Hi, need advice on working with high res flow and be able to switch to low res back and forth.
I am doing 360/VR work with sources ranging from 8K*8K(CG Backgrounds), 5.7K*5.7K that needs to be resized to 8K to match (Live Action) and HD that need to stay HD (inserts).
the delivery is supposed to be 4K (UHD), and eventually 8K for future proofing.
so far, I have worked 8K all the way, and at the end used a resize node to 4K before the saver node. eventually disabling the resize when I needed 8K. as you imagine, rendering a frame can take a while. for a full flow that could be 7 minutes.
I tried using low res proxies alternates in the loaders, that would help a little. of course using the proxy switch all the way to 10 sometime. I need more than that.
now trying to have the resize be after the loaders instead of before the saver, so I can work 4k all the way. I am trying the workflow of managing the format default preference in the preferences bcause that helps to some bg nodes along the way that since they are creator nodes, they feed from the frame default in the preference (if the checkbox is checked). same as the resize node.
so I got this as the loader start of my tree
https://imgur.com/a/5lvqYC0
here I am using a resize master node with instance to every loader to set it at 8K or 4K based on the frame default in the preferences. so I can create a preset in the preferences of 8K and 4K and switch each time I want to toggle between res and in addition to changing all my resize nodes, the bg nodes will change as well.
for the HD loaders to downgraded by half I use a resize node with expression to set it to 0.5 when I change to 4k.
so far trouble I see that when I change the preset in the preference, I have to toggle "use frame format settings checkbox" in the resize node to make it refresh to the new preset, this is why I have instances. bg nodes in contrast are changing immediately with no intervention, and I got another resize node for my hd sources to 0.5 scale factor. this way I can toggle between 4k and 8k.
how does it look so far? does anyone have advice for this type of workflow for making it better or more efficient? my purpose is to work 4K most of the time, with the intention of finally delivering 4k and 8K, and be able to switch between the two if needed for checking along the way, including the bg tools. all of this for better render times as I work.
Thanks
I am doing 360/VR work with sources ranging from 8K*8K(CG Backgrounds), 5.7K*5.7K that needs to be resized to 8K to match (Live Action) and HD that need to stay HD (inserts).
the delivery is supposed to be 4K (UHD), and eventually 8K for future proofing.
so far, I have worked 8K all the way, and at the end used a resize node to 4K before the saver node. eventually disabling the resize when I needed 8K. as you imagine, rendering a frame can take a while. for a full flow that could be 7 minutes.
I tried using low res proxies alternates in the loaders, that would help a little. of course using the proxy switch all the way to 10 sometime. I need more than that.
now trying to have the resize be after the loaders instead of before the saver, so I can work 4k all the way. I am trying the workflow of managing the format default preference in the preferences bcause that helps to some bg nodes along the way that since they are creator nodes, they feed from the frame default in the preference (if the checkbox is checked). same as the resize node.
so I got this as the loader start of my tree
https://imgur.com/a/5lvqYC0
here I am using a resize master node with instance to every loader to set it at 8K or 4K based on the frame default in the preferences. so I can create a preset in the preferences of 8K and 4K and switch each time I want to toggle between res and in addition to changing all my resize nodes, the bg nodes will change as well.
for the HD loaders to downgraded by half I use a resize node with expression to set it to 0.5 when I change to 4k.
so far trouble I see that when I change the preset in the preference, I have to toggle "use frame format settings checkbox" in the resize node to make it refresh to the new preset, this is why I have instances. bg nodes in contrast are changing immediately with no intervention, and I got another resize node for my hd sources to 0.5 scale factor. this way I can toggle between 4k and 8k.
how does it look so far? does anyone have advice for this type of workflow for making it better or more efficient? my purpose is to work 4K most of the time, with the intention of finally delivering 4k and 8K, and be able to switch between the two if needed for checking along the way, including the bg tools. all of this for better render times as I work.
Thanks