
Blender is one of many programs that can be used to create designs that can be used with 3D printers, such as the MakerBot or BukoBot. To open the video editor click on "Choose screen layout" and then "Video Editing".Have you always wanted to get into 3D printing, but never knew where to begin? You’re in luck! Metal the MakerBot Expert is hosting a class here at Crashspace to teach you all of the basics you need to know to get started. The Render Animation" is located in "Render" tab. The options to choose formats are like this:Ĭhoose a video format for your animation here: The picture quality, file size and processing power needed to view the file are largely determined by the kind of codec used and the settings used for it.įor older versions of blender (previous to 2.79) There you can select the Container and the Codec for the output video file.Ĭontainer is the file format for the file, (Mov, Avi, Ogg, MP4, to name a few) sometimes is referred as a "wrapper".Ĭodec (short for Compression-Decompression) Is how the image is compressed. In the Properties Window now select FFmpeg video as File format.Ī new tab will appear with Encoding options. Select all of the image files of your animation with A and click on "Add image strip".


Set the Path to the folder where you want your output files to be saved, whether it is rendered as image files or a video file.īefore you make a video file of your animation, it is a good idea to render it as an Image Sequence first. Here are the steps -Ĭhoose an output location for your animation under the Output Settings tab by clicking on "Output". You have created an animation and want to make it into a final video format.
