Finding Out How To Render

Today I found out that I have been rendering wrong for a while. It may possibly be because I did not take notes that were extensive enough, but Arturo informed me today that I cannot render with the Animation setting and that H264 was a better option. I also found out that closing applications makes rendering go faster. These may seem like simple things to most people, but it was a great revelation for me and makes it easier on my part. I also learned just how long it takes to render an animation. For my name project only being 8 seconds long, it is incomprehensible to me how long a full length animated movie must take to render. For Pixar films, I found out that it can take anywhere up to 8 hours to render just one shot of the film. The time it takes to create animated films and the patience needed to render is impressive and admirable.

Da FONT?

So for my other class with Arturo, Fiction Field I, we're currently in pre-production for our final projects. My main role in the production is in post- editing, as well as in graphics.

For this film I really wanted to create a credit sequence that would not only compliment the film, but also the things I have learned in this class on After Effects. I came up with a few ideas for sequences, but before I could finalize those I realized that I would need a proper font to represent the film and its theme.

Thus: Dafont.com

Basically, this website is the business. It's got a gazillion fonts and you can search based on certain preferences, so you can find just about any type of font you want. So yea, it would be super helpful if you needed a new, free font for an animation or film!