Communicate animation export to users.
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Right now, there's two issues that make animation export confusing:

  1. The difference between 'Export Animation' and 'Export'->mpg/ogg/mkv/gif/csv
  2. There's no explanations yet for the manual about which file formats are useful for what :)

For the first, I'll let @dkazakov and @jounip decide what they want to do. For the other, I would like to have some general comments about which to use where:

  • gif - Makes a single animated gif, optimised for quality. Perfect for small looping animations without transparent background, and a small color palette.
  • (Matroshka) mkv - Good for high quality videos that aren't expected to be watched through a browser, uses the H.264 codec (?)
  • (Mpeg-4) mpg - Better format for videos that are to be exported to the web and watched on mobile devices, uses the H.264 codec (?)
  • Ogg - Better format for videos that are to be exported to the web, uses the Theora codec, which is open and free. (?)
  • Csv - This is a format for interchange between Krita, Blender and TVpaint.

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Resolvedwoltherav

It sounds like the problem right now with exporting animation is that there are two menu items to do it. File > Export and File > Export Animation..

If it is going to be too much work now to re-organize this functionality, it might be better to leave it for now. Then...change "Export Animation" to "Export Image Sequence". If someone selects MPG for the image sequence format, that is kind of their fault. It might have to be a "bug" we have to live with for now. When there is more time (or enough complaints), we can revisit it and figure out a better way to organize it in the menu.

woltherav updated the task description. (Show Details)Jun 16 2016, 5:18 PM
woltherav updated the task description. (Show Details)Jun 16 2016, 5:21 PM
rempt added a subscriber: rempt.Jun 20 2016, 11:25 AM

I'm actually working on that right now: https://phabricator.kde.org/T116 -- it's not very complicated, but I ran into some ancient bugs.

I'll do the manual stuff after you've finished that then :)

woltherav moved this task from Backlog to Education and Training on the Krita: Stable board.

moving/assigning this, so I don't forget ;)

rempt moved this task from Backlog to Bouds tasks on the Krita board.Jun 28 2016, 9:23 AM
rempt added a comment.Sep 28 2016, 1:28 PM

Note: there is no "export animation" anymore, only "render animation", and the export file doesn't give the user ogg etc.

woltherav closed this task as Resolved.Jun 10 2018, 3:18 PM

I am closing this.