Robert Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 Hi, we are producing a show on Watchout version 4 which will be saved and transfered to Version 5 What process would work well for maintaining geometry and file charastics properly? I've found during my first attempt images are blurred Could it be because I don't have my KEY yet (in the mail) many Thanks Rob 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas Dannert Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 Missing key? No, I don' t think so.Normal way is:- save a copy or consolidate the Show in WO4.- open that Show (with content) in WO5.- let it cache everything- make sure that Preview is set to Best Quality.Export to a movie or going Online of course requires the WO5 key./jonas 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator jfk Posted June 13, 2014 Moderator Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 Hi, we are producing a show on Watchout version 4 which will be saved and transfered to Version 5 What process would work well for maintaining geometry and file charastics properly? I've found during my first attempt images are blurred Could it be because I don't have my KEY yet (in the mail) many Thanks Rob From what you describe, it sounds like you are referring to images in the WATCHOUT Production (watchmaker) Preview Window. I suspect you also experienced error messages upon opening the file in v5, regarding missing media files. Did you consolidate your v4 show in v4 prior to transferring it to v5? This corrects all media file links for safe transfer. Also, prior to consolidation, you must be able to open the file with no error messages. Otherwise, the same errors will occur in v5. Degraded preview of still images will occur when the media file is not where it is supposed to be (aka not found), as watchmaker is unable to cache the original image for preview, and has dropped back to using the thumbnail from the .watch file. Correct the broken media links and your preview quality will be restored. BTW This is not about v4 to v5 upgrade of an existing show, it is about safely moving a show file and all of its media items. (the .wob file format available in the next release of WATCHOUT will make this even easier) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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