose one; however, you’ll probably want to experiment with different compressors and settings to identify the best settings for your work. You may also have additional compression methods available.
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The Cinepak method produces acceptable motion and image quality at remarkably
small file sizes. It is the preferred format for CD-ROM delivery and transfer across
the Internet. Cinepak takes a long time to compress, and it can be difficult to find
the best compression settings for certain image types and frame rates.
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The Microsoft Video 1 method is designed for recording and playing back digitized
video at high rates.
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The Full Frames (Uncompressed) method uses no compression, so the images retain
all of their quality. With a large frame size, some computers might not be fast
enough to play at a high frame rate. This is the preferred format for transferring
Corel Painter movies to AVI-editing applications.
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The compression ratio is inversely proportional to image quality. In the Video Compression dialog box, the Compression Quality slider allows you to set an optimum level between the amount of compression and image quality.
Key frames are used in temporal compression methods. Each key frame is stored in its entirety. The next set of frames, up to the next key, are saved only as changes. With some compression methods, you can specify the frequency of key frames with the Key Frame Every [Number] Frames option.
With some compression methods, you can also limit the speed of data transmission with the Data Rate option. The data rate limit overrides the Quality slider setting, if necessary, to keep the compressed movie within the set limit.
| To export a Corel Painter movie as an AVI movie | |
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Choose File Save As.
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In the Save Movie dialog box, enable the Save Movie as AVI option, and specify the
number of frames per second.
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In the Enter Movie Name dialog box, choose a location, enter a name for the file,
and click Save.
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In the Video Compression dialog box, choose a compression method from the
Compressor pop-up menu.
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Specify the options you want.
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For some compression methods, you can click Configure to specify additional options. |
Corel Painter supports importing and exporting numbered files. Numbered files are any series of files that are the same size and resolution, and named following a specific style, which includes a number at the beginning or end of each file name. For example, the first frame might be called “Movie01,” the second frame “Movie02,” and so on.
When you export a movie as numbered files, you can import the numbered files into an application that may not support other movie formats. When exporting, you specify the filename for the first file. You must include zeros so that all numbered files have the same number of digits. For example, to create numbered files from 1 to 24, include “01” in the filename. To create numbered files from 89 to 110, include “089” in the filename.
Importing numbered files is an excellent method of bringing an animation from another 3D or animation program into Corel Painter. The file format of the numbered files you are importing must be supported by Corel Painter, and the number of digits in each filename must be the same. When you import numbered files, you create a new frame stack, and you are prompted to choose a number of onion skin layers and a storage type. For more information, refer to Creating a Movie.
| To export a movie as numbered files | |
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Choose File Save As.
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In the Save Movie dialog box, enable the Save Movie as Numbered Files option,
and click OK.
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In the Save (Mac OS) or Save Numbered File As (Windows) dialog box, choose a
location and file format, enter a name for the first file, and click Save.
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You must begin or end the filename with a number — for example, “01Movie” or “Animation14.” |
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Choose File Open.
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Enable the Open Numbered Files check box in the Open (Mac OS) or Select Image
(Windows) dialog box.
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Do one of the following:
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(Mac OS) Select the first numbered file. When “Choose Last Numbered File”
appears under the Open Numbered Files check box, select the last numbered
file, and click Open.
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(Windows) Select the first numbered file, and click Open. Then, select the last
numbered file, and click Open.
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In the Enter Movie Name dialog box, choose a location to save the imported movie,
enter a filename, and click Save.
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In the New Frame Stack dialog box, choose a number of onion skin layers and a
storage type, and click OK.
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Corel Painter sequences the images into the frames of a new frame stack.
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