1080 or 720
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- antagonlsta0
1080 progressive is fine for personal presentations. (more than enough to illustrate concepts and quality.)
Our studio switched us to 4k mid-last year and they are in the process of switching us to an 8k native environment. This is mind boggling to me, especially since everything is in gigantic proportions (resolutions, file size even the cache swaps are in the tens of gigs range). i do have to admit, that going back to my old 1080p files and laughably 720, Lots of detail is lost. I now find it funny we even call that HD.
Now, 2k isn't as noticeable going from 1080p. But once you move to 4k, it's a totally new world and you then realize what High Definition means. I guess it's one of those things that you just don't get until you see it. Especially with a side by side comparison; 8k next to a 1080p is like a 1080p next to a SD cathode ray tube television.
and just a side not: YouTube has been supporting 4k since last year, it Will replace the 1080 standard out there. although im not sure how internet service providers will deal with the bandwidth usage, the streams are already being provided.
- 4k video streams http://www.youtube.c…antagonlsta
- no one uses 1080i on youtube though, most people watch at 640x480, such a wasteMiguex
- no one uses 1080iantagonlsta
- monospaced0
73dpi
- pango0
retina!
- Ramanisky20
1080 is a safe bet
- utopian0
4.5k
- moldero0
5k
- plash0
4k
- feel0
yes, always make it 1080p, you might only use it online for now, until your client wants to show it on some full hd screen, or want to put it on their reel or something, so make it 1080p and output as needed. 360p to 1080p are all 16:9, so you're good.
I think the thing that you're most worried about is font sizes and such right? Well... that is like choosing font sizes for a poster, you have that math for font size x distance of the viewer, so is almost the same thing, make it big, don't go too small just because now you have a lot of pixels to do so.
- uan0
in my experience client always ask for the high res version of an animation sooner or later, so normally I build them 1080 and output a 720 version so I can keep the 1080 for a future release.
- boobs0
What software are you making it in?
- fate0
1080
- DaveO
About to make an animation for a client and was wondering whether to go 1080 or 720. It's unlikely that it will be broadcast on any HD screens and will probs just be seen online, am I save with 720?