You can create a movie from shots or slides. You can do this with individual or multiple shots or slides. Before you do this, you need to have created at least one of the following:

• At least one shot
• A sequence of shots
• A storyboard containing one or more slides

Be aware of the following regarding video creation:

• If you are using the 64-bit version of Showcase, 32-bit video codecs will not work.
• Windows AVI files cannot be bigger than 2 GB. For more information, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/193656.

To create a movie from shots or slides

1. Select File > Save Movie.

   The Save Movie window appears.

   
2. Specify the movie properties (width, height, frames per second). You can also select from a variety of standard sizes in the Preset sizes box.
3. From the Create Movie of box, select what you want to include in the movie. You can select one of the shots or slides in the scene to make the movie, or:
   • All slides (together)—creates one movie containing all slides in the order they appear in the Storyboard.
   • All slides (separate)—creates multiple movies, one for each slide shown in the Storyboard.
   • Slide selection (together)—enables you to select the slides you want and creates one movie from them.
   • Slide selection (separate)—enables you to select the slides you want and creates multiple movies, one for each slide.
   • All shots (together)—creates one movie containing all shots in the order they appear in the Shots interface.
   • All shots (separately)—creates multiple movies, one for each shot shown in the Shots interface.
   • Shot selection (together)—enables you to select the shots you want and creates one movie from them.
   • Shot selection (separate)—enables you to select the shots you want and creates multiple movies, one for each shot.
4. Set Save as to be either a compressed video or a series of images in either TIFF or JPEG format.
5. If you selected AVI in the previous step, you can click Configure (beside the Compression field) to set the AVI codec to use. Available video codecs are determined by your system.
6. You can include anti-aliasing for a smoother look in Hardware rendering. Select Anti-aliasing , then move the slider towards Low or High depending on your needs.
   Note

   The Hardware anti-aliasing settings specified in Options > Performance and Quality are ignored when saving the movie.

7. Click Save Movie.

Specify a Quality Range and Sampling for Ray Tracing output

For Ray Tracing image output, the Quality preset and Sampling quality can be set independent of the Interactive Ray Tracing settings used to display the image on screen. By default, the current Quality preset for the Interactive Ray Tracing will be used, but the Sampling quality will default to 1.

To save a movie using specific Ray Tracing settings:

1. Enable Ray Tracing using View > Ray Tracing, or by pressing R.
   Note

   Ray Tracing can be enabled or disabled for the current Save Movie by pressing the R key while the Save Movie As dialog box is open.

2. Choose a Quality preset (defines the overall quality and ray tracing effects used in the rendering) from the drop-down menu of presets if the current one is not desired.
3. Set the Sampling quality slider (controls the smoothness of the pixels in the final image) to the desired amount.
4. Press Save Movie... to initiate the offline rendering. A browser appears with the filename and location, then a progress bar indicates the rendering progress.
   Note

   While an offline Ray Tracing rendering is progressing, the interactive Ray Tracing is disabled. Input for navigating the scene will be ignored until the rendering is complete.

5. The rendering can be cancelled at any time during its progress.