Re: 16bit Zdepth?

["Tim Leydecker" <BauerOink(at)gmx.de>]

Thanks alot Luc-Eric,

I really appreciate the info, this again shows that there is
alot XSI has in advantage when it comes to passes and
buffers (even thought there´s this little trickery required).

Cheers

tim


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Luc-Eric Rousseau" <lucer(at)Softimage.COM>
To: <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 1:16 AM
Subject: RE: 16bit Zdepth?


> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tim Leydecker
> >
> > Ideally, you´re right, it´s no hassle at all, you pick Zdepth
> > as a buffer, specify the targetformat and bitdepth and forget about it,
> > post´ll do it...
> >
> > But it´s just proven not that simple, as can been seen when even
> > Halfdan has to pause a moment in memorizing which AA suits best.
> > It´s those little things that work flawlessly that make or
> > break a deadline...
>
>
> I may be mistaken, but it sounds like you may be missing how Zpic work.
> There is no worry about anti-aliasing, it's always not anti-aliased.
> The problem halfdan went on about is if you want to create a
> depth pass to simulate the effect in a gray scale image.
>
> .Zpic are recongnized by AfterFx so you should be able
> to use them without any conversion. It requires that you render
> to softimage .pic file format.
>
> In 6.0 it's difficult to access now; by default it adds a .zt file for a depth 
> buffer and you need to 1) need to edit that and change it to .Zpic. 2) remove the 
> template "_[FrameBuffer]" from template for the output filename of both the depth 
> and main channel, because **both the .pic and the .Zpic must have the same name**
>
> You can check whether it works by trying to load the .Zpic in the flipbook.
>
> In 5.0, it's a simple check box -- but you also need to render out to .pic.
>
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