super noob question

broken · **Joined:** Tue Feb 10, 2009 5:49 pm **Posts:** 190

This is gonna be one of the dumber question you've heard in a while. How do I render/whatever a picture or video so its a mov/mpeg/png/gif/etc file?

Believe it or not, i've spent at least 1 hour searching the web, and pressing random buttons on blender in vain

Call me stupid if you want >_> just answer the question. Please and thanks...

EDIT -- moved this to a more appropriate category -- Noobieton

Goliath · **Joined:** Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:27 am **Posts:** 5390

Open blender,

press "F12 key"

...for more complex setups,

Take a look at the huge render's menu (F10 key)

And remember,

there's no stupid questions :wink:

ps: lol noob....

broken · **Joined:** Tue Feb 10, 2009 5:49 pm **Posts:** 190

Goliath wrote:

Open blender,

press "F12 key"

there's no dumb questions :wink:

thanks for answering but... say I do f12, how can I put the file into another program, say windows movie maker?

Goliath · **Joined:** Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:27 am **Posts:** 5390

Ok, well when you have the picture rendered, you can save it by pressing "F3 key"

....but if you're making a video, I suggest you to choose another output setup
and then smash the big "Anim" button :

I could explain you a more complex setup....

...But I have to catch the metro + bus

..so good luck & have a nice day =)

walshlg · **Joined:** Thu Jul 24, 2008 10:43 am **Posts:** 1911

welcome to the forums.

Questions aren't stupid they are why we are all together here holding hands and singing! Every question asked is likely something that 20 other people have wondered about and been too shy to ask.

abrax · **Posted:** Wed Feb 11, 2009 11:05 am

walshlg wrote:

...is likely something that 20 other people have wondered about and been too shy to ask...

Yeap, that's the point :-)

Unrealbeing · **Posted:** Wed Feb 11, 2009 11:39 am

if you want to change the picture format, then use the little dropdown box which goliath has kindly pointed his red arrow at.. there will be options for PNG, JPG, BMP, etc... for all of those...

and its not that noobier a question.. i only found out about file formats and saving rendered images the other week.. and ive been using Blender for months.. almost about 7 now... :smile:

Goliath · **Joined:** Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:27 am **Posts:** 5390

loooool

broken · **Joined:** Tue Feb 10, 2009 5:49 pm **Posts:** 190

thanks for the help,
thanks to you guys I won't be prowling the streets at night yelling about blender.

Goliath · **Joined:** Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:27 am **Posts:** 5390

...this is sad...

...I would have love to join you by yelling about many others programs I ate

...lol

Sailor · **Posted:** Thu Feb 12, 2009 7:01 am

Goliath wrote:

...I would have love to join you by yelling about many others programs I ate

you really are like garfield you know that (eating, sleeping, eating, sleeping, eating, sleeping, eating, sleeping, eating, sleeping, eating, sleeping, eating, sleeping...)

Goliath · **Joined:** Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:27 am **Posts:** 5390

Yeah lol

But i'm more concentrating on sleeping these time (Not enough money for lasagnas

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