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>&#13;			The rendering of an animation is controlled via the
			<TT
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>Figure 16. Animation rendering buttons.</B
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>&#13;			The <TT
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			and last frames of the animation are given by the two NumButtons at
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			and by default are 1 and 250.
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>&#13;			By default the 3D scene animation is rendered, to make
			use of the sequence editor the <TT
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			Tog Button must be selected.
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>&#13;			By default the animation is rendered in the directory
			specified in the <TT
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			format has been selected, then the name will be
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			indicates the start and end frame of the animation, as 4 
			digit integers padded with zeros as necessary.
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>Figure 17. Animation location and extensions.</B
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>&#13;			If an image format is chosen, on the other hand,
			a series of images named <TT
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			('####' being the pertinent frame number) is
			created in the directory. If the file name
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>&#13;				Unless your animation is really simple, and you expect
				it to render in half an hour or less, it is always
				a good idea to render the animation as separate Targa
				frames rather than as an AVI file from the beginning.
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>&#13;				This allows you an easy recovery if the power fails and
				you have to re-start the rendering, since the frames
				you have already rendered will still be there.
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>&#13;				It is also a good idea since, if an error is present
				in a few frames, you can make corrections and re-render just
				the affected frames.
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>&#13;				You can then make the AVI out of the separate
				frames with Blender's sequence editor
				or with an external program.
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