Hi, I'm trying to create some simple animations in RAVE 3 and post them on YouTube. My problem is that it seems like no matter what format (avi or mov) I export the animation in, when I upload it to YouTube it looks blurry. I've also tried converting the exported files into other different formats (mp4, flv) and have the same problem. Has anyone uploaded a RAVE animation to YouTube with success? Other animations on YouTube look clear, so I'm not sure why there's a problem here.
Thanks!
Thanks for the replies.
I know youtube has bad compression, but my videos seem to be more blurry than other people's animations. Here is a work in progress I posted as a test:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSSEUQmmi2Y
In RAVE, I've been creating the animations at 1280 x 960, 300 resolution. When I export them as an AVI or quicktime movie, for some reason they come out at 408 x 304. Is there a way to change that?
Scott the Poet said:for some reason they come out at 408 x 304. Is there a way to change that?
Is this the resolution of the video shown on youtube, or the actual export size of Rave? Note: the dpi resolution has no effect on the size or resolution of your video, it is only neccessary for printing. 72dpi is OK.
If I may suggest, export your avi video at 720x486 (That's the D1 NTSC Format) if it is only for youtube. If you have to make a high quality video for professional editing and publishing, choose the HDTV format (1280x720) or HDVS (1920x1080). To get clear and sharp videos for youtube, you should disable the bitmap-and grafics-compression you'll find it in Rave3 under menu "options/document/save". In Video processing it is important, to maintain the best(not highest) and uncompressed resolution you can get till the final converting/exporting.
When you export your movie as .avi, the best compression codecs at the moment are XviD Mpeg4 Codec and if you have a dual core, the DivX 6.8.3 Codec is even better. Youtube handles movies the best if you export in those comressions.
Try out and good luck!