Hi everyone, I’ve created an animation for a DVD project I’m doing, which will be played on a TV, and was wondering what the best render resolution is for this. Is it best to use the buttons on the ‘Format’ section of the render screen?
The only reason I ask is, the resolution for PAL (which is the region I’m in) is only 720x576, which will surely become pixelated when viewed on a TV?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Actually pal tv has a resolution of exactly 720x576 pixels, that’s the reason it’s predefined in Blender.
So if you will be rendering at this resolution, you’re guaranteed, that the result will not be rescaled and blurred.
No, it won’t look pixelated.
I remember a few years ago playing a 320x240 video on my (PAL) TV. I thought it was going to look horrid, but it didn’t actually look that bad. I’ve also played a 720x576 DVD through my computer, and if you sit close you can see the compression artifacts.
So, with that been said, things that might look crap on a computer screen can look brilliant on a TV
Ok, I’ll take your word for it!
Thanks guys.
Be careful - Turn on the TextSafe border in your camera view and make sure no text or important action goes outside of it.
Also - Don’t use pure white. Don’t have any materials that go above …um… I think it’s 0.90 in R, G or B. (Some TVs don’t handle pure white well - but if necessary, you can fix this in post)
Ok thanks - lucky you said that wouldn’t have had a clue otherwise. White is being toooonnedd dowwnnnnn…
and fields turned on, because the vertical scan lines are interlaced; although I found out that my DVD authoring software did that for me, so it was being done twice, so it looked bad. So to start, just render out in PAL resolution, burn a test DVD (making your cute little menu and stuff) and see if it looks…choppy maybe is the word(?) on your TV (use the biggest screen you can find). If so, turn on interlacing via the Fields button. stuff is in the wiki about Fields and interlacing and all that.
ps-I’m in US and NTSC is interlaced…maybe PAL isn’t?
Don’t interlace for DVD. DVD handles Progressive or non by itself. Other thing is the widscreen vs. fullframe that can be tricky.