1080 or 720
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- Miguex0
720p is more than enough for web, majority of people watch at 640x480 anyways. This resolution thing is getting out of control I think.
I can understand it on imax theaters or sporting events, but visually I don't think it adds a substantial improvement. I think it's all a scheme to keep the home television market alive. They are going bigger and cheaper in an effort to not be replaced by computers, but I think it's inevitable.
- yeh dude. And most Xbox games to my knowledge only do 720p too!
Hell of a lot less pixels to process!Hombre_Lobo - I surely see a huge difference between 720 and 1080 and saying its not noticeable is ridiculous.monospaced
- Same with videos. A 720 web video takes up only a small tiny portion of my screen.monospaced
- mono, I was talking about 5k and 8k images. but since you brought it up, I don't think there's THAT much diff between 1080 and 720Miguex
- 720p and 1080i, not drastic at leastMiguex
- yeh dude. And most Xbox games to my knowledge only do 720p too!
- Miguex0
and have you ever worked with footage shot on red cameras, man it sucks ballsiacs, you need huge ass drives and mega computers just to do a simple 30sec edit.
Yes it looks pretty but it slows down production and creative process so much, you have to think like... well this would be a lot better but it's going to take a fuckloadoftime to render. FUCKTHAT just do a cut.
- and for what? so people can hear it on laptop speakers and watch it at 640x480 on a skippin connection... no thanksMiguex
- Never worked with 4k, but i bet that's a right ballache!, wait a minute for a 5second render!Hombre_Lobo
- nah, I own a Red Epic and shoot 5k... not nearly as bad as you think. just need big hdsxcreonx
- fate0
1080
- boobs0
What software are you making it in?
- 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.
- 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.
- plash0
4k
- moldero0
5k
- utopian0
4.5k
- Ramanisky20
1080 is a safe bet
- Hombre_Lobo0
^lol very true.
My understanding is the major use of 4k is not so much the resolution, but it means you can go crazy on the grading without getting artifacts (well less artefacts).But to agree with you, 90% of video dudes don't push grading to the limits, so it's unessaccery for most. Like you say a hell of a lot of stuff is output in 720p anyway!
Imagine the day when we say 32k video is kinda pointless, 16k is good enough for most things. Next month I reckon.
- pango0
retina!
- monospaced0
73dpi
- DaveO0
I'm making it in AE, simple animated stills a la quentin jones. Was just wondering if there was a size that's not 1080 as it;ll just be shown online.
Fuck it, 1080 on a mac book pro with 8gb ram is possible right?
- 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
- autoflavour0
420 .... aaaaaaawwwww yeah
- fate0
Miquex, you're obviously not a producer.
- err0
I was doing HD video in after effects on a fucking G4 powerbook/G5 tower. Do everything at half rez then render the video in full while you watch tv or post in QBN.