After you've finished compositing your animation in Blender, you're ready to render it out as a final video file. Here's a simple breakdown:
- Go to the "Render" tab: This is located at the bottom of the Blender window, next to the "Outliner" and "Properties" tabs.
- Set the output settings: In the "Output" section of the "Render" tab, choose the desired format, resolution, and file location for your animation.
- Enable "Animation" in the "Render" panel: This ensures that Blender renders all frames of your animation sequence.
- Start the render: Click the "Render" button (the camera icon) to begin the rendering process.
Additional Tips:
- Use a render farm: If you have a complex animation or a long render time, consider using a render farm to distribute the workload across multiple computers.
- Optimize your scene: Before rendering, check your scene for unnecessary objects, materials, or textures that could slow down the render process.
- Use a high-quality codec: Choose a codec that provides good compression without sacrificing image quality.
Example:
Let's say you've created a 30-second animation with 150 frames. You've finished compositing your scene and want to render it out as a 1080p video file in the MP4 format.
- Go to the "Render" tab.
- In the "Output" section, set the "Format" to "FFmpeg" and the "Codec" to "H.264".
- Set the "Resolution" to "1920x1080".
- Choose a file location for your output video.
- In the "Render" panel, make sure "Animation" is enabled.
- Click the "Render" button to start the process.
After the render is complete, you'll have a final video file of your animation ready to share or use in other projects.
