Return-Path: Received: from mo-p00-ob.rzone.de ([81.169.146.162] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5278599 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 08 Nov 2013 09:29:32 +0100 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1383899470; l=2795; s=domk; d=mamoworld.com; h=Content-Type:Subject:To:MIME-Version:From:Date:X-RZG-CLASS-ID: X-RZG-AUTH; bh=MZqt96jX4L0iC+zqM+kcg52ncEw=; b=jdn4ZYrMTaNes3q2i+QE5HvxVnoYmRk0oXXd0YqGaOxljScFiiUw3W6G3/SKj7Hl4zv rB5Yq8Xplf1jwsEYp9KcKrMOpyZNs8OkiFXKWLuq4c1sb3FqGFICpjLXCsYKXUSBArDk7 rUkShddXHN5FXvs//K5ncZFKsxQcTlIVlRI= X-RZG-AUTH: :JWICemClevKDgu8HjcNJMjRl593UXLPRxATGwvl0czvlKPvWKaNvvwT7g2RaTw== X-RZG-CLASS-ID: mo00 Received: from [192.168.14.25] (p5DC65913.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [93.198.89.19]) by smtp.strato.de (RZmta 32.12 DYNA|AUTH) with (TLSv1.0:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPSA id R00edepA88VAOZw for ; Fri, 8 Nov 2013 09:31:10 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <527CA14D.3010002@mamoworld.com> Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2013 09:31:09 +0100 From: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Mathias_M=F6hl?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: After Effects Mail List Subject: rendering low-res still frames efficiently Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------000309010306050205070801" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------000309010306050205070801 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hi everyone, I am looking for the most efficient way to render a single still frame of a comp in a lower resolution than the resolution of the comp. It has to work in an automatic way on a render farm without any manual steps involved. Currently we use a script that creates a comp of the desired size, inserts the original comp as a layer and scales it down. But when we render this comp it takes as long as rendering the original comp in full resolution. When doing it manually, I can go to composition settings and set the resolution to a custom value to render only every third pixel, for example, which renders much faster. But it looks like the scripting API has no access to this. Any ideas? Cheers, Mathias -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *mamoworld.com* simplify your cgi dr. mathias möhl marlow 52, 18551 sagard, germany phone +49 (0)38302 - 887561 info@mamoworld.com --------------000309010306050205070801 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hi everyone,

I am looking for the most efficient way to render a single still frame of a comp in a lower resolution than the resolution of the comp. It has to work in an automatic way on a render farm without any manual steps involved.

Currently we use a script that creates a comp of the desired size, inserts the original comp as a layer and scales it down. But when we render this comp it takes as long as rendering the original comp in full resolution.

When doing it manually, I can go to composition settings and set the resolution to a custom value to render only every third pixel, for example, which renders much faster. But it looks like the scripting API has no access to this.

Any ideas?

Cheers,
Mathias
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dr. mathias möhl
marlow 52, 18551 sagard, germany
phone +49 (0)38302 - 887561
info@mamoworld.com

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