Actually, the 100 Megs is in referrence to the Maya binary file size, not the final rendered frames. We render at CCIR601 standard, which is 720x486 with a 0.9 pixel aspect ratio which gives us a little over a meg per frame... But the Maya binary file sizes are highly variable, dpending on the complexity of the shot. To put the scene file sizes into perspective, the default scene file with the four boys at the bus stop is about 10 Megs... One of the largest shots we've ever done, The Demon Horde shot for BFF (904), was over 150 Megs... Hope that helps,
If I may clear something up. The actual question the reporter asked was "Why did you even consider using Apple? I've never even thought about them in regards to this type of thing." To which I answered, "This is gonna sound bad, but after looking at the specs, and using OSX for a while, I had a gut feeling that they might be ready for prime time, so I thought they would be worth considering." I did NOT make my final decision based on a gut feeling, but only after several months of real world testing under one of the tightest animation production schedules in television. Trust me on this one. Thanks,
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Actually, the 100 Megs is in referrence to the Maya binary file size, not the final rendered frames. We render at CCIR601 standard, which is 720x486 with a 0.9 pixel aspect ratio which gives us a little over a meg per frame... But the Maya binary file sizes are highly variable, dpending on the complexity of the shot. To put the scene file sizes into perspective, the default scene file with the four boys at the bus stop is about 10 Megs... One of the largest shots we've ever done, The Demon Horde shot for BFF (904), was over 150 Megs... Hope that helps,
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If I may clear something up. The actual question the reporter asked was "Why did you even consider using Apple? I've never even thought about them in regards to this type of thing." To which I answered, "This is gonna sound bad, but after looking at the specs, and using OSX for a while, I had a gut feeling that they might be ready for prime time, so I thought they would be worth considering." I did NOT make my final decision based on a gut feeling, but only after several months of real world testing under one of the tightest animation production schedules in television. Trust me on this one. Thanks,
J^2